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Leviticus 1

Lev. 1:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If his offering
qorban (Hebrew #7133)
from 7126; something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present
KJV usage: oblation, that is offered, offering.
Pronounce: kor-bawn'
Origin: or qurban {koor-bawn'}
be a burnt sacrifice
`olah (Hebrew #5930)
feminine active participle of 5927; a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
KJV usage: ascent, burnt offering (sacrifice), go up to. See also 5766.
Pronounce: o-law'
Origin: or mowlah {o-law'}
of the herd
baqar (Hebrew #1241)
beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
KJV usage: beeve, bull (+ -ock), + calf, + cow, great (cattle), + heifer, herd, kine, ox.
Pronounce: baw-kawr'
Origin: from 1239
, let him offer
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
a male
zakar (Hebrew #2145)
properly, remembered, i.e. a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
KJV usage: X him, male, man(child, -kind).
Pronounce: zaw-kawr'
Origin: from 2142
e without blemish
tamiym (Hebrew #8549)
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
KJV usage: without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.
Pronounce: taw-meem'
Origin: from 8552
: he shall offer
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
it of his own voluntary will
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
at the door
pethach (Hebrew #6607)
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
KJV usage: door, entering (in), entrance (-ry), gate, opening, place.
Pronounce: peh'-thakh
Origin: from 6605
of the tabernacle
'ohel (Hebrew #168)
a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)
KJV usage: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent.
Pronounce: o'-hel
Origin: from 166
of the congregation
mow`ed (Hebrew #4150)
or (feminine) moweadah (2 Chronicles 8:13) {mo-aw-daw'}; from 3259; properly, an appointment, i.e. a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for a definite purpose); technically the congregation; by extension, the place of meeting; also a signal (as appointed beforehand)
KJV usage: appointed (sign, time), (place of, solemn) assembly, congregation, (set, solemn) feast, (appointed, due) season, solemn(-ity), synogogue, (set) time (appointed).
Pronounce: mo-ade'
Origin: or moled {mo-ade'}
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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Lev. 3:1• 1And if his offering be a sacrifice of peace-offering,--if he present it of the herd, whether a male or female, he shall present it without blemish before Jehovah. (Lev. 3:1)
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Lev. 22:20‑21• 20Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; for it shall not be acceptable for you.
 21And if any present a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or a voluntary offering of oxen or small cattle, it shall be without blemish to be accepted: there shall be no defect therein. (Lev. 22:20‑21)
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Ex. 12:5• 5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats. (Ex. 12:5)
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Deut. 15:21• 21But if there be a defect therein, if it be lame, or blind, or have any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 15:21)
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Mal. 1:14• 14Yea, cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the nations. (Mal. 1:14)
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Luke 1:35• 35And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God. (Luke 1:35)
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John 1:36• 36And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God. (John 1:36)
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Eph. 5:27• 27that *he* might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless. (Eph. 5:27)
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Heb. 9:14• 14how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God? (Heb. 9:14)
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1 Peter 1:19• 19but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ, (1 Peter 1:19)

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Blemish,
Burnt Offering or Sacrifice,
Congregation,
Herd; Herdman,
Offering; Offering Up,
Sacrifice,
The Tabernacle

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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a burnt.
Lev. 6:9‑13• 9Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt-offering; this, the burnt-offering, shall be on the hearth on the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
 10And the priest shall put on his linen raiment, and his linen breeches shall he put on his flesh, and take up the ashes to which the fire hath consumed the burnt-offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
 11And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place.
 12And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning on it: it shall not be put out; and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt-offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace-offerings.
 13A continual fire shall be kept burning on the altar: it shall never go out. (Lev. 6:9‑13)
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Lev. 8:18,21• 18And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram;
 21and the inwards and the legs he washed in water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar: it was a burnt-offering for a sweet odour, it was an offering by fire to Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Lev. 8:18,21)
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Gen. 8:20• 20And Noah built an altar to Jehovah; and took of every clean animal, and of all clean fowl, and offered up burnt-offerings on the altar. (Gen. 8:20)
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Gen. 22:2,8,13• 2And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son, whom thou lovest, Isaac, and get thee into the land of Moriah, and there offer him up for a burnt-offering on one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
 8And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself with the sheep for a burnt-offering. And they went both of them together.
 13And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold, behind was a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered it up for a burnt-offering instead of his son. (Gen. 22:2,8,13)
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Ex. 24:5• 5And he sent the youths of the children of Israel, and they offered up burnt-offerings, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offering of bullocks to Jehovah. (Ex. 24:5)
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Ex. 29:18,42• 18and thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering to Jehovah--a sweet odour; it is an offering by fire to Jehovah.
 42It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you, to speak there with thee. (Ex. 29:18,42)
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Ex. 32:6• 6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered up burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to sport. (Ex. 32:6)
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Ex. 38:1• 1And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia-wood; five cubits the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, square, and three cubits the height thereof. (Ex. 38:1)
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Num. 23:3,10‑11,19,23‑24,27,30• 3And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.
 10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the righteous, and let my end be like his!
 11And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
 19*God is not a man, that he should lie; neither a son of man, that he should repent. Shall he say and not do? and shall he speak and not make it good?
 23For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath *God wrought!
 24Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.
 27And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.
 30And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar. (Num. 23:3,10‑11,19,23‑24,27,30)
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Num. 29:8‑11,13• 8And ye shall present a burnt-offering to Jehovah for a sweet odour: one young bullock, one ram, seven yearling lambs (without blemish shall they be unto you);
 9and their oblation of fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the ram,
 10one tenth part for each lamb, of the seven lambs;
 11and one buck of the goats for a sin-offering,--besides the sin-offering of atonement, and the continual burnt-offering and its oblation, and their drink-offerings.
 13and ye shall present a burnt-offering, an offering by fire for a sweet odour to Jehovah: thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen yearling lambs (they shall be without blemish); (Num. 29:8‑11,13)
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Isa. 1:11• 11To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith Jehovah. I am sated with burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and in the blood of bullocks, and of lambs, and of he-goats I take no pleasure. (Isa. 1:11)
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Heb. 10:8‑10• 8Above, saying Sacrifices and offerings and burnt-offerings and sacrifices for sin thou willedst not, neither tookest pleasure in (which are offered according to the law);
 9then he said, Lo, I come to do thy will. He takes away the first that he may establish the second;
 10by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. (Heb. 10:8‑10)
a male.
Lev. 3:1• 1And if his offering be a sacrifice of peace-offering,--if he present it of the herd, whether a male or female, he shall present it without blemish before Jehovah. (Lev. 3:1)
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Lev. 4:23• 23if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge, he shall bring his offering, a buck of the goats, a male without blemish. (Lev. 4:23)
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Lev. 22:19‑24• 19it shall be for your acceptance, without blemish, a male of the oxen, of the sheep, and of the goats.
 20Nothing that hath a defect shall ye present; for it shall not be acceptable for you.
 21And if any present a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or a voluntary offering of oxen or small cattle, it shall be without blemish to be accepted: there shall be no defect therein.
 22Blind, or broken, or maimed, or ulcerous, or with itch, or scabbed--ye shall not present these to Jehovah, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to Jehovah.
 23A bullock and a sheep that hath a member too long or too short, that mayest thou offer as a voluntary offering; but as a vow it shall not be accepted.
 24That which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut shall ye not present to Jehovah; neither in your land shall ye do the like. (Lev. 22:19‑24)
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Ex. 12:5• 5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats. (Ex. 12:5)
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Deut. 15:21• 21But if there be a defect therein, if it be lame, or blind, or have any evil defect, thou shalt not sacrifice it to Jehovah thy God. (Deut. 15:21)
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Zech. 13:7• 7Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, even against the man that is my fellow, saith Jehovah of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered, and I will turn my hand upon the little ones. (Zech. 13:7)
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Mal. 1:14• 14Yea, cursed be the deceiver, who hath in his flock a male, and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing; for I am a great King, saith Jehovah of hosts, and my name is terrible among the nations. (Mal. 1:14)
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Luke 1:35• 35And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God. (Luke 1:35)
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John 1:36• 36And, looking at Jesus as he walked, he says, Behold the Lamb of God. (John 1:36)
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Eph. 5:27• 27that *he* might present the assembly to himself glorious, having no spot, or wrinkle, or any of such things; but that it might be holy and blameless. (Eph. 5:27)
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Heb. 7:26• 26For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens: (Heb. 7:26)
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Heb. 9:14• 14how much rather shall the blood of the Christ, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself spotless to God, purify your conscience from dead works to worship the living God? (Heb. 9:14)
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1 Peter 1:18‑19• 18knowing that ye have been redeemed, not by corruptible things, as silver or gold, from your vain conversation handed down from your fathers,
 19but by precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ, (1 Peter 1:18‑19)
his own.
Lev. 7:16• 16And if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or voluntary, it shall be eaten the same day that he presented his sacrifice; on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten; (Lev. 7:16)
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Lev. 22:19,21• 19it shall be for your acceptance, without blemish, a male of the oxen, of the sheep, and of the goats.
 21And if any present a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah to accomplish a vow, or a voluntary offering of oxen or small cattle, it shall be without blemish to be accepted: there shall be no defect therein. (Lev. 22:19,21)
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Ex. 35:5,21,29• 5Take from among you a heave-offering to Jehovah: every one whose heart is willing, let him bring it, Jehovah's heave-offering--gold, and silver, and copper,
 21And they came, every one whose heart moved him, and every one whose spirit prompted him; they brought Jehovah's heave-offering for the work of the tent of meeting, and for all its service, and for the holy garments.
 29The children of Israel brought a voluntary offering to Jehovah, every man and woman whose heart prompted them to bring for all manner of work, which Jehovah, by the hand of Moses, had commanded to be done. (Ex. 35:5,21,29)
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Ex. 36:3• 3And they took from Moses every heave-offering that the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it. And they still brought him voluntary offerings morning by morning. (Ex. 36:3)
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Psa. 40:8• 8To do thy good pleasure, my God, is my delight, and thy law is within my heart. (Psa. 40:8)
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Psa. 110:3• 3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning shall come to thee the dew of thy youth. (Psa. 110:3)
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2 Cor. 8:12• 12For if the readiness be there, a man is accepted according to what he may have, not according to what he has not. (2 Cor. 8:12)
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2 Cor. 9:7• 7each according as he is purposed in his heart; not grievingly, or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. (2 Cor. 9:7)
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Lev. 16:7• 7And he shall take the two goats, and set them before Jehovah, before the entrance of the tent of meeting. (Lev. 16:7)
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Lev. 17:4• 4and doth not bring it to the entrance of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to Jehovah, before the tabernacle of Jehovah, blood shall be reckoned unto that man: he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people, (Lev. 17:4)
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Ex. 29:4• 4And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring near the entrance of the tent of meeting, and shalt bathe them with water. (Ex. 29:4)
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Deut. 12:5‑6,13‑14,27• 5but unto the place which Jehovah your God will choose out of all your tribes to set his name there, his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come;
 6and thither ye shall bring your burnt-offerings and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and the heave-offering of your hand, and your vows, and your voluntary-offerings, and the firstlings of your kine and of your sheep;
 13Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt-offerings in every place that thou seest;
 14but in the place which Jehovah will choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee.
 27and thou shalt offer thy burnt-offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of Jehovah thy God; and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of Jehovah thy God, and the flesh shalt thou eat. (Deut. 12:5‑6,13‑14,27)
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Ezek. 20:40• 40For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord Jehovah, there shall all the house of Israel serve me, the whole of it, in the land; there will I accept them, and there will I require your heave-offerings and the first-fruits of your offerings, with all your holy things. (Ezek. 20:40)
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John 10:7,9• 7Jesus therefore said again to them, Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.
 9I am the door: if any one enter in by me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and shall go out and shall find pasture. (John 10:7,9)
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Eph. 2:18• 18For through him we have both access by one Spirit to the Father. (Eph. 2:18)
• It was not the priest's part but the offerer's to present the victim at the entrance of the tent of meeting, or at the brazen altar (“The Offerings of Leviticus: 2. Burnt Offering” by W. Kelly)
• The burnt offerings as such were brought voluntarily; still, it seems clear that this is not the sense of the Hebrew word “ratzon” here, but for his acceptance, to be in divine favor. It remains, just the same, doctrinally true that Christ, through the eternal Spirit, offered Himself without spot to God. (“Leviticus 1” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.3-4} Christ presented Himself for the accomplishment of the purpose and glory of God where sin was. In the type the victim and the offerer were necessarily distinct, but Christ was both, and the hands of the offerer were laid on the head of the victim in sign of identity. (“Leviticus 1” by J.N. Darby)
• Christ, then, giving Himself up entirely to the will of God is what replaces these sacrifices. (“Leviticus 1” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If his offeringa be a burnt-offeringb of the herd, he shall present it a male without blemishc: at the entrance of the tent of meeting shall he present it, for his acceptance before Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Corban, "present," noun derived from the verb translated "present."
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The Hebrew words for the four offerings are. olah -- burnt-offering; minchah -- food-offering; shelem -- peace-offering; chataath -- sin-offering. See Ps. 40.6.
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Perfect. see ch. 22.22,24.