Leviticus 3:8
in Leviticus 3He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
KJV
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
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This verse in Leviticus 3
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering,.... The Targum of Jonathan adds here, as before,"his right hand with strength:" and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation; in the court, in any part of it; for, as Gersom says, all places were right for this; the man that brought it killed it, or the butcher, as the Targum of Jonathan says here also as on Lev 3:2, and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar; upon the four horns of it; see Gill on Lev 3:2.
This site's exposition
one’s peace offering to the LORD is from the flock
on Leviticus 3:6-8
The same rite runs again for a sheep, written out in full. A man who can bring a bullock and a man who can bring one lamb are given identical words.
This site's exposition
He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering
The offerer lays his hand on the lamb and kills it in front of the Tent of Meeting. John Gill cites the Targum of Jonathan, which adds that the offerer laid on his right hand with strength.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
To command by an express law the tail of a certain sheep to be offered in sacrifice to God, might well surprise us; but the wonder ceases, when we are told of those broad-tailed Eastern sheep, and of the extreme delicacy of that part which was so particularly specified in the statute [PAXTON].
The words behind it
19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְסָמַ֤ךְ | vesamakh | and he will lean | H5564 → | 48 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדוֹ֙ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רֹ֣אשׁ | rosh | [the] head of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| קָרְבָּנ֔וֹ | karebano | present his | H7133 → | 82 times |
| וְשָׁחַ֣ט | veshachat | and he will cut [the] throat of | H7819 → | 81 times |
| אֹת֔וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לִפְנֵ֖י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אֹ֣הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֑ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| וְ֠זָרְקוּ | vezareku | and they will sprinkle | H2236 → | 35 times |
| בְּנֵ֨י | benei | [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֧ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| דָּמ֛וֹ | damo | blood its | H1818 → | 360 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| סָבִֽיב׃ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
וְסָמַ֤ךְand he will lean
vesamakhH5564 →48 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יָדוֹ֙hand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רֹ֣אשׁ[the] head of
roshH7218 →599 times
קָרְבָּנ֔וֹpresent his
karebanoH7133 →82 times
וְשָׁחַ֣טand he will cut [the] throat of
veshachatH7819 →81 times
אֹת֔וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
לִפְנֵ֖י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
אֹ֣הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֑דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
וְ֠זָרְקוּand they will sprinkle
vezarekuH2236 →35 times
בְּנֵ֨י[the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹ֧ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
דָּמ֛וֹblood its
damoH1818 →360 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
סָבִֽיב׃all around
savivH5439 →336 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
1 Peter 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
it leads to
- Isaiah 53:4–6
Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
- Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
- Romans 6:11
So you too must count yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 22:2
down the middle of the main street of the city. On either side of the river stood a tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit and yielding a fresh crop for each month.…
- 1 John 2:29
If you know that He is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.
- Isaiah 53:4–6
Through
Ephesians 3:12In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
it leads to
- Romans 5:2
through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 5:2
Through
Ephesians 2:18For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
it leads to
- Ephesians 3:12
In Him and through faith in Him we may enter God’s presence with boldness and confidence.
- Ephesians 3:12
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.