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Leviticus 6:8

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Then the LORD said to Moses,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

KJV

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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This verse in Leviticus 6

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And the Lord spake unto Moses - At this verse the Jews begin the 25th section of the law; and here, undoubtedly, the 6th chapter should commence, as the writer enters upon a new subject, and the preceding verses belong to the fifth chapter. The best edited Hebrew Bibles begin the 6th chapter at this verse.

This site's exposition

And the LORD said to Moses

on Leviticus 6:1-8

A wrong done to a neighbour is called acting unfaithfully against the LORD. The wrongdoer repays the owner in full with a fifth on the day he acknowledges his guilt, and then the ram goes to the priest.

This site's exposition

Then the LORD said to Moses

This speech opens the priest's instructions for the offerings. John Wesley, on verse 9, marks the turn: the chapters before prescribed the sacrifices, and the verses that follow give the manner of handling them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... It maybe after some intermission, or pause made; for some here begin a new chapter, and indeed a new section here begins in the Hebrew copies: saying; as follows:

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

(which in the original begins a new section of the law) he comes to appoint the several rites and ceremonies concerning these sacrifices which had not been mentioned before.

The words behind it

5 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.

  • וַיְדַבֵּ֥רand he spoke

    vaydaberH1696 →1141 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֥הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • לֵּאמֹֽר׃<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 6 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; 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.

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