Leviticus 8:34
in Leviticus 8What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
As hath been done this day, so Jehovah hath commanded to do, to make atonement for you.
KJV
As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.
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This verse in Leviticus 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis shows the imperfection of the legal sacrifices, which, because they could not take away sin, were often repeated ( Heb. x. 1, 2 ), but were here repeated seven times (a number of perfection), because they typified that one offering, which perfected for ever those that were sanctified.
This site's exposition
ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle
on Leviticus 8:33-35
Seven days at the door, day and night, with the sacrifices of the first day repeated on each of them. Verse 34 says the purpose of the whole business was to make an atonement for you, so the men who will make atonement for Israel had it made for them first, which is the point Hebrews 5:3 presses. Verse 35 gives the reason for staying, that ye die not, and the warning stands here before anything has gone wrong.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He - Either Moses, as in the following clause, or some other person by his appointment; which may be the reason why he is not named here, as he is to the sprinkling of the blood, which was an action more proper to the priest, and more essential to the sacrifice.
As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do,....
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ה | ʾasah | someone has done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַזֶּ֑ה | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| צִוָּ֧ה | tzivah | he has commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לַעֲשֹׂ֖ת | laasot | to do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לְכַפֵּ֥ר | lekhaper | to make atonement | H3722 → | 102 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ | ʾaleikhem | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֖הsomeone has done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַזֶּ֑ה<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
צִוָּ֧הhe has commanded
tzivahH6680 →494 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לַעֲשֹׂ֖תto do
laasotH6213 →2628 times
לְכַפֵּ֥רto make atonement
lekhaperH3722 →102 times
עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃on you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 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
Hebrews 7:27Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when…
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 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
- Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- Hebrews 10:6–12
In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.
- Hebrews 9:28
Through
Hebrews 7:16one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
it leads to
- Galatians 4:3
So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
- Galatians 4:9
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them…
- Colossians 2:20
If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
- Galatians 4:3
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
