Leviticus 7:7

Leviticus 7:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘The same law applies to both the sin offering and the guilt offering: They belong to the priest who makes atonement with them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The guilt offering is just like the sin offering; there is one law for them. The priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The trespass offering is like the sin offering; there is one law for them both: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it.

Context of Leviticus 7:7

5The priest will burn them on the altar. It is a guilt offering by fire to the Lord. 6Any male among the priests may eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is very holy. “The same instructions apply to the offering for sin and the guilt offering. Both offerings belong to the priest to make peace with the Lord. 8The skin of the burnt offering belongs to the priest who sacrifices it. 9Every grain offering, whether baked in an oven or prepared in a skillet or a frying pan, belongs to the priest who offers it.

Leviticus 7:7 word by word

כַּֽחַטָּאת֙ כָּֽאָשָׁ֔ם תּוֹרָ֥ה אַחַ֖ת לָהֶ֑ם הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְכַפֶּר־בּ֖וֹ ל֥וֹ יִהְיֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As the sin offeringחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sin: sin offeringH2403
• the trespass offeringאָשָׁם'âshâm · guilt (offering)H817
• oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• lawתּוֹרָהtôrâh tôrâh · instructionH8451
• for them: the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• that maketh atonementכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722

Cross-references for Leviticus 7:7

• Leviticus 6:25“Tell Aaron and his sons: These are the instructions for the offering for sin. The offering for sin must be slaughtered in the Lord’s presence in the same place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. It is very holy.
• Leviticus 14:13He will slaughter the lamb in the holy place where he slaughters the offering for sin and the burnt offering. He will do this because the guilt offering, like the offering for sin, belongs to the priest. It is very holy.

Commentaries on Leviticus 7:7

• 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
• 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 7:7

• Offerings
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Trespass offering
• Sin Offering
• Morrow
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Mediation; Mediator
• Priest

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