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Leviticus 8:20

He cut the male sheep into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel;   Priest;   Scofield Reference Index - Sanctify;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Sacrifice;   Holman Bible Dictionary - High Priest;   Knife;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Priests and Levites;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Burnt-Offering ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;   Priest;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Knife;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Priesthood, the;   Worship, the;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Abel (1);  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moshe burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
King James Version
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Lexham English Bible
Then he cut the ram into pieces, and Moses turned into smoke the head and the pieces and the suet,
New English Translation
Then he cut the ram into parts, and Moses offered the head, the parts, and the suet up in smoke,
Amplified Bible
When he had cut the ram into pieces, Moses offered up the head, the pieces, and the fat in smoke.
New American Standard Bible
When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Moses cut the ram in pieces, & burnt the head with the pieces, and the fat,
Legacy Standard Bible
And he cut the ram into its pieces. Then Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.
Contemporary English Version
Moses had the animal cut up, and he washed its insides and hind legs. Then he laid the head, the fat, and the rest of the ram on the altar and sent them up in smoke with a smell that pleased the Lord . All this was done just as the Lord had commanded.
Complete Jewish Bible
When the ram had been cut in pieces, Moshe made the head, the pieces and the fat go up in smoke.
Darby Translation
And the ram he cut up into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat;
Easy-to-Read Version
He cut the ram into pieces. He washed the inner parts and legs with water. Then he burned the whole ram on the altar. He burned the head, the pieces, and the fat as a burnt offering. It was a sweet-smelling gift to the Lord . Moses did everything just as the Lord commanded.
English Standard Version
He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat.
George Lamsa Translation
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat.
Good News Translation
He cut the ram in pieces, washed the internal organs and the hind legs with water, and burned the head, the fat, and all the rest of the ram on the altar, just as the Lord had commanded. This burnt offering was a food offering, and its odor was pleasing to the Lord .
Christian Standard Bible®
Moses cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat,
Literal Translation
and he cut the ram into its pieces, and Moses burned it as incense with the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
hewed the ramme in peces, and burnt the heade, the peces, and the fatt.
American Standard Version
And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Bible in Basic English
And when the sheep had been cut into parts, the head and the parts and the fat were burned by Moses.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses cut the Ramme into his peeces, and burnt the head, the peeces, and the fat.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke.
King James Version (1611)
And he cut the ramme into pieces, and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses offered up the whole ram on the altar: it is a whole-burnt-offering for a sweet-smelling savour; it is a burnt-offering to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
English Revised Version
And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Berean Standard Bible
He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he kittide thilke ram in to gobetis, and brente with fier the heed therof, and membris,
Young's Literal Translation
and the ram he hath cut into its pieces, and Moses maketh perfume with the head, and the pieces, and the fat,
Update Bible Version
And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
World English Bible
He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
New King James Version
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
New Living Translation
Then he cut the ram into pieces, and he burned the head, some of its pieces, and the fat on the altar.
New Life Bible
He cut the ram into pieces. And Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
New Revised Standard
The ram was cut into its parts, and Moses turned into smoke the head and the parts and the suet.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and the ram itself, was cut up into its pieces, - and Moses made a perfume with the head and with the pieces and with the fat;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And cutting the ram into pieces, the head thereof, and the joints, and the fat he burnt in the fire.
Revised Standard Version
And when the ram was cut into pieces, Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

Contextual Overview

14 Then Moses brought the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head. 15 Moses killed the bull, took the blood, and with his finger put some of it on all the corners of the altar, to make it pure. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar. In this way he made it holy and ready for service to God. 16 Moses took all the fat from the inner organs of the bull, the best part of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat that is on them, and he burned them on the altar. 17 But he took the bull's skin, its meat, and its intestines and burned them in a fire outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded him. 18 Next Moses brought the male sheep of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head. 19 Then Moses killed it and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. 20 He cut the male sheep into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. 21 He washed the inner organs and legs with water and burned the whole sheep on the altar as a burnt offering made by fire to the Lord ; its smell was pleasing to the Lord . Moses did these things as the Lord had commanded him. 22 Then Moses brought the other male sheep, the one used in appointing Aaron and his sons as priests, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head. 23 Then Moses killed the sheep and put some of its blood on the bottom of Aaron's right ear, some on the thumb of Aaron's right hand, and some on the big toe of his right foot.

Bible Verse Review
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Reciprocal: Ezekiel 40:43 - upon

Cross-References

Genesis 4:4
Abel brought the best parts from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord accepted Abel and his gift,
Genesis 7:2
Take with you seven pairs, each male with its female, of every kind of clean animal, and take one pair, each male with its female, of every kind of unclean animal.
Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the wild and tame animals with him in the boat. He made a wind blow over the earth, and the water went down.
Genesis 8:7
he sent out a raven. It flew here and there until the water had dried up from the earth.
Genesis 8:8
Then Noah sent out a dove to find out if the water had dried up from the ground.
Genesis 8:15
Then God said to Noah,
Genesis 8:16
"You and your wife, your sons, and their wives should go out of the boat.
Genesis 8:17
Bring every animal out of the boat with you—the birds, animals, and everything that crawls on the earth. Let them have many young ones so that they might grow in number."
Genesis 13:4
and where he had built an altar. So he worshiped the Lord there.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents and went to live near the great trees of Mamre at the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to the Lord .

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he cut the ram into pieces,.... Cut off its head and quartered it:

and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat; even all of it, as the following verse shows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Moses as the mediator of the covenant of the Law Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 8:6 was called to perform the priestly functions, in consecrating those on whom henceforth those functions were to devolve, and in inaugurating the legal order of sacrifices. See Exodus 40:23 note. The sin-offering was now offered for the first time. The succession in which the sacrifices followed each other on this occasion, first the sin-offering, then the burnt-offering, and lastly the peace-offering, has its ground in the meaning of each sacrifice, and became the established custom in later ages. The worshipper passed through a spiritual process. He had transgressed the Law, and he needed the atonement signified by the sin-offering: if his offering had been made in truth and sincerity, he could then offer himself as an accepted person, as a sweet savour, in the burnt-offering; and in consequence, he could enjoy communion with the Lord and with his brethren in the peace-offering.

Leviticus 8:14-17

See the marginal references. The flesh of the sin-offering could not be eaten by any but a legally consecrated priest (Leviticus 6:25 note). Moses therefore could not eat of it himself, though he was, for the occasion, performing the duties of a priest. Those whom he was consecrating could not eat it, not only because they were not yet duly installed, but because the sacrifice was offered on their behalf, and the body of the victim stood to them in the same relation as that of the regular sin-offering afterward stood to the high priest.

Leviticus 8:15

Purified the altar ... sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it - The altar had been sanctified by the anointing oil Leviticus 8:11 like the priests who were to officiate at it; it was now, like them, sanctified by blood, in acknowledgment of the alienation of all nature, in itself, from God, and the need of a reconciliation to Him of all things by blood. Colossians 1:20; Hebrews 9:21-22. See Leviticus 17:11; Exodus 28:38.

Leviticus 8:18-21

Atonement having been made, Aaron and his sons were now permitted, by the laying on of their hands, to make themselves one with the victim, which was to be sent up to Yahweh as “a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.” All was done strictly according to the ritual Leviticus 1:3-9, except that Moses performed the duties of the priest.

Leviticus 8:22

The ram of consecration - The sacrifice of this ram was by far the most unique part of the whole ceremony. The words may be literally rendered “the ram of the fillings”, and the name has been supposed to have reference to the ceremony in which Moses filled the hands of the priests; see Leviticus 8:27. The offering was in the highest sense “the sacrifice of completion or fulfilling”, as being the central point of the consecrating rite. The final perfection of the creature is consecration to the Lord.

Leviticus 8:23, Leviticus 8:24

Before casting forth the blood round the altar in the usual manner, Moses took a portion of the blood and put some of it on the right extremities of each of the priests. This, being performed with the blood of the peace-offering, has been supposed to figure the readiness of the priest who is at peace with Yahweh to hear with the ear and obey the divine word, to perform with the hand the sacred duties of his office, and to walk with the feet in the way of holiness.

Leviticus 8:25-28

In the rite of filling the hands of the priests, Moses took the portions of the victim which usually belonged to the altar, with the right shoulder (or leg); he placed upon them one cake of each of the three kinds of unleavened bread contained in the basket (see Leviticus 8:2 note), and then put the whole first upon the hands of Aaron and in succession upon the hands of his sons: in each case, according to Jewish tradition, he put his own hands under the hands of the priest, moving them backwards and forwards, so as to wave the mass to and fro.

In this remarkable ceremony the gifts of the people appear to have been made over to the priests, as if in trust, for the service of the altar. The articles were presented to Yahweh and solemnly waved in the hands of the priests, but not by their own act and deed. The mediator of the Law, who was expressly commissioned on this occasion, was the agent in the process.

Leviticus 8:25

The rump - See Leviticus 3:9 note.

Leviticus 8:29

The heave-shoulder was the ordinary perquisite of the officiating priest, but the wave-breast appears to have been awarded to Moses as the servant of Yahweh now especially appointed for the priestly service.

Leviticus 8:30

The sprinkling was on their garments as well as their persons, because it belonged to them in reference to the office with which they had been formally invested by putting on the garments. (See Exodus 28:3 note). The union of the two symbols of the atoning blood and the inspiring unction appears to be a fit conclusion of the entire rite.

Leviticus 8:33-36

The rites of consecration were to last a whole week, and thus, like the longer of the annual festivals, were connected in an emphatic manner with the sabbatical number of the covenant. During this period the priests were not to leave the holy precinct for the sake of any worldly business; and the whole series of ceremonies, including the sacrifice of the Ram of consecration, was to be gone through on each day. Compare the marginal references.

Leviticus 8:33

Rather, ye shall not go away from the entrance of the tent. With this agree Cranmer, the Geneva Bible, etc. The meaning is evidently that they were not to go out of the court, as is more clearly expressed in Leviticus 8:35.

Leviticus 8:35

That ye die not - See Exodus 28:35 note.


 
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