You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without defect, for a burnt offering;
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You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without defect, for a burnt offering;
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And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
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And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying: Take ye a he-goat for a sin-offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt-offering;
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Passages linked to Leviticus 9:3 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Ezra 6:17 They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve male goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
- Leviticus 4:23 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.
- Titus 2:14 who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- 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 5:9 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,
- 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 12:6 “ ‘When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, a year old lamb for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon or a turtledove, for a sin offering.
- Leviticus 14:10 “On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, one ewe lamb a year old without defect, three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil.
- Leviticus 16:5 He shall take from the congregation of the children of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
- Leviticus 16:15 “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 did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.
- Leviticus 23:12 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.
- Ezra 10:19 They gave their hand that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their guilt.
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him. He has caused him to suffer. When you make his soul an offering for sin, he will see his offspring. He will prolong his days and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.
- Romans 8:3 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 sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 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.
- Hebrews 9:26-28 or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. Inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once, and after this, judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him for salvation.
- 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,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 9:3 And unto the children of Israel thou…
Lev 9:3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, [both] of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
Ver. 3. Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering.] Quia gravis odor peccati. The smell of sin is grievous; it offendeth all God’s senses, yea, his very soul. {Isa 1:12-13, &c.}
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain A sin-offering for the people, as it is expressed…
A sin-offering for the people, as it is expressed here Lev 9:15, for whose sin a young bullock was required, Lev 4:14; but that was for some particular sin, but this was more general and indefinite for all their sins. Besides, there being an eye here had to the priest’s consecration and entrance into his office, it is no wonder if there be some difference in these sacrifices from those before prescribed.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak,....…
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak,.... That is, Aaron should speak to them, for being now high priest, Moses had no more to do with the sacrifices of the people, but it was incumbent on Aaron to call upon them to bring them to him such as the Lord by this law required of them:
saying, take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; this creature fitly represented Christ as made sin, and an offering for sin, in the room of his people:
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and a calf, and a lamb; both of them, as before observed, were proper emblems of Christ in his strength and innocence, sometimes called the fatted calf, and frequently the Lamb of God, Luk 15:23 Joh 1:29,
both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; denoting the tenderness of Christ, his spotless purity, and painful sufferings.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain A sin-offering - For the people, for whose sin…
A sin-offering - For the people, for whose sin a young bullock was required, chap. iv, 15, but that was for some particular sin; this was more general for all their sins. Besides, there being an eye here to the priest's consecration and entrance into his office, it is no wonder if there be some difference in these Sacrifices from those before prescribed.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 3. Take ye a kid] In Le 4:14…
Verse 3. Take ye a kid] In Le 4:14 a young bullock is commanded to be offered for the sin of the people; but here the offering is a kid, which was the sacrifice appointed for the sin of the ruler, Le 4:22-23, and hence some think that the reading of the Samaritan and the Septuagint is to be preferred. Speak unto the ELDERS of Israel, these being the only princes or rulers of Israel at that time; and for them it is possible this sacrifice was designed. It is however supposed that the sacrifice appointed Le 4:14 was for a particular sin, but this for sin in general; and that it is on this account that the sacrifices differ.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 9:3. A sin-offering — For the people, for…
Lev 9:3. A sin-offering — For the people, for whose sin a young bullock was required, Lev 4:15; but that was for some particular sin; this was more general for all their sins. Besides, there being an eye here to the priest’s consecration and entrance into his office, it is no wonder if there be some difference in these sacrifices from those before prescribed.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Children. Samaritan and Septuagint, "the ancients," or princes of…
Children. Samaritan and Septuagint, "the ancients," or princes of the people, for whom a he-goat is sacrificed. --- Old. Not above, though they might be younger.
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).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 3. A kid of the goats — See Lev_23:19,…
3. A kid of the goats — See Lev_23:19, note.
A burnt offering — Chap. 1 and Lev_6:9, notes.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 3. And unto the children] LXX. and Sam. have…
3. And unto the children] LXX. and Sam. have ‘elders’ as in Lev_9:1.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) And unto the children of Israel thou shalt…
(3) And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak.—That is, Aaron, who was now constituted high priest, was to give the orders about the sacrifices It will be seen that the elders of the people whom Moses summoned in Lev_9:1 to witness in behalf of the people the first ministrations of the priests, are here called “the children of Israel,” thus showing that the representatives acted for the people. Hence the two terms are interchanged (see Lev_8:2), which accounts for the fact that the Greek Version (LXX.) renders it here by “elders.”
A kid of the goats . . . and a calf.—Better, a shaggy-haired he-goat. (See Lev_4:23, &c.)
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Moses continues speaking to Aaron.
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You must speak to the people of Israel and say, 'Take a male goat ... will appear to you
Moses continues speaking to Aaron. This has a quotation within a quotation. A direct quotation can be stated as an indirect quotation. AT: "And tell the people of Israel to take a male goat ... will appear to all the people" (See:Quotes Within Quotes and Direct and Indirect Quotations)
a year old
"twelve months of age"
to sacrifice before Yahweh
"to sacrifice to Yahweh"
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Israel
goat
sin offering
cow
lamb
year
blemish
burnt offering
cow
ewe
peace offering
grain offering
oil
command
tent of meeting
assembly
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