and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar; but he shall wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest shall burn all of it on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
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“ ‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before Yahweh. He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. He shall kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. He shall skin the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces. The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar; but he shall wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest shall burn all of it on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
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and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar;
but he shall wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest shall burn all of it on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
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And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:
But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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And Aaron's sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, and the head, and the suet, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar;
but its inwards and its legs shall he wash with water; and the priest shall make the whole smoke on the altar, for a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Cross-references (25)
- Genesis 8:21 (v9) Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the…
- Leviticus 1:13 (v9) but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering,…
- Ephesians 5:2 (v9) Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Exodus 29:18 (v9) You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 3:11 (v9) The priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire to Yahweh.
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- Leviticus 9:13-14 (v8) They delivered the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head. He burned them upon the altar. He washed the innards and the legs,…
- Ezekiel 20:41 (v9) I will accept you as a pleasant aroma when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries in which you have been…
- 2 Corinthians 2:15 (v9) For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God, in those who are saved and in those who perish:
- Exodus 29:17-18 (v8) You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head. You shall burn…
- Exodus 29:25 (v9) You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an…
- Leviticus 1:12 (v8) He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on…
- Leviticus 1:17 (v9) He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is…
- Leviticus 8:18-21 (v8) He presented the ram of the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. He killed it; and Moses sprinkled…
- Leviticus 8:21 (v9) He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma.…
- Leviticus 9:14 (v9) He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt offering on the altar.
- Numbers 15:8-10 (v9) When you prepare a bull for a burnt offering or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh, then he shall offer…
- 1 Kings 18:23 (v8) Let them therefore give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, and put no…
- 1 Kings 18:33 (v8) He put the wood in order, and cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood. He said, “Fill four jars with water, and pour it on the…
- Psalms 51:6 (v9) Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts. You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
- Psalms 66:15 (v9) I will offer to you burnt offerings of fat animals, with the offering of rams, I will offer bulls with goats.
- Jeremiah 4:14 (v9) Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- Ezekiel 20:28 (v9) For when I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill, and every thick tree, and they…
- Matthew 23:25-28 (v9) “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of…
- Philippians 4:18 (v9) But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance,…
- Zechariah 13:7 (v9) “Awake, sword, against my shepherd, and against the man who is close to me,” says Yahweh of Armies. “Strike the shepherd, and the sheep…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv8–9 Or, the body of the . . ., or…
Or, the body of the . . ., or the fat.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv8–9 Lev 1:8 And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay…
Lev 1:8 And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that [is] on the fire which [is] upon the altar:
Ver. 8. In order upon the wood.] Showing that ministers must rightly divide, and dispose the word of God, {2Ti 2:15} and evidently set forth Christ crucified. {Gal 3:1}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv8–9 The fat; all the fat, which was to be…
The fat; all the fat, which was to be separated from the flesh, and to be put together, to increase the flame, and to consume the other parts of the sacrifice more quickly. Others translate it,
the trunk of the body, as distinguished from the head, and joints, and inward parts.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv8–9 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts,....…
And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts,.... That were cut in pieces, Lev 1:6 some of which are particularly mentioned:
the head and the fat; the head which was cut off, and the body, the trunk of it; so, Aben Ezra says, the wise men interpret the word "fat", which is only used here and in Lev 1:12 and which he thinks is right; though others take it to be the fat caul, or midriff, which parts the entrails; and the Targum of Jonathan renders it, the covering of fat: these are particularly mentioned, but include in general the rest of the pieces, which were laid:
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in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar; this disposition of the several parts of the burnt offering upon the altar signifies the laying of Christ upon the cross, and the disposition of his head, his hands, and feet there; according to the usual order of crucifixion: the skin, as before observed, was not burnt, but was the property of the priest, and the sinew that shrunk was taken away, and cast upon the ashes in the middle of the altar (z).
(z) Ib. Maaseh Hakorbanot, c. 6. sect. 4.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv8–9 Verse 8. The priests - shall lay the parts]…
Verse 8. The priests - shall lay the parts] The sacrifice was divided according to its larger joints.
1. After its blood was poured out, and the skin removed, the head was cut off.
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2. They then opened it and took out the omentum, or caul, that invests the intestines.
3. They took out the intestines with the mesentery, and washed them well, as also the fat.
4. They then placed the four quarters upon the altar, covered them with the fat, laid the remains of the intestines upon them, and then laid the head above all.
5. The sacred fire was then applied, and the whole mass was consumed. This was the holocaust, or complete burnt-offering.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v8 Lev 1:8-9. The fat — All the fat was…
Lev 1:8-9. The fat — All the fat was to be separated from the flesh, and to be put together, to increase the flame, and to consume the other parts of the sacrifice more speedily. But the inwards shall he wash — To signify the universal and perfect purity both of the inwards, or the heart, and of the legs, or ways, or actions, which was in Christ, and which should be in all Christians. And he washed not only the parts now mentioned, but all the rest, the trunk of the body and the shoulders. A sweet savour — Not in itself, but as it represented Christ’s offering up himself to God as a sweet- smelling savour.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv8–9 The parts of the victim were then salted by…
The parts of the victim were then salted by the priest in conformity with the rule, Lev 2:13; Eze 43:24; Mar 9:49, and placed IN ORDER upon the wood, i. e. in the same relation to each other that they had in the living animal.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv8–9 All things, &c. Hebrew pador, may signify the fat,…
All things, &c. Hebrew pador, may signify the fat, or the trunk of the animal. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv8–9 the fat--that about the kidneys especially, which is called…
the fat--that about the kidneys especially, which is called "suet."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv8–9 8. Shall lay the parts — The victim was…
8. Shall lay the parts — The victim was to be cut in pieces to facilitate the burning. Since the whole burnt offering symbolizes complete self-consecration, the pieces may typify that dedication of self in detail, which eminent saints assure us insures the more perfect work of the fire Divine in the person of the Sanctifier. “Yield… your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.” See note on Rom_6:13.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v9 9. a sweet savour] a soothing odour (McNeile on…
9. a sweet savour] a soothing odour (McNeile on Exo_29:18). The word ‘savour’ in old English is applied to the smell as well as the taste of a thing. See HDB. Art. Savour and Driver’s note (C.B.) on Exo_29:18.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv8–9 (8) Shall lay the parts.—Better, shall lay the pieces…
(8) Shall lay the parts.—Better, shall lay the pieces in order, as in Lev_1:12. The word here rendered by parts is the same which is more properly translated pieces in Lev_1:6. Here again the priests are not to lay the pieces upon the altar anyhow, but are to arrange them systematically. In consequence of the order expressed in this verse, the rule obtained during the second Temple that the parts of the victim should as much as possible be arranged in the same order which they occupied in the animal when alive.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv8–9 And the priests shall lay the parts, the head,…
And the priests shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order. The head and the fat are designated by name, because, with the "pieces," they complete the whole of the animal with the exception of the hide. The order in which they were laid is said to have been the same approximately as that which the members held in the living creature.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On vv8–9 Fire. Essentially as symbol of God’s holiness. As such…
Fire. Essentially as symbol of God’s holiness. As such it expresses God in three ways:
(1) In judgment upon that which His holiness utterly condemns (e.g.) Gen 19:24; Mar 9:43-48; Rev 20:15.
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(2) in the manifestation of Himself, and of that which He approves Exo 3:2; 1Pe 1:7; Exo 13:21
and (3) in purification (e.g) 1Co 3:12-14; Mal 3:2; Mal 3:3. So, in Leviticus, the fire which only manifests the sweet savour of the burnt-, meal-, and peace- offerings, wholly consumes the sin-offering.
fat That which burns most quickly -- devotedness, zeal.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv8–9 1:8 The Hebrew word translated fat describes the suet,…
1:8 The Hebrew word translated fat describes the suet, or hard fat, from around the kidneys and loins. This specific term occurs only here and in 1:12 and 8:20. All fat—not just this special fat—was considered God’s portion (3:14-17; 7:23-25; see 1 Sam 2:15-17). Only the whole burnt offering was entirely consumed on the altar. With other offerings, the fatty portions and certain internal organs were burned; the rest belonged to the officiating priests and sometimes to the worshiper (Lev 7:11-18).
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