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Leviticus 17:8

in Leviticus 17

Tell them that if anyone from the house of Israel or any foreigner living among them offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among them, that offereth a burnt-offering or sacrifice,

KJV

And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,

This verse in Leviticus 17

Commentary

3 notes on this verse
The strangers which sojourn - The foreigners who dwell. See Lev 16:29 note. Or sacrifice - i. e., a slaughtered offering of any kind, generally a peace-offering.

This site's exposition

if anyone from the house of Israel

on Leviticus 17:8-9

The same law binds the foreigner living among Israel, and this chapter says so five times in sixteen verses. Leviticus 16:29 had already put him under the Day of Atonement on the same terms as the native.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And thou shalt say unto them,....

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.

  • וַאֲלֵהֶ֣םand to them

    vaalehemH413 →5510 times

  • תֹּאמַ֔רyou will say

    tomarH559 →5305 times

  • אִ֥ישׁa person

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • אִישׁ֙a person

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • מִבֵּ֣יתfrom [the] house of

    mibeitH1004 →2046 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וּמִן־and of

    umin-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַגֵּ֖רthe sojourner[s]

    hagerH1616 →92 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יָג֣וּרhe will sojourn

    yagurH1481 →97 times

  • בְּתוֹכָ֑םin midst of them

    betokhamH8432 →418 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־who

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • יַעֲלֶ֥הhe will offer up

    yaalehH5927 →890 times

  • עֹלָ֖הa burnt offering

    ʾolahH5930 →287 times

  • אוֹ־or

    ʾov-H176 →321 times

  • זָֽבַח׃a sacrifice

    zavachH2077 →162 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 Samuel 7:9

    Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 15:1

      Then the LORD said to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My heart would not go out to this people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

    • Psalms 99:6

      Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.

    • Psalms 50:15

      Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

    • 1 Samuel 7:17

      Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.

    • James 5:16

      Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

  • Through

    Judges 6:26

    Then build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it…

    it leads to

  • Through

    Leviticus 17:4

    instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 17:14

      But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”

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 Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.