Leviticus 9:17
in Leviticus 9Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he presented the meal-offering, and filled his hand therefrom, and burnt it upon the altar, besides the burnt-offering of the morning.
KJV
And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
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This verse in Leviticus 9
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd he brought the meat offering,.... Made of fine flour, with oil and frankincense put upon it, see Lev 2:1. and took a handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar; see Lev 2:2. beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning; the daily morning sacrifice, which was not to be omitted on account of these extraordinary sacrifices, both for the priest and for the people; or "after the burnt sacrifice of the morning"; for no sacrifice was offered up before that: so Jarchi.
This site's exposition
Aaron then presented the people’s offering
on Leviticus 9:15-17
The grain offering is burned in addition to the morning’s burnt offering. The daily offering of Exodus 29:38-42 kept its place on the greatest day the camp had seen. The extraordinary service was laid on top of the ordinary one.
This site's exposition
took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar
The grain offering is handled by the rule of Leviticus 2:1-3, a handful burned and the rest given to the priests. John Wesley draws the lesson that God keeps his ordinary and stated service from being swallowed up by the extraordinary.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Besides the burnt-sacrifice - Which was to be first offered every morning; for God will not have his ordinary and stated service swallowed up by extraordinary.
Note, Our accustomed devotions morning and evening, alone and in our families, must not be omitted upon any pretence whatsoever, no, not when extraordinary services are to be performed; whatever is added, these must not be diminished. It is not clear whether, when it is said that he burnt such and such parts of the sacrifices upon the altar (
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), the meaning is that he burnt them immediately with ordinary fire, as formerly, or that he laid them upon the altar ready to be burnt with the fire from heaven which they expected (
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fire" [Ex 29:14;
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The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּקְרֵב֮ | vaiyakrev | and he presented | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּנְחָה֒ | haminchah | the grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| וַיְמַלֵּ֤א | vaymale' | and he filled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| כַפּוֹ֙ | khapo | palm his | H3709 → | 192 times |
| מִמֶּ֔נָּה | mimenah | some of it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| וַיַּקְטֵ֖ר | vaiyakter | and he made [it] smoke | H6999 → | 116 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| מִלְּבַ֖ד | milevad | <from> <to> besides | H905 → | 200 times |
| עֹלַ֥ת | ʾolat | [the] burnt offering of | H5930 → | 287 times |
| הַבֹּֽקֶר׃ | haboker | the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
וַיַּקְרֵב֮and he presented
vaiyakrevH7126 →280 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמִּנְחָה֒the grain offering
haminchahH4503 →211 times
וַיְמַלֵּ֤אand he filled
vaymale'H4390 →249 times
כַפּוֹ֙palm his
khapoH3709 →192 times
מִמֶּ֔נָּהsome of it
mimenahH4480 →1188 times
וַיַּקְטֵ֖רand he made [it] smoke
vaiyakterH6999 →116 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
מִלְּבַ֖ד<from> <to> besides
milevadH905 →200 times
עֹלַ֥ת[the] burnt offering of
ʾolatH5930 →287 times
הַבֹּֽקֶר׃the morning
habokerH1242 →214 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
Galatians 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved…
it leads to
- Galatians 5:24
Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
- 2 Corinthians 5:15
And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.
- Romans 6:4–6
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of…
- Colossians 3:3–4
For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God.
- 2 Corinthians 4:10–11
We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- Galatians 5:24
Through
John 6:53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
it leads to
- 1 John 5:12
Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
- Matthew 26:26–28
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”
- John 6:55
For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink.
- 1 John 5:12
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; 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; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.