He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
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He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
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And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
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And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke.
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Passages linked to Leviticus 8:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 1:8 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;
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he cut the ram into pieces,.... Cut off…
And he cut the ram into pieces,.... Cut off its head and quartered it:
and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat; even all of it, as the following verse shows.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. and the fat] a different Heb. word from…
20. and the fat] a different Heb. word from that in Lev_8:16; Lev_8:25, used here and in Lev_1:8; Lev_1:12 only. The fat of the intestines is probably indicated.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 He cut the ram
He cut the ram
"Moses cut the ram"
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produced a sweet aroma
Yahweh being pleased with the sincere worshiper who offered the sacrifice is spoken of as if God were pleased with the aroma of the burning sacrifice. See how you translated a similar phrase in Leviticus 1:9. (See: Metaphor)
an offering made by fire to Yahweh
This can be translated in active form. AT: "an offering he burned to Yahweh" (See: Active or Passive)
translationWords
ewe
head
water
altar
burnt offering
Yahweh
command
Moses
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