You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
Parallel translations
- WEB “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
- KJV Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
- NKJV “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning.
- NASB “You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor is the fat of My feast to remain overnight until morning.
- NLT “You must not offer the blood of my sacrificial offerings together with any baked goods containing yeast. And do not leave the fat from the festival offerings until the next morning.
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Quick answer
Sacrificial blood must not be offered with leavened bread, and the fat of the feast must not be left overnight. God's worship must follow His holy instructions with care.
Overview
These regulations guarded the purity and proper handling of sacrifices, with leaven often symbolizing corruption and the fat reserved as God's portion. They taught reverence and exact obedience in approaching a holy God. The sacrificial system, with its careful demands, points to Christ, the unblemished and final sacrifice who perfectly fulfills all such offerings (Hebrews 9:14).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Lev 2:11No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- Exod 34:25Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
- Exod 12:10Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
- Deut 16:4No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
- Lev 7:15The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.
- Exod 12:8They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
- Exod 12:15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
- Lev 7:12If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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