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Leviticus 8:20

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He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

KJV

And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

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This verse in Leviticus 8

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering

on Leviticus 8:18-21

Chapters 1 to 5 list the burnt offering first and the sin offering fourth, and here the sin offering goes first. Guilt is dealt with before devotion is presented.

This site's exposition

He cut the ram into pieces

The ram is cut into its pieces, and the head, the pieces and the fat are laid to burn, as Leviticus 1:6-8 directs. John Gill describes the cutting as taking off the head and quartering the body.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And he cut the ram into pieces,.... Cut off its head and quartered it: and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat; even all of it, as the following verse shows.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

By this they gave to God the glory of this great honour which was now put upon them, and returned him praise for it, as Paul thanked Christ Jesus for putting him into the ministry, 1 Tim. i. They also signified the devoting of themselves and all their services to the honour of God. Another ram, called the ram of consecration, was offered for a peace-offering,

The words behind it

12 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.

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הָאַ֔יִלthe ram

    haayilH352 →187 times

  • נִתַּ֖חhe cut in pieces

    nitachH5408 →8 times

  • לִנְתָחָ֑יוinto pieces its

    lintachavH5409 →13 times

  • וַיַּקְטֵ֤רand he made smoke

    vaiyakterH6999 →116 times

  • מֹשֶׁה֙Moses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָרֹ֔אשׁthe head

    haroshH7218 →599 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַנְּתָחִ֖יםthe pieces

    hanetachimH5409 →13 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • הַפָּֽדֶר׃the suet

    hapaderH6309 →3 times

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

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

5 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

    Leviticus 1:8

    Then Aaron’s sons the priests are to arrange the pieces, including the head and the fat, atop the burning wood on the altar.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 9:13–14

      They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar.

    • Leviticus 1:12

      He is to cut the animal into pieces, and the priest shall arrange them, including the head and fat, atop the burning wood that is on the altar.

    • 1 Kings 18:33

      Next, he arranged the wood, cut up the bull, placed it on the wood,

    • Exodus 29:17–18

      Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.

    • 1 Kings 18:23

      Get two bulls for us. Let the prophets of Baal choose one bull for themselves, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood but not light the fire. And I will prepare…

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 8 →

This page draws on Andrew Bonar, A Commentary on Leviticus; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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