On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
Parallel translations
- WEB On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without defect a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
- KJV And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.
- NKJV And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the Lord.
- NASB Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect as a burnt offering to the Lord.
- NLT On that same day you must sacrifice a one-year-old male lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the Lord.
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On the day the sheaf is waved, a year-old male lamb without defect is offered as a burnt offering.
Overview
The firstfruits celebration was accompanied by an unblemished burnt offering of dedication to God. Gratitude for the harvest was joined to wholehearted consecration. The spotless lamb again points to Christ, whose perfect self-offering consecrates His people to God.
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Cross-references · 3
- Lev 1:10If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
- Heb 10:10–12And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
- 1 Pet 1:19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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