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Leviticus 14:30

in Leviticus 14

Then he must sacrifice the turtledoves or young pigeons, whichever he can afford,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get,

KJV

And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;

This verse in Leviticus 14

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

If, however, the person is poor

on Leviticus 14:21-32

Twelve verses run the whole rite again for a man who cannot afford it, and no step is dropped. Two lambs become two turtledoves or two young pigeons, but poverty never removes the lamb for the guilt offering.

This site's exposition

the turtledoves or young pigeons

The phrase whichever he can afford returns from verse 22, leaving the choice between turtledoves and young pigeons to the man's means. John Gill refers the reader back to that verse. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown read the allowance as extending the privilege to lepers of the poorer class.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves,.... See Gill on Lev 14:22.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb--a kind and considerate provision for an extension of the privilege to lepers of the poorer class. The blood of their smaller offering was to be applied in the same process of purification and they were as publicly and completely cleansed as those who brought a costlier offering (Ac 10:34).

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The words behind it

12 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.

  • וְעָשָׂ֤הand he will offer

    veasahH6213 →2628 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָֽאֶחָד֙the one

    haechadH259 →971 times

  • מִן־of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַתֹּרִ֔יםthe turtle-doves

    hatorimH8449 →14 times

  • א֖וֹor

    ʾoH176 →321 times

  • מִן־of

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] young ones of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • הַיּוֹנָ֑הthe dove

    haiyonahH3123 →31 times

  • מֵאֲשֶׁ֥רfrom [that] which

    measherH834 →5497 times

  • תַּשִּׂ֖יגit will reach

    tasigH5381 →50 times

  • יָדֽוֹ׃hand his

    yadoH3027 →1618 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

    Romans 8:3

    For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin.…

    it leads to

    • Acts 13:39

      Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.

    • Galatians 4:4–5

      But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

    • Hebrews 7:18–19

      So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

    • 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.

    • Galatians 3:13

      Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

  • Through

    Luke 2:24

    and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 12:6–8

      When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb…

    • Leviticus 12:2

      “Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 5:7

      If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt…

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.

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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.