Exodus 29 · Verse 25

Exodus 29:25

And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
Exodus 29:25, King James Version

Exodus 29:25 in other translations

BSBThen take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
WEBYou shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
ASVAnd thou shalt take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar upon the burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before Jehovah: it is an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
YLTand thou hast taken them out of their hand, and hast made perfume on the altar beside the burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance before Jehovah; a fire-offering it is to Jehovah.
DARBYAnd thou shalt receive them of their hand and burn them upon the altar over the burnt-offering, for a sweet odour before Jehovah: it is an offering by fire to Jehovah.
BBEThen take them from their hands, and let them be burned on the burned offering on the altar, a sweet smell before the Lord, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
WebsterAnd thou shalt receive them from their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

What does Exodus 29:25 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Thou shalt receive them of their hands - Aaron and his sons are here considered merely as any common persons bringing an offering to God, and not having, as yet, any authority to present it themselves, but through the medium of a priest. Moses, therefore, was now to Aaron and his sons what they were afterwards to the children of Israel; and as the minister of God he now consecrates them to the sacred office, and presents their offerings to Jehovah.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 29:1-37

The continual burnt-offerings, God's promise to dwell among Israel. (38-46) Verses 1-37 Aaron and his sons were to be set apart for the priest's office, with ceremony and solemnity. Our Lord Jesus is the great High Priest of our profession, called of God to be so; anointed with the Spirit, whence he is called Messiah, the Christ; clothed with glory and beauty; sanctified by his own blood; made perfect, or…

Read the full comment on Exodus 29:1-37 →

Exodus 29:25 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ve.la.kach.Taand you will takeH3947
אֹתָם֙'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
מִיָּדָ֔םmi.ya.Damfrom hand theirH3027
וְהִקְטַרְתָּ֥ve.hik.tar.Taand you will make [them] smokeH6999
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חָהha.miz.Be.chahthe altar towardsH4196
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָעֹלָ֑הha.'o.Lahthe burnt offeringH5930
לְרֵ֤יחַle.Rei.achto an odor ofH7381
נִיח֙וֹחַ֙ni.Cho.achsoothingH5207
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אִשֶּׁ֥ה'i.Sheh[is] a fire offeringH801
ה֖וּאhu'itH1931
לַיהוָֽה\׃la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 29:25

  • Leviticus 8:28

    And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

  • Exodus 29:41

    And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

  • Leviticus 2:2

    And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord:

  • Leviticus 7:5

    And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a trespass offering.

  • Psalms 99:6

    Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

  • Leviticus 1:9

    But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

  • Leviticus 3:16

    And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.

  • 1 Samuel 2:28

    And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?

  • Leviticus 3:14

    And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

  • Leviticus 7:29-31

    Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the Lord shall bring his oblation unto the Lord of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. His own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord. And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.

  • Leviticus 3:11

    And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord.

  • Leviticus 3:9

    And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou.
Le 7:29-31; 8:28; Ps 99:6
for a sweet.
18
offering.
41; Le 1:9,13; 2:2,9,16; 3:3,5,9,11,14,16; 7:5,25; 10:13; 1Sa 2:28

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Context

  • Exodus 29:24

    And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

  • Exodus 29:25

    And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

  • Exodus 29:26

    And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part.

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Exodus 29:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Después lo tomarás de sus manos, y lo harás arder sobre el altar en holocausto, por olor agradable delante de Jehová. Es ofrenda encendida á Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et tu les prendras de leurs mains, et tu les feras fumer sur l’autel, sur l’holocauste, en odeur agréable devant l’ Éternel: c’est un sacrifice par feu à l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nimm es von ihren Händen und räuchere es auf dem Altar, auf dem Brandopfer, zum lieblichen Geruch vor Jehova: es ist ein Feueropfer dem Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Suscipiesque universa de manibus eorum: et incendes super altare in holocaustum, odorem suavissimum in conspectu Domini, quia oblatio ejus est.