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Leviticus 7:1
1⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is very holy.
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
⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is very holy. 2It must be slaughtered in the same place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. ⌞A priest⌟ will throw the blood against the altar on all sides. 3He will offer all the fat, the fat from the tail, the fat covering the internal organs,
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וְזֹ֥את תּוֹרַ֖ת הָאָשָׁ֑ם קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 7:1
- Leviticus 5:1⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Now, if you are a witness under oath and won’t tell what you saw or what you know, you are sinning and will be punished.
- Leviticus 14:12The priest will take one of the male lambs and the quart of olive oil and present them to the Lord as a guilt offering.
- Leviticus 19:21He must bring a ram for his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 6:12Once again he will dedicate himself to the Lord as a Nazirite for the same length of time as before. He must bring a one-year-old male lamb as an offering for guilt. The first time period won’t count. He has to start over from when he became unclean.
- Ezekiel 40:39In the entrance hall of the gateway there were two tables on each side of the room. On these tables the animals were slaughtered for burnt offerings, offerings for sin, and guilt offerings.
- Ezekiel 44:29They will eat grain offerings, offerings for sin, and guilt offerings. Everything in Israel that is devoted to the Lord will belong to them.
- Ezekiel 46:20He said to me, “This is the place where the priests must boil the meat for the guilt offering and the offering for sin. This is the place where they must bake grain offerings so that they don’t have to bring the offerings into the outer courtyard. This way they won’t transfer holiness to the people.”
- Leviticus 6:17Don’t use yeast in baking the bread. I have given it to them as their share from the offerings by fire made to me. It is very holy like the offering for sin and the guilt offering.
- Leviticus 21:22He may eat the food of his God—what is holy and what is very holy.
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
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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
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