Leviticus 7:1

Leviticus 7:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering, which is most holy:
• English Standard Version (ESV)"This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering (it is most holy):

Context of Leviticus 7:1

These are the rules for a most holy offering. A person may be sorry for the wrong things that he has done. That person must obey these rules. 2The priest must kill an animal at the north side of the altar. He must throw the blood onto the sides of the altar. 3The priest will bring all the fat from the tail and the inside parts to the altar.

Leviticus 7:1 word by word

וְזֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הָאָשָׁ֑ם קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• of the trespass offeringאָשָׁם'âshâm · guilt (offering)H817
• mostקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

Cross-references for Leviticus 7:1

• Leviticus 5:1A person may know about something that is wrong. He may not speak about it at a public meeting. That person is sinning.
• Leviticus 14:12The priest must take one of the male sheep and the oil. He must lift them up to the Lord as a gift.
• Leviticus 19:21The man must bring a male sheep to the door of the Tent of Meeting. It is an offering to the Lord.
• Numbers 6:12He must begin his time as a Nazirite again, with a new promise to the Lord. He cannot include the days before he became unclean. He must bring a male lamb that is one year old. That is a guilt offering.
• Ezekiel 40:39In the entrance room there were four tables, two on each side of the room. They killed the animals for sacrifices on these tables. They were animals for burnt offerings and also for sin offerings and for guilt offerings.
• Ezekiel 44:29They will receive the grain offerings, the sin offerings and the guilt offerings. They are allowed to eat some of those offerings that the people bring. All the special things that people give to the Lord will belong to the priests.
• Ezekiel 46:20He said to me, ‘This is the place where the priests will cook the meat for the sin offerings and for the guilt offerings. They will bake the grain offerings here, too. In this way, they will not have to take these holy things into the outside yard. If they did that, someone might touch them and become holy.’
• Leviticus 6:17The bread is for the priests because it is a holy part of a gift. It is holy, like the offerings for sin. And it is like the gifts when somebody does anything wrong.
• Leviticus 21:22He can eat God's holy food and God's most holy food.

Commentaries on Leviticus 7:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Trespass-offering - See end of the chapter at Leviticus 7:38; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-7Verses 1-7 See Leviticus 5:14 note. In Leviticus 7:2 “sprinkle” should rather be cast Leviticus 1:5. All the details regarding the parts put on the altar are repeated for each kind of sacrifice, because the matter was one of paramount importance.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Concerning the trespass-offering. (1-10) Concerning the peace-offering. (11-27) The wave and heave offerings. (28-34) The conclusion of these institutions. (35-38) Verses 1-10 In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offerings. The former expressed repentance and sorrow for sin, therefore it was more proper to fast than feast; the…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering--This chapter is a continuation of the laws that were to regulate the duty of the priests respecting the trespass offerings. The same regulations obtained in this case as in the burnt offerings--part was to be consumed on the altar, while the other part was a perquisite of the priests--some fell exclusively to the officiating minister, and was the fee for his services; others were the common share of…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 7:1

• Offerings

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• Trespass offering
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• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
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Commentaries on Leviticus 7

• 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