New King James Version
Leviticus 19:5
5‘And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it of your own free will.
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 Living Translation (NLT)“When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, offer it properly so you will be accepted by God.
Context of Leviticus 19:5
3‘Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God. 4‘Do not turn to idols, nor make for yourselves molded gods: I am the Lord your God. ‘And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it of your own free will. 6It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. And if any remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire. 7And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It shall 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‘When his offering is a sacrifice of a peace offering, if he offers it of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
- Leviticus 7:16But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice; but on the next day the remainder of it also may be eaten;
- Leviticus 22:21And whoever offers a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, to fulfill his vow, or a freewill offering from the cattle or the sheep, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it.
- Exodus 24:5Then he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord.
- 2 Chronicles 31:2And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites according to their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and peace offerings, to serve, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord.
- Ezekiel 45:15And one lamb shall be given from a flock of two hundred, from the rich pastures of Israel. These shall be for grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for them,” says the Lord God.
- Ezekiel 46:2The prince shall enter by way of the vestibule of the gateway from the outside, and stand by the gatepost. The priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings. He shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening.
- Ephesians 2:13But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
- Leviticus 1:3‘If his offering is a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it of his own free will at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord.
- Leviticus 22:19you shall offer of your own free will a male without blemish from the cattle, from the sheep, or from the 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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