New English Translation
Leviticus 19:5
5“‘When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you.
Leviticus 19:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the Lord, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it of your own free will.
Context of Leviticus 19:5
3Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God. 4Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God. “‘When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you. 6It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the following day, but what is left over until the third day must be burned up. 7If, however, it is eaten on the third day, it is spoiled, it will not be accepted,
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:5 word by word
וְכִ֧י תִזְבְּח֛וּ זֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים לַיהוָ֑ה לִֽרְצֹנְכֶ֖ם תִּזְבָּחֻֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:5
- Leviticus 3:1“‘Now if his offering is a peace offering sacrifice, if he presents an offering from the herd, he must present before the Lord a flawless male or a female.
- Leviticus 7:16“‘If his offering is a votive or freewill sacrifice, it may be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and also the leftovers from it may be eaten on the next day,
- Leviticus 22:21If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord for a special votive offering or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; it must have no flaw.
- Exodus 24:5He sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 31:2Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks – to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord’s sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 45:15and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign Lord.
- Ezekiel 46:2The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening.
- Ephesians 2:13But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
- Leviticus 1:3“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd he must present it as a flawless male; he must present it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent for its acceptance before the Lord.
- Leviticus 22:19if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Peace-offerings - See the notes at the conclusion of Leviticus 7 at Leviticus 7:38; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Rather, ye shall offer it that you may be accepted.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85-8. if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will--Those which included thank offerings, or offerings made for vows, were always freewill offerings. Except the portions which, being waved and heaved, became the property of the priests (see Le 3:1-17), the rest of the victim was eaten by the offerer and his friend, under the following regulations, however, that, if thank offerings, they were to be eaten on…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 19
- 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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