Bible Commentary


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1 And the LORD called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man of you bring an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.

3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

4 And he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

6 And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

7 And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay the wood in order on the fire:

8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar:

9 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 smell to the LORD.

10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about on the altar.

12 And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar:

13 But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it on the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD.

14 And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

15 And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

16 And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

17 And he shall split it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD.


called: Exo 19:3, Exo 24:1, Exo 24:2, Exo 24:12, Exo 29:42, Joh 1:17

out of: Exo 25:22, Exo 33:7, Exo 39:32, Exo 40:34, Exo 40:35

Reciprocal: Gen 8:20 - burnt Exo 3:12 - ye shall Exo 20:24 - burnt Exo 24:5 - burnt offerings Lev 4:35 - according Lev 6:9 - of the burnt Lev 7:37 - the law Lev 7:38 - commanded Lev 9:12 - General Num 1:1 - tabernacle Num 7:15 - General Num 7:89 - he heard Num 15:3 - a burnt Num 23:3 - burnt Deu 27:6 - burnt offerings 2Ki 16:13 - he burnt 2Ch 1:3 - the tabernacle 2Ch 29:31 - sacrifices Ezr 8:35 - offered burnt Jer 17:26 - bringing burnt Eze 43:6 - I heard Mal 4:4 - with Heb 10:6 - burnt

If any: Lev 22:18, Lev 22:19, Gen 4:3, Gen 4:5, 1Ch 16:29, Rom 12:1, Rom 12:6, Eph 5:2

an offering: Korban, from karav to approach, an introductory offering, or offering of access, in allusion to the present which is always required in the East, on being introduced to a superior.

Reciprocal: Exo 12:3 - Speak ye Lev 1:10 - of the flocks Lev 3:6 - be of Lev 3:12 - a goat Lev 7:38 - commanded Lev 17:8 - that offereth Num 15:3 - will make Heb 9:19 - the blood

a burnt: Lev 6:9-13, Lev 8:18, Lev 8:21, Gen 8:20, Gen 22:2, Gen 22:8, Gen 22:13, Exo 24:5, Exo 29:18, Exo 29:42, Exo 32:6, Exo 38:1, Num 23:3, Num 23:10, Num 23:11, Num 23:19, Num 23:23, Num 23:24, Num 23:27, Num 23:30, Num 29:8-11, Num 29:13, Isa 1:11, Heb 10:8-10

a male: Lev 3:1, Lev 4:23, Lev 22:19-24, Exo 12:5, Deu 15:21, Zec 13:7, Mal 1:14, Luk 1:35, Joh 1:36, Eph 5:27, Heb 7:26, Heb 9:14, 1Pe 1:18, 1Pe 1:19

his own: Lev 7:16, Lev 22:19, Lev 22:21, Exo 35:5, Exo 35:21, Exo 35:29, Exo 36:3, Psa 40:8, Psa 110:3, 2Co 8:12, 2Co 9:7

at the: Lev 16:7, Lev 17:4, Exo 29:4, Deu 12:5, Deu 12:6, Deu 12:13, Deu 12:14, Deu 12:27, Eze 20:40, Joh 10:7, Joh 10:9, Eph 2:18

Reciprocal: Gen 15:9 - General Exo 29:11 - door Lev 1:10 - a male Lev 4:4 - bring Lev 6:25 - In the Lev 7:2 - in the place Lev 9:16 - manner Lev 16:3 - a ram for a burnt offering Lev 17:8 - that offereth Lev 19:5 - ye shall Num 5:16 - set her Num 8:8 - a young Num 15:3 - will make 1Ch 16:2 - the burnt 2Ch 29:31 - and as many Ezr 3:5 - willingly Ezr 6:9 - young bullocks Job 1:5 - offered Eze 40:39 - the burnt Eze 46:12 - a voluntary Mic 6:6 - with Heb 9:19 - the blood

put: Lev 3:2, Lev 3:8, Lev 3:13, Lev 4:4, Lev 4:15, Lev 4:24, Lev 4:29, Lev 8:14, Lev 8:22, Lev 16:21, Exo 29:10, Exo 29:15, Exo 29:19, Num 8:12, Isa 53:4-6, 2Co 5:20, 2Co 5:21

be accepted: Lev 22:21, Lev 22:27, Isa 56:7, Rom 12:1, Php 4:18

atonement: Lev 4:20, Lev 4:26, Lev 4:31, Lev 4:35, Lev 5:6, Lev 6:7, Lev 9:7, Lev 16:24, Num 15:25, Num 15:28, Num 25:13, 2Ch 29:23, 2Ch 29:24, Dan 9:24, Rom 3:25, Rom 5:11, Heb 10:4, 1Jn 2:2

Reciprocal: Exo 28:38 - accepted Exo 29:11 - And Lev 5:18 - and the priest Lev 8:18 - General Lev 9:8 - General Lev 12:7 - make Num 8:10 - General 2Sa 21:3 - wherewith Eze 45:15 - to make

kill: Lev 1:11, Lev 3:2, Lev 3:8, Lev 3:13, Lev 16:15, 2Ch 29:22-24, Mic 6:6

the priests: Lev 1:11, Lev 1:15, 2Ch 35:11, Heb 10:11

sprinkle: Lev 1:11, Lev 3:2, Lev 3:8, Lev 3:13, Exo 24:6-8, Exo 29:16, Num 18:17, 2Ch 35:11, Isa 52:15, Eze 36:25, Heb 12:24, 1Pe 1:2

Reciprocal: Exo 29:11 - And Lev 4:24 - in the place Lev 5:9 - sprinkle Lev 6:25 - In the Lev 7:2 - in the place Lev 8:15 - he slew it Lev 9:8 - General Lev 14:13 - in the place Deu 12:27 - thy burnt 1Ch 6:49 - Aaron 2Ch 30:16 - the priests Eze 43:18 - to offer

Lev 7:8, Gen 3:21

Reciprocal: Lev 1:12 - General Lev 2:6 - General Lev 3:12 - a goat 1Ki 18:33 - he put 2Ch 35:11 - the priests Eze 40:43 - upon

fire: Lev 6:12, Lev 6:13, Lev 9:24, Lev 10:1, 1Ch 21:26, 2Ch 7:1, Mal 1:10

lay: Gen 22:9, Neh 13:31

Reciprocal: Lev 1:11 - and the 1Ch 6:49 - Aaron

Lev 8:18-21, Lev 9:13, Lev 9:14, Exo 29:17, Exo 29:18, 1Ki 18:23, 1Ki 18:33

Reciprocal: Eze 40:43 - upon

inwards: Lev 1:13, Lev 8:21, Lev 9:14, Psa 51:6, Jer 4:14, Mat 23:25-28

burn all: Lev 1:13, Lev 1:17, Lev 3:11, Psa 66:15, Zec 13:7

a sweet: Gen 8:21, Eze 20:28, Eze 20:41, 2Co 2:15, Eph 5:2, Php 4:18

Reciprocal: Exo 29:13 - burn them Exo 29:17 - wash the Exo 29:25 - offering Lev 3:5 - Aaron’s Lev 4:31 - a sweet Lev 5:12 - according Lev 6:10 - consumed Lev 7:5 - General Lev 22:22 - an offering Num 15:3 - will make Num 28:2 - for a sweet savour unto me Deu 12:27 - thy burnt Deu 33:10 - whole 2Ch 4:6 - such things as they offered for the burnt offering Ezr 6:10 - sweet savours Eze 40:38 - where

of the flocks: Lev 1:2, Gen 4:4, Gen 8:20, Isa 53:6, Isa 53:7, Joh 1:29

a burnt sacrifice: Olah, a burnt offering, from âlah, to ascend, because this offering ascended, as it were, to God in flame and smoke, being wholly consumed; for which reason its is called in the Septuagint, ολοκαυτωμα, a whole burnt offering. This was the most important of all the sacrifices; and no part of it was eaten either by the priest or the offerer, but the whole was offered to God. It has been sufficiently shown by learned men, that almost every nation of the earth, in every age, had their burnt offerings, from the persuasion that there was no other way to appease the incensed gods; and they even offered human sacrifices, because they imagined that life was necessary to redeem life, and that the gods would be satisfied with nothing less.

a male: Lev 1:3, Lev 4:23, Lev 22:19, Mal 1:14

Reciprocal: Gen 15:9 - General Exo 12:5 - be without Lev 1:17 - it is Lev 3:6 - be of Lev 3:12 - a goat Lev 12:6 - a lamb Lev 14:10 - he lambs Lev 16:3 - a ram for a burnt offering Lev 22:18 - Whatsoever Lev 23:12 - General Num 6:14 - one he 1Sa 10:3 - three kids Ezr 6:9 - young bullocks Heb 9:19 - the blood

he shall: Lev 1:5, Exo 40:22, Eze 8:5

northward: Lev 6:25, Lev 7:2

and the: Lev 1:7-9, Lev 9:12-14

Reciprocal: Exo 24:6 - on the altar Lev 2:4 - the oven Lev 3:2 - kill it Lev 3:8 - sprinkle Lev 4:24 - in the place Lev 8:15 - he slew it Lev 14:13 - in the place

Lev 1:6-8

Lev 1:9

Reciprocal: Gen 8:21 - smelled Exo 29:17 - wash the Exo 29:25 - offering Lev 1:17 - it is Lev 4:31 - a sweet Lev 5:12 - according Lev 6:10 - consumed Lev 7:5 - General Lev 22:22 - an offering Num 15:3 - will make Num 28:2 - for a sweet savour unto me Deu 12:27 - thy burnt Deu 33:10 - whole 2Ch 4:6 - such things as they offered for the burnt offering Ezr 6:10 - sweet savours Eze 20:41 - with your Eph 5:2 - for a

of fowls: Lev 5:7, Lev 12:8, Mat 11:29, Luk 2:24, 2Co 8:12, Heb 7:26

Reciprocal: Gen 15:9 - General Lev 5:10 - offer Lev 14:4 - two birds Lev 14:21 - poor Lev 15:14 - General Num 6:10 - General Mat 21:12 - doves

wring off his head: or, pinch off the head with the nail, Lev 5:8, Psa 22:1, Psa 22:21, Psa 69:1-21, Isa 53:4, Isa 53:5, Isa 53:10, Mat 26:1 - Mat 27:66, 1Jn 2:27

Reciprocal: Exo 29:13 - burn them Lev 1:5 - the priests Lev 5:7 - two turtledoves

his feathers: or, the filth thereof, Luk 1:35, 1Pe 1:2

by the place: Lev 4:12, Lev 6:10, Lev 6:11, Lev 16:27, Heb 13:11-14

Reciprocal: Zep 3:1 - her that is filthy

shall not: Gen 15:10, Psa 16:10, Mat 27:50, Joh 19:30, Rom 4:25, 1Pe 1:19-21, 1Pe 3:18

it is: Lev 1:9, Lev 1:10, Lev 1:13, Gen 8:21, Heb 10:6-12, Heb 13:15, Heb 13:16

Reciprocal: Exo 29:18 - sweet savour Lev 4:31 - a sweet Lev 5:12 - according Lev 6:10 - consumed Lev 8:21 - a sweet savour Num 15:3 - will make Num 28:2 - for a sweet savour unto me Deu 33:10 - whole Eze 20:41 - with your Eph 5:2 - for a