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Text -- Leviticus 1:1-11 (NET)
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Introduction to the Sacrificial Regulations
1:1 Then the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Meeting Tent :
1:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When someone among you presents an offering to the Lord , you must present your offering from the domesticated animals , either from the herd or from the flock .
Burnt Offering Regulations: Animal from the Herd
1:3 “‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd he must present it as a flawless male ; he must present it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent for its acceptance before the Lord .
1:4 He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering , and it will be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf .
1:5 Then the one presenting the offering must slaughter the bull before the Lord , and the sons of Aaron , the priests , must present the blood and splash the blood against the sides of the altar which is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent .
1:6 Next, the one presenting the offering must skin the burnt offering and cut it into parts ,
1:7 and the sons of Aaron , the priest , must put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire .
1:8 Then the sons of Aaron , the priests , must arrange the parts with the head and the suet on the wood that is in the fire on the altar .
1:9 Finally, the one presenting the offering must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar – it is a burnt offering , a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord .
Animal from the Flock
1:10 “‘If his offering is from the flock for a burnt offering – from the sheep or the goats – he must present a flawless male ,
1:11 and must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord , and the sons of Aaron , the priests , will splash its blood against the altar’s sides .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Israel |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
Blood |
Revelation |
Offerings |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 1 |
EZEKIEL, 2 |
Priest |
SPRINKLE; SPRINKLING |
ORDER |
Fat |
Washing |
Calling, the Believer |
Dedication |
Tabernacle |
Prophets |
Atonement |
Substitution |
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NET Notes: Lev 1:1 The second clause of v. 1, “and the Lord spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,” introduces the following discourse. This is a sta...
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NET Notes: Lev 1:2 The bird category (Lev 1:14-17) is not included in this introduction because bird offerings were, by and large, concessions to the poor (cf., e.g., Le...
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NET Notes: Lev 1:3 The NIV correctly has “it” in the text, referring to the acceptance of the animal (cf., e.g., RSV, NEB, NLT), but “he” in the ...
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NET Notes: Lev 1:4 “To make atonement” is the standard translation of the Hebrew term כִּפֶּר, (kipper); cf. howeve...
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NET Notes: Lev 1:5 “Splash” (cf. NAB) or “dash” (cf. NRSV) is better than “sprinkle,” which is the common English translation of this...
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NET Notes: Lev 1:6 Heb “Then he”; the referent (the offerer) has been specified in the translation for clarity. The LXX and Smr have “they” rathe...
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NET Notes: Lev 1:7 A few medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, LXX, Syriac, and Tg. Onq. have plural “priests” here (cf. 1:5, 8) rather than the MT singular “pries...
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NET Notes: Lev 1:8 Heb “on the wood, which is on the fire, which is on the altar.” Cf. NIV “on the burning wood”; NLT “on the wood fire....
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NET Notes: Lev 1:9 The standard English translation of “gift” (אִשֶּׁה, ’isheh) is “an offering [made] ...
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