Leviticus 8 · Verse 28

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.
Leviticus 8:28, King James Version

Leviticus 8:28 in other translations

BSBThen Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
WEBMoses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration offering for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to the LORD.
ASVAnd Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt-offering: they were a consecration for a sweet savor: it was an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
YLTAnd Moses taketh them from off their hands, and maketh perfume on the altar, on the burnt-offering, they are consecrations for sweet fragrance; it is a fire-offering to Jehovah;
DARBYAnd Moses took them from off their hands, and burned them on the altar, over the burnt-offering: they were a consecration-offering for a sweet odour: it was an offering by fire to Jehovah.
BBEAnd Moses took them from their hands, and they were burned on the altar on the burned offering, as a priest's offering for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
WebsterAnd Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt-offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savor: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

What does Leviticus 8:28 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 8:22-30

22-30. brought the other ram,--&c. After the sin offering and burnt offering had been presented on their behalf, this was their peace offering, by which they declared the pleasure which they felt in entering upon the service of God and being brought into close communion with Him as the ministers of His sanctuary, together with their confident reliance on His grace to help them in all their sacred duties.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 8:14-36

In these types we see our great High Priest, even Christ Jesus, solemnly appointed, anointed, and invested with his sacred office, by his own blood, and the influences of his Holy Spirit. He sanctifies the ordinances of religion, to the benefit of his people and the honour of God the Father; who for his sake accepts our worship, though it is polluted with sin. We may also rejoice, that he is a merciful and faithful…

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Leviticus 8:28 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּקַּ֨חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
מֹשֶׁ֤הmo.ShehMosesH4872
אֹתָם֙'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
מֵעַ֣לme.'Alfrom onH5921
כַּפֵּיהֶ֔םka.pei.Hempalms theirH3709
וַיַּקְטֵ֥רvai.yak.Terand he made [them] smokeH6999
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חָהha.miz.Be.chahthe altar towardsH4196
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הָעֹלָ֑הha.'o.Lahthe burnt offeringH5930
מִלֻּאִ֥יםmi.lu.'Im[were] installation offeringsH4394
הֵם֙hemtheyH1992
לְרֵ֣יחַle.Rei.achto an odor ofH7381
נִיחֹ֔חַni.Cho.achsoothingH5207
אִשֶּׁ֥ה'i.Sheh[was] a fire offeringH801
ה֖וּאhu'itH1931
לַיהוָֽה\׃la.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068

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Cross references for Leviticus 8:28

  • 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.

  • Hebrews 10:14-22

    For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. …

  • Zechariah 13:7

    Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

  • Psalms 22:13-14

    They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Moses.
Ex 29:25; Ps 22:13,14; Zec 13:7; Heb 10:14-22
they were.
22

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Context

  • Leviticus 8:27

    And he put all upon Aaron’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 8:29

    And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses’ part; as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Leviticus 8:28 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Después tomó aquellas cosas Moisés de las manos de ellos, é hízolas arder en el altar sobre el holocausto: las consagraciones en olor de suavidad, ofrenda encendida á Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Moïse les prit des paumes de leurs mains, et les fit fumer sur l’autel sur l’holocauste: ce fut un sacrifice de consécration, en odeur agréable; ce fut un sacrifice par feu à l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Mose nahm es von ihren Händen weg und räucherte es auf dem Altar, auf dem Brandopfer: es war ein Einweihungsopfer zum lieblichen Geruch, es war ein Feueropfer dem Jehova.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
rursum suscepta de manibus eorum, adolevit super altare holocausti, eo quod consecrationis esset oblatio, in odorem suavitatis, sacrificii Domino.