Leviticus 4:35
in Leviticus 4And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the offerings made by fire to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
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ASV
And all the fat thereof shall he take away, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of peace-offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, upon the offerings of Jehovah made by fire; and the priest shall make atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
KJV
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
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This verse in Leviticus 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
if he bring a lamb for a sin offering
on Leviticus 4:32-35
The chapter closes by giving the common man a choice nobody above him is given. He may bring a lamb in place of the goat, and John Gill records the observation from the Babylonian Talmud, in tractates Pesachim and Keritot compiled by about the sixth century, that Scripture usually names the lamb before the goat and names it after here, which was read to mean the two stand equal. The last words of the chapter are the words that closed the two cases before it, that the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
That is certainly a very bad thing to make atonement for which so many innocent and useful creatures must be slain and mangled thus. To value Christ, the great and true sin-offering, whose blood cleanses from all sin, which it was not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away. Now, if any man sin, Christ is the propitiation ( 1 John ii.
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Burn them - The fat; but he useth the plural number, because the fat was of several kinds, as we saw ver. 8, 9. upon the offerings, together with them, or after them; because the burnt- offerings were to have the first place.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
it shall be forgiven him--None of these sacrifices possessed any intrinsic value sufficient to free the conscience of the sinner from the pollution of guilt, or to obtain his pardon from God; but they gave a formal deliverance from a secular penalty (Heb 9:13, 14); and they were figurative representations of the full and perfect sin offering which was to be made by Christ.
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The words behind it
26 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֶלְבָּ֣ה | chelbah | fat its | H2459 → | 92 times |
| יָסִ֗יר | yasir | he will remove | H5493 → | 299 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יוּסַ֥ר | yusar | it is removed | H5493 → | 299 times |
| חֵֽלֶב־ | chelev- | [the] fat of | H2459 → | 92 times |
| הַכֶּשֶׂב֮ | hakesev | the young ram | H3775 → | 13 times |
| מִזֶּ֣בַח | mizevach | from [the] sacrifice of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| הַשְּׁלָמִים֒ | hashelamim | the peace offering<s> | H8002 → | 87 times |
| וְהִקְטִ֨יר | vehiktir | and he will make smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֤ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה | hamizbechah | the altar towards | H4196 → | 401 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| אִשֵּׁ֣י | ʾishei | [the] fire offerings of | H801 → | 65 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְכִפֶּ֨ר | vekhiper | and he will make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
| עָלָ֧יו | ʾalav | on him | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חַטָּאת֥וֹ | chatato | sin his | H2403 → | 295 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| חָטָ֖א | chata' | he has sinned | H2398 → | 238 times |
| וְנִסְלַ֥ח | venislach | and it will be forgiven | H5545 → | 46 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ פ | lo | to <the> him |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֶלְבָּ֣הfat its
chelbahH2459 →92 times
יָסִ֗ירhe will remove
yasirH5493 →299 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
יוּסַ֥רit is removed
yusarH5493 →299 times
חֵֽלֶב־[the] fat of
chelev-H2459 →92 times
הַכֶּשֶׂב֮the young ram
hakesevH3775 →13 times
מִזֶּ֣בַחfrom [the] sacrifice of
mizevachH2077 →162 times
הַשְּׁלָמִים֒the peace offering<s>
hashelamimH8002 →87 times
וְהִקְטִ֨ירand he will make smoke
vehiktirH6999 →116 times
הַכֹּהֵ֤ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָהthe altar towards
hamizbechahH4196 →401 times
עַ֖לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
אִשֵּׁ֣י[the] fire offerings of
ʾisheiH801 →65 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְכִפֶּ֨רand he will make atonement
vekhiperH3722 →102 times
עָלָ֧יוon him
ʾalavH5921 →5755 times
הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
חַטָּאת֥וֹsin his
chatatoH2403 →295 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
חָטָ֖אhe has sinned
chata'H2398 →238 times
וְנִסְלַ֥חand it will be forgiven
venislachH5545 →46 times
לֽוֹ׃ פto <the> him
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 6:7In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:26
He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 4:26
Through
Leviticus 4:26He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:31
Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 4:20
He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.
- Numbers 15:28
And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 3:5
Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 4:31
Through
Leviticus 4:20He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.
it leads to
- Numbers 15:25
The priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD an offering made by…
- Leviticus 12:8
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement…
- Numbers 15:25
Through
Leviticus 14:18The rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:21–22
Now it is God who establishes both us and you in Christ. He anointed us,
- 2 Corinthians 1:21–22
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.