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Leviticus 23:18-20

You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh. You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.

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“ ‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering: seven Sabbaths shall be completed. The next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh. You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh. You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh. You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest. You shall make proclamation on the same day that there shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall do no regular work. This is a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    You shall present with the bread seven lambs without defect a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to Yahweh, with their meal offering and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet aroma to Yahweh.

    You shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

    The priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before Yahweh, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to Yahweh for the priest.

  • KJV King James Version

    And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.

    Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

    And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And ye shall present with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams; they shall be a burnt-offering unto the LORD, with their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings, even an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

    And ye shall offer one he-goat for a sin-offering, and two he-lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace-offerings.

    And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first-fruits for a wave-offering before the LORD, with the two lambs; they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

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Cross-references (22)

  • Numbers 28:30 (v19) and one male goat, to make atonement for you.
  • Numbers 28:27-31 (v18) but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; and their meal…
  • Deuteronomy 18:4 (v20) You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep.
  • Exodus 29:24 (v20) You shall put all of this in Aaron’s hands, and in his sons’ hands, and shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.
  • Leviticus 3:1-17 (v19) “ ‘If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he offers it from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without…
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  • Leviticus 4:23-28 (v19) if his sin in which he has sinned is made known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without defect. He shall lay his hand…
  • Leviticus 7:11-18 (v19) “ ‘This is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which one shall offer to Yahweh: If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall…
  • Leviticus 7:29-34 (v20) “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to Yahweh shall bring his offering to Yahweh…
  • Leviticus 8:29 (v20) Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of consecration, as Yahweh…
  • Leviticus 10:14-15 (v20) The waved breast and the heaved thigh you shall eat in a clean place, you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they are given…
  • Leviticus 16:15 (v19) “Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he…
  • Leviticus 23:12-13 (v18) On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without defect a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh. The meal offering…
  • Leviticus 23:17 (v20) You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be…
  • Numbers 15:4-12 (v18) then he who offers his offering shall offer to Yahweh a meal offering of one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one fourth of a hin…
  • Numbers 15:24 (v19) then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young…
  • Numbers 18:8-12 (v20) Yahweh spoke to Aaron, “Behold, I myself have given you the command of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of…
  • Malachi 1:13-14 (v18) You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was…
  • Luke 2:14 (v20) “Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good will toward men.”
  • Romans 8:3 (v19) For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for…
  • 1 Corinthians 9:11 (v20) If we sowed to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we reap your fleshly things?
  • 2 Corinthians 5:21 (v19) For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf; so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
  • Ephesians 2:14 (v20) For he is our peace, who made both one, and broke down the middle wall of separation,

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v20 That is, offered to the Lord, and the rest…

That is, offered to the Lord, and the rest should be for the Priests.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv18, 20 Lev 23:18 And ye shall offer with the bread…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv18–20 Two rams; in Num 28:11,19 it is two young…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv18–20 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv18–20 One bullock and two rams - In Num. xxviii,…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv18–20 Lev 23:18. One bullock and two rams — In…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv18, 20 Lambs. More were prescribed, Numbers xxviii. 27. Josephus joins…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv18–20 18. Seven lambs — For the significance of this…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv18–20 (18) And ye shall offer with the bread seven…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v19 General Information:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v18 23:18 The liquid offerings probably consisted of two quarts…
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