“ ‘If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.
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“ ‘If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.
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And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
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And if he bring a lamb as his offering for a sin-offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
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Passages linked to Leviticus 4:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 4:28 if his sin which he has sinned is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without defect, for his sin which he has sinned.
- 1 Peter 2:22 who didn’t sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
- 1 Peter 3:18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,
- Exodus 12:3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household;
- Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without defect, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats.
- Leviticus 3:6-7 “ ‘If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock, either male or female, he shall offer it without defect. If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before Yahweh;
- Leviticus 5:6 and he shall bring his trespass offering to Yahweh for his sin which he has sinned: a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.
- Luke 1:35 The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
- John 1:29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 1:36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
- Ephesians 5:27 that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without defect.
- Hebrews 7:26 For such a high priest was fitting for us: holy, guiltless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
- Hebrews 9:14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
- 1 Peter 1:18-20 knowing that you were redeemed, not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from the useless way of life handed down from your fathers, but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ, who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,
- 1 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.
- Revelation 5:6 I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
- Revelation 5:8-9 Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals: for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 4:32 And if he bring a lamb for…
Lev 4:32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
Ver. 32. And if he bring a lamb.] This sacrifice hath not wholly the same fat as that of a goat, and therefore is spoken of apart.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the priest shall take of the blood,.... See…
And the priest shall take of the blood,.... See Gill on Lev 4:25, Lev 4:26.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain A lamb - A sheep. See Lev 3:7 note.…
A lamb - A sheep. See Lev 3:7 note. Three points are to be observed in regard to the victims for sin-offerings.
(a) The common people had to offer a female, as the less valuable animaI; they might present either a sheep or a goat to suit their convenience:
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(b) the rulers had always to offer a male-goat:
(c) the goat was preferred to the sheep, unlike the victim for a peace-offering or burnt-offering.
The sin-offerings were not accompanied by meat-offerings or drink-offerings. See Num 15:3-11.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (32) And if he bring a lamb.—Better, a sheep.…
(32) And if he bring a lamb.—Better, a sheep. (See Lev_3:7.) Those who were unable to bring a goat might offer a female sheep as the less valuable animal, provided it was without blemish. Though the ritual is the same as with the goat (see Lev_4:29-31), yet the sheep is treated separately, because of the fat tail, which had to be burned. (See Lev_3:12.)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 lay his hand on the head
lay his hand on the head
This is a symbolic action that identifies the person with the animal he is offering. In this way the person is offering himself to Yahweh through the animal. See how you translated this in Leviticus 1:4. (See: Symbolic Action)
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where they kill
"where the priests kill"
translationWords
lamb
sacrifice
sin offering
blemish
burnt offering
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