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Leviticus 5:8

in Leviticus 5

He is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin-offering first, and wring off its head from its neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

KJV

And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:

This verse in Leviticus 5

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

if he be not able to bring a lamb

on Leviticus 5:7-8

Poverty changes the offering and leaves the atonement standing. The same clause runs again at Leviticus 12:8 for a woman after childbirth, and Luke 2:24 records Mary bringing the pair of birds, so the family of Jesus came to the temple under the provision written for those who could not reach a lamb. Both birds are still required, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering, and verse 8 has the priest wring off the head without dividing the bird asunder.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And he shall bring them unto the priest,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

But shall not divide it - See Clarke’s note on Lev 1:16.

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהֵבִ֤יאand he will bring

    vehevi'H9352568 times

  • אֹתָם֙<obj.> them

    ʾotamH85310935 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H4135510 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548750 times

  • וְהִקְרִ֛יבand he will present

    vehikrivH7126280 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥ר[the one] which

    ʾasherH8345497 times

  • לַחַטָּ֖את[is] for the sin offering

    lachatatH2403295 times

  • רִאשׁוֹנָ֑הfirst

    rishonahH7223182 times

  • וּמָלַ֧קand he will nip off

    umalakH4454

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • רֹאשׁ֛וֹhead its

    roshoH7218599 times

  • מִמּ֥וּלfrom in front of

    mimulH4136

  • עָרְפּ֖וֹneck its

    arepoH6203

  • וְלֹ֥אand not

    velo'H38085168 times

  • יַבְדִּֽיל׃he will separate [it]

    yavdilH91442 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    1 Peter 3:18

    For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 9:28

      so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

    • Hebrews 9:26

      Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by…

    • 2 Corinthians 5:21

      God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

    • 1 Peter 4:6

      That is why the gospel was preached even to those who are now dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit.

    • Titus 2:14

      He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

  • Through

    Romans 4:25

    He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.

    it leads to

    • 1 Peter 3:18

      For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 John 4:9–10

      This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

    • Isaiah 53:5–6

      But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Where this verse is studied

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About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.