Leviticus 4:35

Leviticus 4:35 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
• New International Version (NIV)They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the Lord's food offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He shall remove all its fat, as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offering. Then the priest shall burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire to the Lord. So the priest shall make atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

Context of Leviticus 4:35

33He must put his hand on the animal's head. He will kill it at the altar of burnt offering. 34The priest will put his finger in the blood of the sheep. He will take some of it and he will put it on the horns of the altar. He will pour the blood that he did not use on the ground in front of the altar. The priest will cut all the fat from the sheep as he did with the friendship offering. He will burn it on the altar. He must burn it on top of the burnt offerings. This is how the priest will make atonement for the person's sin. Then the Lord will forgive the person.

Leviticus 4:35 word by word

וְאֶת־כָּל־חֶלְבָּ֣ה יָסִ֗יר כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יוּסַ֥ר חֵֽלֶב־הַכֶּשֶׂב֮ מִזֶּ֣בַח הַשְּׁלָמִים֒ וְהִקְטִ֨יר הַכֹּהֵ֤ן אֹתָם֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה עַ֖ל אִשֵּׁ֣י יְהוָ֑ה וְכִפֶּ֨ר עָלָ֧יו הַכֹּהֵ֛ן עַל־חַטָּאת֥וֹ אֲשֶׁר־חָטָ֖א וְנִסְלַ֥ח לֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he shall take awayסוּרsûr ώûr · to turn aside: removeH5493
• all the fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• of the lambכֶּ֫שֶׂבkeώeb · sheepH3775
• from the sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
• of the peace offeringsשֶׁ֫לֶםshelem · peace offeringH8002
• and the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall burnקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999
• them upon the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• according to the offerings made by fireאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall make an atonementכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
• for his sinחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sinH2403
• that he hath committedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• and it shall be forgivenסָלַחsâlach · to forgiveH5545

Cross-references for Leviticus 4:35

• Leviticus 4:31The priest will cut all the fat from the goat as he did with the friendship offering. And he will burn it on the altar. This will make atonement for the wrong things that the person has done. The smell of it while it is burning will give the Lord pleasure. Then the Lord will forgive the person.
• Leviticus 1:1The Lord spoke to Moses from the Tent of Meeting. He told him the rules that Israel's people must obey.
• Leviticus 4:20He will do with this bull what he did with the bull for the sin offering. This is how the priest will atone for the sins of the people. God will forgive them when the priest does this.
• Leviticus 1:4The person must put his hand on the animal's head. Then he must kill it. The animal's death will pay for the person's sins.
• Leviticus 5:6He must give a sheep or a goat for a sin offering. Then the Lord will not be angry with him. The priest will kill the animal as a sacrifice to atone for that sin.
• Leviticus 6:7The priest will give the sheep to the Lord. It is an atonement for the wrong things that the person has done. Then the Lord will forgive the person.’
• Leviticus 9:7Moses said to Aaron, ‘Go to the altar. Sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to the Lord. You must do that to pay for your sins and those of the people. Then sacrifice the people's gift. Their offerings are an atonement for the bad things that they have done. The Lord said that you should do this.’
• Leviticus 12:8If the woman does not have money to buy a sheep she can give two doves or pigeons. The priest will use one bird for a sin offering and he will burn the other one. That is how he will make atonement for her. Then she will be clean.’
• Leviticus 14:18The priest must put the oil that he did not use on the person's head. This makes his atonement in front of the Lord.
• Leviticus 16:1The Lord spoke to Moses after the two sons of Aaron died. The gift that they gave to the Lord was not holy. So they died.
• Numbers 15:25Then the priest will make things right with God for all the Israelites. The Lord will forgive them. That is because their sin was a mistake. They have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the Lord. And they have brought their sin offering to the Lord, for their mistake.
• Romans 3:24But because God is very kind, he accepts us as right with himself. That is God's gift to us. Jesus Christ has paid for our sins so that we have become free.
• Romans 4:25God let people kill Jesus on the cross because of the wrong things that we have done. Then God raised Jesus from death, to show that he would accept us as right with him.
• Romans 5:6At one time we were weak and we could not help ourselves. Then, at the right time, Christ died to save us. He died on behalf of people who have turned away from God.
• Romans 8:1Now we know this: God has forgiven those people who are united with Christ Jesus. God will never say that they are guilty.
• Romans 10:4God gave his Law to Israel's people for a purpose. But Christ has finished that purpose. So now, every person who believes in Christ becomes right with God.

Commentaries on Leviticus 4:35

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-35Verses 27-35 Here is the law of the sin-offering for a common person. To be able to plead, when charged with sin, that we did it ignorantly, and through the surprise of temptation, will not bring us off, if we have no interest in that great plea, Christ hath died. The sins of ignorance committed by a common person, needed a sacrifice; the greatest are not above, the meanest are not below Divine justice. None, if offenders, were overlooked. Here rich and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-35The common people, with fewer responsibilities than priests or leaders, could offer a female sheep or goat. More important social positions required more responsibility (see Amos 3:2; Matthew 25:14–30; James 3:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3535. it shall be forgiven him--None of these sacrifices possessed any intrinsic value sufficient to free the conscience of the sinner from the pollution of guilt, or to obtain his pardon from God; but they gave a formal deliverance from a secular penalty (He 9:13, 14); and they were figurative representations of the full and perfect sin offering which was to be made by Christ.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 4:35

• Atonement
• Ignorance
• Priest
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Peace offerings
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• Sanctuary
• Sinoffering
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• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus

Commentaries on Leviticus 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings