Leviticus 3:7
If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord.
Leviticus 3:7 in other translations
| BSB | If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he must present it before the LORD. |
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| WEB | If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the LORD; |
| ASV | If he offer a lamb for his oblation, then shall he offer it before Jehovah; |
| YLT | if a sheep he is bringing near for his offering, then he hath brought it near before Jehovah, |
| DARBY | If he present a sheep for his offering, then shall he present it before Jehovah, |
| BBE | If his offering is a lamb, then let it be placed before the Lord: |
| Webster | If he shall offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD. |
What does Leviticus 3:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 3:4-11
4-11. the two kidneys ... of the flock ... the whole rump--There is, in Eastern countries, a species of sheep the tails of which are not less than four feet and a half in length. These tails are of a substance between fat and marrow. A sheep of this kind weighs sixty or seventy English pounds weight, of which the tail usually weighs fifteen pounds and upwards. This species is by far the most numerous in Arabia…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 3:6-17
Here is a law that they should eat neither fat nor blood. As for the fat, it means the fat of the inwards, the suet. The blood was forbidden for the same reason; because it was God's part of every sacrifice. God would not permit the blood that made atonement to be used as a common thing, He 10:29; nor will he allow us, though we have the comfort of the atonement made, to claim for ourselves any share in the honour…
Leviticus 3:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 3:7
- 1 Kings 8:62
And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the Lord.
- Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- Leviticus 3:1
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.
- Ephesians 5:2
And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- Leviticus 17:8-9
And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the Lord; even that man shall be cut off from among his people.
- Ephesians 5:12
For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
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Context
- Leviticus 3:6
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
- Leviticus 3:7
If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord.
- Leviticus 3:8
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
Leviticus 3:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Si ofreciere cordero por su ofrenda, ha de ofrecerlo delante de Jehová: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si c’est un agneau qu’il présente pour son offrande, il le présentera devant l’ Éternel; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn er ein Schaf darbringt als seine Opfergabe, so soll er es vor Jehova herzubringen; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si agnum obtulerit coram Domino, |