Leviticus 9 · Verse 17

Leviticus 9:17

And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
Leviticus 9:17, King James Version

Leviticus 9:17 in other translations

BSBNext he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
WEBHe presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, in addition to the burnt offering of the morning.
ASVAnd he presented the meal-offering, and filled his hand therefrom, and burnt it upon the altar, besides the burnt-offering of the morning.
YLTand he bringeth near the present, and filleth his palm with it, and maketh perfume on the altar, apart from the burnt-offering of the morning.
DARBYAnd he presented the oblation, and took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt-offering of the morning.
BBEAnd he put the meal offering before the Lord, and taking some of it in his hand he had it burned on the altar, separately from the burned offering of the morning.
WebsterAnd he brought the meat-offering, and took a handful of it, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt-sacrifice of the morning.

What does Leviticus 9:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 9:17-21
17-21. meat offering ... wave offering--It is observable that there is no notice taken of these in the offerings the priests made for themselves. They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fire" [Ex 29:14; Le 4:12].

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 9:1-21

These many sacrifices, which were all done away by the death of Christ, teach us that our best services need washing in his blood, and that the guilt of our best sacrifices needs to be done away by one more pure and more noble than they. Let us be thankful that we have such a High Priest. The priests had not a day's respite from service allowed. God's spiritual priests have constant work, which the duty of every day…

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Leviticus 9:17 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּקְרֵב֮vai.yak.Revand he presentedH7126
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַמִּנְחָה֒ha.min.Chahthe grain offeringH4503
וַיְמַלֵּ֤אvay.ma.Le'and he filledH4390
כַפּוֹ֙kha.Popalm hisH3709
מִמֶּ֔נָּהmi.Me.nahsome of itH4480
וַיַּקְטֵ֖רvai.yak.Terand he made [it] smokeH6999
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַha.miz.Be.achthe altarH4196
מִלְּבַ֖דmi.le.Vad<from> <to> besidesH905
עֹלַ֥ת'o.Lat[the] burnt offering ofH5930
הַבֹּֽקֶר\׃ha.Bo.kerthe morningH1242

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Cross references for Leviticus 9:17

  • Leviticus 2:1-2

    And when any will offer a meat offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: 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 3:5

    And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

  • Leviticus 9:1

    And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

  • Exodus 29:38-42

    Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. 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. …

  • Galatians 2:20

    I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

  • John 6:53

    Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the meat.
1; 2:1,2; Ex 29:38,41; Joh 6:53; Ga 2:20
took an handful thereof. Heb. filled his hand out of it.beside.
Ex 29:38-42

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Context

  • Leviticus 9:16

    And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.

  • Leviticus 9:17

    And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.

  • Leviticus 9:18

    He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,

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Leviticus 9:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ofreció asimismo el presente, é hinchió de él su mano, y lo hizo quemar sobre el altar, además del holocausto de la mañana.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il présenta l’offrande de gâteau, et il en remplit la paume de sa main et la fit fumer sur l’autel, outre l’holocauste du matin.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er brachte das Speisopfer herzu und füllte seine Hand davon und räucherte es auf dem Altar, außer dem Morgen-Brandopfer.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
addens in sacrificio libamenta, quæ pariter offeruntur, et adolens ea super altare, absque cæremoniis holocausti matutini.