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Leviticus 17:5

in Leviticus 17

For this reason the Israelites will bring to the LORD the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields. They are to bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and offer them as sacrifices of peace to the LORD.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

to the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they sacrifice in the open field, even that they may bring them unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, unto the priest, and sacrifice them for sacrifices of peace-offerings unto Jehovah.

KJV

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the Lord, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the Lord.

This verse in Leviticus 17

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the sacrifices they have been offering in the open fields

on Leviticus 17:5-7

Verse 7 gives the reason: sacrifice in the open fields was going to the goat demons, the se'irim or hairy ones. Adam Clarke ties them to the goat worship Israel had lived beside in Egypt.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open field,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This law obliged not only the Israelites themselves, but the proselytes or strangers that were circumcised and sojourned among them, who were in danger of retaining an affection to their old ways of worship. If any should transgress this law, and offer sacrifice any where but at the tabernacle, (1.) The guilt was great: Blood shall be imputed to that man; he hath shed blood,

The words behind it

26 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.

  • לְמַעַן֩so that

    lemaanH4616 →272 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יָבִ֜יאוּthey may bring

    yaviuH935 →2568 times

  • בְּנֵ֣י[the] people of

    beneiH1121 →4930 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • אֶֽת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • זִבְחֵיהֶם֮sacrifices their

    zivcheihemH2077 →162 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הֵ֣םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • זֹבְחִים֮[are] sacrificing

    zoechimH2076 →134 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פְּנֵ֣י[the] face of

    peneiH6440 →2123 times

  • הַשָּׂדֶה֒the field

    hasadehH7704 →334 times

  • וֶֽהֱבִיאֻ֣םand they will bring them

    veheviumH935 →2568 times

  • לַֽיהוָ֗הto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • פֶּ֛תַח[the] entrance of

    petachH6607 →164 times

  • אֹ֥הֶל[the] tent of

    ʾohelH168 →345 times

  • מוֹעֵ֖דmeeting

    moedH4150 →223 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֑ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • וְזָ֨בְח֜וּand they will sacrifice

    vezavechuH2076 →134 times

  • זִבְחֵ֧יsacrifices of

    zivcheiH2077 →162 times

  • שְׁלָמִ֛יםpeace offerings

    shelamimH8002 →87 times

  • לַֽיהוָ֖הto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אוֹתָֽם׃<obj.> them

    ʾotamH853 →10935 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

    Genesis 21:33

    And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

    it leads to

    • 1 Timothy 1:17

      Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

    • Isaiah 40:28

      Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching…

    • Psalms 90:2

      Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.

    • Jeremiah 10:10

      But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.

    • Romans 16:26

      but now revealed and made known through the writings of the prophets by the command of the eternal God, in order to lead all nations to the obedience that comes from faith—

  • Through

    1 Kings 14:23

    They also built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 12:2

      Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.

    • Isaiah 57:5

      who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

  • Through

    Genesis 22:13

    Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of…

    it leads to

    • 1 Corinthians 10:13

      No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will…

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.