Leviticus 5:12
in Leviticus 5He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar atop the offerings made by fire to the LORD; it is a sin offering.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, upon the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: it is a sin-offering.
KJV
Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: it is a sin offering.
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This verse in Leviticus 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
a tenth of an ephah of fine flour
on Leviticus 5:11-13
Below the birds the text goes down to flour. The offering keeps the name sin offering with no blood, no olive oil and no frankincense.
This site's exposition
who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion
The poor man's flour is handled like a grain offering in its first step. The priest takes a handful as a memorial portion and burns it on the altar.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Then shall he bring it to the priest,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sins which he hath sinned--A trespass offering differed from a sin offering in the following respects: that it was appointed for persons who had either done evil unwittingly, or were in doubt as to their own criminality; or felt themselves in such a special situation as required sacrifices of that kind [BROWN].
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The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וֶהֱבִיאָהּ֮ | veheviah | and he will bring it | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַכֹּהֵן֒ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| וְקָמַ֣ץ | vekamatz | and he will take a handful | H7061 → | |
| הַכֹּהֵ֣ן׀ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מִ֠מֶּנָּה | mimenah | from it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| מְל֨וֹא | melo' | [the] fullness of | H4393 → | 38 times |
| קֻמְצ֜וֹ | kumtzo | handful his | H7062 → | 4 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אַזְכָּרָתָה֙ | ʾazkaratah | memorial offering its | H234 → | 7 times |
| וְהִקְטִ֣יר | vehiktir | and he will make [it] smoke | H6999 → | 116 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 |
| חַטָּ֖את | chatat | [is] a sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| הִֽוא׃ | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וֶהֱבִיאָהּ֮and he will bring it
veheviahH935 →2568 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַכֹּהֵן֒the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
וְקָמַ֣ץand he will take a handful
vekamatzH7061 →
הַכֹּהֵ֣ן׀the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
מִ֠מֶּנָּהfrom it
mimenahH4480 →1188 times
מְל֨וֹא[the] fullness of
melo'H4393 →38 times
קֻמְצ֜וֹhandful his
kumtzoH7062 →4 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אַזְכָּרָתָה֙memorial offering its
ʾazkaratahH234 →7 times
וְהִקְטִ֣ירand he will make [it] smoke
vehiktirH6999 →116 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָהthe altar towards
hamizbechahH4196 →401 times
עַ֖לon
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
אִשֵּׁ֣י[the] fire offerings of
ʾisheiH801 →65 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
חַטָּ֖את[is] a sin offering
chatatH2403 →295 times
הִֽוא׃it
hi'H1931 →1879 times
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 2:9The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
it leads to
- Leviticus 2:2
and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar,…
- Leviticus 2:2
Through
Leviticus 4:35And 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…
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.
- 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.
- Leviticus 4:26
Through
Leviticus 2:2and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar,…
it leads to
- Leviticus 6:15
The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma…
- Acts 10:4
Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
- Leviticus 2:9
The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Leviticus 24:7
And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- Leviticus 6:15
Through
Leviticus 1:17He shall tear it open by its wings, without dividing the bird completely. And the priest is to burn it on the altar atop the burning wood. It is a burnt offering, an offering…
it leads to
- Genesis 15:10
So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
- Genesis 15:10
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).
