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Leviticus 1:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Leviticus 1:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Laws for Burnt Offerings
1 Then[a] Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of assembly, saying, 2 “Speak to the Israelites,[b] and say to them, ‘When a person[c] from you presents an offering to Yahweh, you shall present your offering from domestic animals, from the cattle[d] or from the flock.[e] 3 If his offering is a burnt offering from the cattle,[f] then he must present[g] an unblemished male; he must present it at the door of the tent of assembly for his acceptance before[h] Yahweh.
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- Leviticus 1:1 Or “And”
- Leviticus 1:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Leviticus 1:2 Or “man”—the singular noun is generic, thus the “you” and “your” in the remainder of the verse are all plural
- Leviticus 1:2 Or “herd”
- Leviticus 1:2 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
- Leviticus 1:3 Or “herd”
- Leviticus 1:3 Hebrew “present it”
- Leviticus 1:3 Literally “to the face of”
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