Leviticus 7:12
in Leviticus 7If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour soaked.
KJV
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
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This verse in Leviticus 7
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
this is the law of the peace offering
on Leviticus 7:11-15
The peace offering stood third in the worshipper's list at chapter 3 and stands last in the priest's list. It is the one sacrifice the offerer eats from.
This site's exposition
If he offers it in thanksgiving
A peace offering brought in thanksgiving comes with three kinds of unleavened bread. They are cakes mixed with oil, wafers coated with oil, and cakes of fine flour well kneaded with oil. Albert Barnes defines the thanksgiving as a thank offering for mercies received.
The record, by era
The Reformation1 voice
If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
If he offer it for a thanksgiving,....
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings--Besides the usual accompaniments of other sacrifices, leavened bread was offered with the peace offerings, as a thanksgiving, such bread being common at feasts.
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If he offer it for a thanksgiving - See the notes at the end of this chapter at Lev 7:38 (note).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
For a thanksgiving - i. e., a thank-offering for mercies received.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
THEN HE SHALL OFFER ‘AL’ THE OFFERING OF THANKSGIVING. The commentators. So explained by Ibn Ezra. have explained the word al as meaning “with” — with the offering of thanksgiving. Similarly, ‘al’ the cakes of leavened bread. Verse. means “with them.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִ֣ם | ʾim | if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| תּוֹדָה֮ | todah | thanksgiving | H8426 → | 31 times |
| יַקְרִיבֶנּוּ֒ | yakrivenu | he will present it | H7126 → | 280 times |
| וְהִקְרִ֣יב׀ | vehikriv | and he will present | H7126 → | 280 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| זֶ֣בַח | zevach | [the] sacrifice of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| הַתּוֹדָ֗ה | hatodah | <the> thanksgiving | H8426 → | 31 times |
| חַלּ֤וֹת | chalot | round perforated breads of | H2471 → | 14 times |
| מַצּוֹת֙ | matzot | unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| בְּלוּלֹ֣ת | belulot | mixed | H1101 → | 43 times |
| בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן | bashemen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| וּרְקִיקֵ֥י | urekikei | and thin breads of | H7550 → | 8 times |
| מַצּ֖וֹת | matzot | unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| מְשֻׁחִ֣ים | meshuchim | smeared | H4886 → | 70 times |
| בַּשָּׁ֑מֶן | bashamen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| וְסֹ֣לֶת | vesolet | and fine flour | H5560 → | 53 times |
| מֻרְבֶּ֔כֶת | murbekhet | mixed | H7246 → | |
| חַלֹּ֖ת | chalot | round perforated breads | H2471 → | 14 times |
| בְּלוּלֹ֥ת | belulot | mixed | H1101 → | 43 times |
| בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃ | bashamen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
אִ֣םif
ʾimH518 →1069 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
תּוֹדָה֮thanksgiving
todahH8426 →31 times
יַקְרִיבֶנּוּ֒he will present it
yakrivenuH7126 →280 times
וְהִקְרִ֣יב׀and he will present
vehikrivH7126 →280 times
עַל־with
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
זֶ֣בַח[the] sacrifice of
zevachH2077 →162 times
הַתּוֹדָ֗ה<the> thanksgiving
hatodahH8426 →31 times
חַלּ֤וֹתround perforated breads of
chalotH2471 →14 times
מַצּוֹת֙unleavened bread<s>
matzotH4682 →53 times
בְּלוּלֹ֣תmixed
belulotH1101 →43 times
בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶןwith <the> oil
bashemenH8081 →193 times
וּרְקִיקֵ֥יand thin breads of
urekikeiH7550 →8 times
מַצּ֖וֹתunleavened bread<s>
matzotH4682 →53 times
מְשֻׁחִ֣יםsmeared
meshuchimH4886 →70 times
בַּשָּׁ֑מֶןwith <the> oil
bashamenH8081 →193 times
וְסֹ֣לֶתand fine flour
vesoletH5560 →53 times
מֻרְבֶּ֔כֶתmixed
murbekhetH7246 →
חַלֹּ֖תround perforated breads
chalotH2471 →14 times
בְּלוּלֹ֥תmixed
belulotH1101 →43 times
בַּשָּֽׁמֶן׃with <the> oil
bashamenH8081 →193 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 2:5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
it leads to
- Ephesians 2:20–22
built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus Himself as the cornerstone.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- 1 Corinthians 3:9
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
- Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- 1 Corinthians 3:16
Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
- Ephesians 2:20–22
Through
Leviticus 2:4Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.
it leads to
- Exodus 29:2
along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 29:2
Through
Luke 17:16He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
it leads to
- Acts 8:5–25
Philip went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them.
- Acts 8:5–25
Through
Psalms 116:17I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 50:14
Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
- Psalms 50:14
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
