Leviticus 19 · Verse 5

Leviticus 19:5

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.

Leviticus 19:5, King James Version

Leviticus 19:5 in other translations

BSB	When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
WEB	“‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
ASV	And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.
YLT	‘And when ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, at your pleasure ye do sacrifice it;
DARBY	And if ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.
BBE	And when you give a peace offering to the Lord, do it in the way which is pleasing to the Lord.
Webster	And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings to the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

What does Leviticus 19:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 19:5-8

5-8. if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will--Those which included thank offerings, or offerings made for vows, were always freewill offerings. Except the portions which, being waved and heaved, became the property of the priests (see Le 3:1-17), the rest of the victim was eaten by the offerer and his friend, under the following regulations, however, that, if thank offerings, they were to be eaten on the day of their presentation; and if a freewill offering, although it might be eaten on the second day, yet if any remained of it till the third day, it was to be burnt, or deep criminality was incurred by the person who then ventured to partake of it. The reason of this strict prohibition seems to have been to prevent any mysterious virtue being superstitiously attached to meat offered on the altar.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 5 Peace-offerings - See the notes at the conclusion of Leviticus 7 at Lev 7:38 (note).

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Leviticus 19:5 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.

וְכִ֧יve.Khiand ifH3588

תִזְבְּח֛וּtiz.be.Chuyou will sacrificeH2076

זֶ֥בַחZe.vacha sacrifice ofH2077

שְׁלָמִ֖יםshe.la.Mimpeace offering<s>H8002

לַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068

לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖םlir.tzo.ne.Khemfor acceptance yourH7522

תִּזְבָּחֻֽהוּ\׃tiz.ba.Chu.huyou will sacrifice itH2076

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Cross references for Leviticus 19:5

Leviticus 22:19
Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Leviticus 22:29
And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.
Leviticus 7:16
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
Leviticus 1:3
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.
Ephesians 2:13-14
But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;
Exodus 24:5
And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.
Leviticus 3:1-17
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. …
Ezekiel 45:15-17
And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord God. All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 46:2
And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening.
Leviticus 22:23
Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted.
Ezekiel 46:12
Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.
2 Chronicles 31:2
And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

a sacrifice.
3:1-17; 7:16; 22:21; Ex 24:5; 2Ch 31:2; Eze 45:15-17; 46:2,12
Eph 2:13,14
ye shall.
1:3; 22:19,23,29
your own will.The Hebrews had several kinds of offerings, which they called {corban}. Some were free-will offerings, and others were of obligation. The first fruits, the tenths, the sin-offerings, were of obligation; the peace-offerings, vows, offerings of oil, wine, bread, and other things which were made to the temple, or to the ministers of the Lord, were offerings of devotion; these constituted the greater part. They indeed were a shadow of good things to come, which we enjoy in full fruition through THE ONE great SACRIFICE, even Jesus Christ. "Aaron must lay his robes away, His mitre and his vest, When God himself comes down to be The offering and the priest."

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Context

Leviticus 19:4
Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 19:5
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.
Leviticus 19:6
It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

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Leviticus 19:5 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y cuando sacrificareis sacrificio de paces á Jehová, de vuestra voluntad lo sacrificaréis.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et si vous sacrifiez un sacrifice de prospérités à l’ Éternel, vous le sacrifierez pour être agréés.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und wenn ihr ein Friedensopfer dem Jehova opfert, so sollt ihr es zum Wohlgefallen für euch opfern.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Si immolaveritis hostiam pacificorum Domino, ut sit placabilis,