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Good News Translation

Exodus 29:17

Cut the ram in pieces; wash its internal organs and its hind legs, and put them on top of the head and the other pieces.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Offerings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Christ as;   Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fat;   Food;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bull;   Dedicate, Dedication;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - High priest;   Priest;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Leg;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abel (1);   Leg;   Sacrifice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Anatomy;   Priestly Code;   Sidra;   Urim and Thummim;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
King James Version
And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
Lexham English Bible
And you will cut the ram into pieces and wash its inner parts, and you will put its legs with its pieces and with its head.
New Century Version
Then cut it into pieces and wash its inner organs and its legs, putting them with its head and its other pieces.
New English Translation
Then you are to cut the ram into pieces and wash the entrails and its legs and put them on its pieces and on its head
Amplified Bible
"Then you shall cut the ram into pieces, and wash its intestines and legs, and place them with its pieces and its head,
New American Standard Bible
"Then you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt cut the ramme in pieces, and wash the inwards of him and his legges, and shalt put them vpon the pieces thereof, and vpon his head.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head.
Contemporary English Version
Cut up the ram, wash its insides and legs, and lay all of its parts on the altar, including the head.
Complete Jewish Bible
Quarter the ram, wash the inner organs and the lower parts of the legs, and put them with the quarters and the head.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt cut up the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put [them] upon its pieces, and upon its head;
Easy-to-Read Version
Then cut the ram into several pieces. Wash all the parts from inside the ram and the legs. Put these things with the head and the other pieces of the ram.
English Standard Version
Then you shall cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head,
George Lamsa Translation
And then you shall cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them over its pieces and over its head.
Christian Standard Bible®
Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its entrails and legs, and place them with its head and its pieces on the altar.
Literal Translation
And you shall cut the ram into pieces; and you shall wash its inward parts, and its legs, and shall place them on its pieces and on its head.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the ramme shalt thou deuyde in peces, and wash his bowels and his legges, and laye them vpon the peces and the heade,
American Standard Version
And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
Bible in Basic English
Then the sheep is to be cut up into its parts, and after washing its legs and its inside parts, you are to put them with the parts and the head,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And cut the Ramme in peeces, and washe the inwardes of hym, and his legges, and put them vnto the peeces, and vnto his head.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt cut the ramme in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them vnto his pieces, and vnto his head.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt divide the ram by his several limbs, and thou shalt wash the inward parts and the feet with water, and thou shalt put them on the divided parts with the head.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
Berean Standard Bible
Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe thou schalt kitte thilk ram in to smale gobetis, and thou schalt putte hise entrailis waischun, and feet on the fleischis koruun, and on his heed;
Young's Literal Translation
and the ram thou dost cut into its pieces, and hast washed its inwards, and its legs, and hast put [them] on its pieces, and on its head;
Update Bible Version
And you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its insides, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put [them] to his pieces, and to his head.
World English Bible
You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
New King James Version
Then you shall cut the ram in pieces, wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and with its head.
New Living Translation
Cut the ram into pieces, and wash off the internal organs and the legs. Set them alongside the head and the other pieces of the body,
New Life Bible
Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its inside parts and its legs. And put them with its pieces and its head.
New Revised Standard
Then you shall cut the ram into its parts, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its parts and its head,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
but the ram itself, shalt thou cut up into its pieces, - and shalt bathe its inner part, and its legs, and lay upon its pieces and upon its head;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and having washed his entrails and feet, thou shalt put them upon the flesh that is cut in pieces, and upon his head.
Revised Standard Version
Then you shall cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head.

Contextual Overview

1 "This is what you are to do to Aaron and his sons to dedicate them as priests in my service. Take one young bull and two rams without any defects. 2 Use the best wheat flour, but no yeast, and make some bread with olive oil, some without it, and some in the form of thin cakes brushed with oil. 3 Put them in a basket and offer them to me when you sacrifice the bull and the two rams. 4 "Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of my presence, and have them take a ritual bath. 5 Then dress Aaron in the priestly garments—the shirt, the robe that goes under the ephod, the ephod, the breastpiece, and the belt. 6 Put the turban on him and tie on it the sacred sign of dedication engraved ‘Dedicated to the Lord .' 7 Then take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him. 8 "Bring his sons and put shirts on them; 9 put sashes around their waists and tie caps on their heads. That is how you are to ordain Aaron and his sons. They and their descendants are to serve me as priests forever. 10 "Bring the bull to the front of the Tent of my presence and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on its head.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

wash the: Leviticus 1:9, Leviticus 1:13, Leviticus 8:21, Leviticus 9:14, Jeremiah 4:14, Matthew 23:26

unto: or, upon

Reciprocal: Leviticus 1:8 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 12:11
When he was about to cross the border into Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "You are a beautiful woman.
Genesis 24:16
She was a very beautiful young woman and still a virgin. She went down to the well, filled her jar, and came back.
Genesis 29:1
Jacob continued on his way and went toward the land of the East.
Genesis 29:2
Suddenly he came upon a well out in the fields with three flocks of sheep lying around it. The flocks were watered from this well, which had a large stone over the opening.
Genesis 29:6
"Is he well?" he asked. "He is well," they answered. "Look, here comes his daughter Rachel with his flock."
Genesis 29:12
He told her, "I am your father's relative, the son of Rebecca." She ran to tell her father;
Genesis 29:18
Jacob was in love with Rachel, so he said, "I will work seven years for you, if you will let me marry Rachel."
Genesis 29:19
Laban answered, "I would rather give her to you than to anyone else; stay here with me."
Genesis 29:20
Jacob worked seven years so that he could have Rachel, and the time seemed like only a few days to him, because he loved her.
Genesis 29:22
So Laban gave a wedding feast and invited everyone.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces,.... For the better convenience of laying it upon the wood on the altar, that it might be burnt; for it was to be a whole burnt offering:

and wash the inwards of him, and his legs; denoting the purity of the sacrifice of Christ, and that when his people give up themselves to God as a whole burnt offering, in the flames of love and zeal, their affections should be pure and sincere:

and put [them] unto his pieces, and unto his head; lay them together, so that they might be entirely consumed at once; signifying that Christ was both in soul and body an offering and a sacrifice of a sweet smelling savour to God; zeal for the honour of whose house, and the glory of his name, ate him up, as well as the fire of divine wrath; and so our whole souls, bodies and spirits, should be presented to the Lord as a holy, living, and acceptable sacrifice to him, which is more strongly suggested in the next verse.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Lev. 8–9.

Exodus 29:4

Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3.

Exodus 29:27

The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once.

Exodus 29:33

A stranger - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron.


 
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