Leviticus 7:12-15

7:12 If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, ¹  along with the thank offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, ²  and well soaked ³  ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour ⁴  mixed with olive oil. 7:13 He must present this grain offering ⁵  in addition to ring-shaped loaves of leavened bread which regularly accompany ⁶  the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offering. 7:14 He must present one of each kind of grain offering ⁷  as a contribution offering ⁸  to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the peace offering. 7:15 The meat of his ⁹  thanksgiving peace offering must be eaten on the day of his offering; he must not set any of it aside until morning.

Psalms 107:22

107:22 Let them present thank offerings,

and loudly proclaim what he has done! ¹⁰ 

Psalms 116:17

116:17 I will present a thank offering to you,

and call on the name of the Lord.

Hosea 14:2

14:2 Return to the Lord and repent! ¹¹ 

Say to him: “Completely ¹²  forgive our iniquity;

accept ¹³  our penitential prayer, ¹⁴ 

that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls. ¹⁵ 

Amos 4:5

4:5 Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! ¹⁶ 

Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! ¹⁷ 

For you love to do this, you Israelites.”

The sovereign Lord is speaking!

Hebrews 13:15

13:15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

Hebrews 13:1

Final Exhortations

13:1 Brotherly love must continue.

Hebrews 2:5

Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity

2:5 For he did not put the world to come, ¹⁸  about which we are speaking, ¹⁹  under the control of angels.

[7:12]  ¹ tn Or “for a thank offering.”

[7:12]  ² tn See the notes on Lev 2:4.

[7:12]  ³ tn See the note on Lev 6:21 [6:14 HT].

[7:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “choice wheat flour well soaked ring-shaped loaves.” See the note on Lev 2:1.

[7:13]  ⁵ tn The rendering “this [grain] offering” is more literally “his offering,” but it refers to the series of grain offerings listed just previously in v. 12.

[7:13]  ⁶ tn The words “which regularly accompany” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarity.

[7:14]  ⁷ tn Here the Hebrew text reads “offering” (קָרְבָּן, qorbban), not “grain offering” (מִנְחָה, minkhah), but in this context the term refers once again to the list in 7:12.

[7:14]  ⁸ tn The term rendered “contribution offering” is תְּרוּמָה (tÿrumah), which generally refers to that which is set aside from the offerings to the Lord as prebends for the officiating priests (cf. esp. Lev 7:28-34 and R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 4:335-37). Cf. TEV “as a special contribution.”

[7:15]  ⁹ tn In the verse “his” refers to the offerer.

[107:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and let them proclaim his works with a ringing cry.”

[14:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Take words with you and return to the Lord” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[14:2]  ¹² tn The word order כָּל־תִּשָּׂא עָוֹן (kol-tisa’ ’avon) is syntactically awkward. The BHS editors suggest rearranging the word order: תִּשָּׂא כָּל־עוֹן (“Forgive all [our] iniquity!”). However, Gesenius suggests that כָּל (“all”) does not function as the construct in the genitive phrase כָּל־עוֹן (“all [our] iniquity”); it functions adverbially modifying the verb תִּשָּׂא (“Completely forgive!”; see GKC 415 §128.e).

[14:2]  ¹³ sn The repetition of the root לָקַח (laqakh) creates a striking wordplay in 14:2. If Israel will bring (לָקַח) its confession to God, he will accept (לָקַח) repentant Israel and completely forgive its sin.

[14:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and accept [our] speech.” The word טוֹב (tov) is often confused with the common homonymic root I טוֹב (tov, “good”; BDB 373 s.v. I טוֹב). However, this is probably IV טוֹב (tov, “word, speech”; HALOT 372 s.v. IV טוֹב), a hapax legomenon that is related to the verb טבב (“to speak”; HALOT 367 s.v. טבב) and the noun טִבָּה (tibbah, “rumor”; HALOT 367 s.v. טִבָּה). The term טוֹב (“word; speech”) refers to the repentant prayer mentioned in 14:1-3. Most translations relate it to I טוֹב and treat it as (1) accusative direct object: “accept that which is good” (RSV, NJPS), “Accept our good sacrifices” (CEV), or (2) adverbial accusative of manner: “receive [us] graciously” (KJV, NASB, NIV). Note TEV, however, which follows the suggestion made here: “accept our prayer.”

[14:2]  ¹⁵ tc The MT reads פָרִים (farim, “bulls”), but the LXX reflects פְּרִי (pÿri, “fruit”), a reading followed by NASB, NIV, NRSV: “that we may offer the fruit of [our] lips [as sacrifices to you].” Although the Greek expression in Heb 13:15 (καρπὸν χειλέων, karpon xeilewn, “the fruit of lips”) reflects this LXX phrase, the MT makes good sense as it stands; NT usage of the LXX should not be considered decisive in resolving OT textual problems. The noun פָרִים (parim, “bulls”) functions as an adverbial accusative of state.

[4:5]  ¹⁶ sn For the background of the thank offering of bread made with yeast, see Lev 7:13.

[4:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “proclaim voluntary offerings, announce.”

[2:5]  ¹⁸ sn The phrase the world to come means “the coming inhabited earth,” using the Greek term which describes the world of people and their civilizations.

[2:5]  ¹⁹ sn See the previous reference to the world in Heb 1:6.