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the Week of Proper 16 / Ordinary 21
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Brenton's Septuagint

Leviticus 3:12

And if his offering be of the goats, then shall he bring it before the Lord.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Offerings;   Peace-Offerings;   Sacrifices;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Goat;   Sacrifice;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Expiation, Propitiation;   Laying on of Hands;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Priests and Levites;   Propitiation;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Kidneys;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Offering;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Offerings;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Goat;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"'If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD:
King James Version
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
"‘And if his offering is a goat, then he shall bring it before Yahweh,
New Century Version
"‘If a person's offering is a goat, he must offer it before the Lord
New English Translation
"‘If his offering is a goat he must present it before the Lord ,
Amplified Bible
'If his offering is a goat, he shall present it before the LORD,
New American Standard Bible
'Now if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also if his offring be a goate, then shal he offer it before the Lord,
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Moreover, if his offering is a goat, then he shall bring it near before Yahweh,
Contemporary English Version
If you offer a goat, you must also present it to me
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘If his offering is a goat, then he is to present it before Adonai .
Darby Translation
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall present it before Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"If the offering is a goat, you must bring it before the Lord .
English Standard Version
"If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord
George Lamsa Translation
And if his offering be of the goats then he shall offer it before the LORD.
Good News Translation
If you offer a goat,
Christian Standard Bible®
“If his offering is a goat, he is to present it before the Lord.
Literal Translation
And if his offering is a goat, then he shall bring it near before the face of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf his offeringe be a goate, and bringeth it before the LORDE,
American Standard Version
And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before Jehovah:
Bible in Basic English
And if his offering is a goat, then let it be placed before the Lord,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If his offeryng be a Goate, he shall bryng it before the Lorde,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall present it before the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord.
English Revised Version
And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD:
Berean Standard Bible
If one's offering is a goat, he is to present it before the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If his offryng is a geet, and he offrith it to the Lord,
Young's Literal Translation
`And if his offering [is] a goat, then he hath brought it near before Jehovah,
Update Bible Version
And if his oblation is a goat, then he shall offer it before Yahweh:
Webster's Bible Translation
And if his offering [shall be] a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
World English Bible
"'If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before Yahweh:
New King James Version
"And if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
New Living Translation
"If you present a goat as your offering, bring it to the Lord ,
New Life Bible
‘If his gift is a goat, then he will give it to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
If your offering is a goat, you shall bring it before the Lord
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But if a goat, be his oblation, then shall he bring it near, before Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If his offering be a goat, and he offer it to the Lord:
Revised Standard Version
"If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD,
THE MESSAGE
"If the offering is a goat, bring it into the presence of God , lay your hand on its head, and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Aaron's sons will throw the blood on all sides of the Altar. As a Fire-Gift to God present the fat that covers and is connected to the entrails, the two kidneys and the fat which is around them on the loins, and the lobe of the liver which is removed along with the kidneys. The priest will burn them on the Altar: a meal, a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance. "All the fat belongs to God . This is the fixed rule down through the generations, wherever you happen to live: Don't eat the fat; don't eat the blood. None of it."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Moreover, if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD,

Contextual Overview

6 And if his gift be of the sheep, a peace-offering to the Lord, male or female, he shall bring it unblemished. 7 If he bring a lamb for his gift, he shall bring it before the Lord. 8 And he shall lay his hands on the head of his offering, and shall slay it by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about. 9 And he shall bring of the peace-offering a burnt-sacrifice to the Lord: the fat and the hinder part unblemished he shall take away with the loins, and having taken away all the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly, 10 and both the kidneys and the fat that is upon them, and that which is on the thighs, and the caul which is on the liver with the kidneys, 11 the priest shall offer these on the altar: it is a sacrifice of sweet savour, a burnt-offering to the Lord. 12 And if his offering be of the goats, then shall he bring it before the Lord. 13 And he shall lay his hands on its head; and they shall slay it before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about. 14 And he shall offer of it a burnt-offering to the Lord, even the fat that covers the belly, and all the fat that is on the belly. 15 And both the kidneys, and all the fat that is upon them, that which is upon the thighs, and the caul of the liver with the kidneys, shall he take away.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a goat: Leviticus 3:1, Leviticus 3:7-17, Leviticus 1:2, Leviticus 1:6, Leviticus 1:10, Leviticus 9:3, Leviticus 9:15, Leviticus 10:16, Leviticus 22:19-27, Isaiah 53:2, Isaiah 53:6, Matthew 25:32, Matthew 25:33, Romans 8:3, 2 Corinthians 5:21

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:3 - three kids

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him.
Genesis 2:20
And Adam gave names to all the cattle and to all the birds of the sky, and to all the wild beasts of the field, but for Adam there was not found a help like to himself.
Genesis 2:22
And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.
Genesis 3:13
And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me—she gave me of the tree and I ate.
Genesis 3:15
And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.
Genesis 3:20
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return.
Genesis 3:21
And Adam called the name of his wife Life, because she was the mother of all living.
Genesis 3:24
So the Lord God sent him forth out of the garden of Delight to cultivate the ground out of which he was taken.
Job 31:33
or if too having sinned unintentionally, I hid my sin;
Proverbs 19:3
The folly of a man spoils his ways: and he blames God in his heart.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if his offering be a goat,.... As it might be, and which also was of the flock:

then he shall offer it before the Lord; in the same place and manner as the bullock and the lamb, Leviticus 3:1

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Leviticus 1:10 note. Birds were not accepted as peace-offerings, most probably because they were, by themselves, insufficient to make up a sacrificial meal.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 3:12. A goat — Implying the whole species, he-goat, she-goat, and kid, as we have already seen.


 
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