When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
Parallel translations
- WEB “‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
- KJV And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.
- NKJV ‘And if you offer a sacrifice of a peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it of your own free will.
- NASB ‘Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.
- NLT “When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, offer it properly so you will be accepted by God.
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Quick answer
Peace offerings must be offered in the right way so that the worshiper is accepted.
Overview
This returns to sacrificial instruction, stressing that worship offered God's way leads to acceptance. The peace offering expressed fellowship and gratitude toward God. The emphasis on right offering reminds us that approaching God requires his appointed means, ultimately satisfied in Christ, through whom believers are fully accepted.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- Lev 7:16If, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day.
- Lev 22:29When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
- Lev 22:19must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- Lev 1:3If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
- Ezek 45:15–17And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD.
- Eph 2:13–14But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
- Lev 3:1–17“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- Ezek 46:2The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
- 2 Chr 31:2Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
- Ezek 46:12When the prince makes a freewill offering to the LORD, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
- Lev 22:23You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
- Exod 24:5Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
- Lev 22:21When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
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