If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before Yahweh;
- BSB If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he must present it before the LORD.
- ESV If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the LORD,
- NKJV If he offers a lamb as his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord.
- NASB If he is going to offer a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the Lord,
- NLT If you present a sheep as your offering, bring it to the Lord,
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Quick answer
If the worshiper brings a lamb, he presents it before the LORD. The fellowship offering may be a lamb brought in worship to God.
Overview
The instruction specifies the lamb as one acceptable peace offering, presented before God at the sanctuary. The lamb, frequently associated with sacrifice throughout Scripture, here serves the purpose of fellowship. This recurring imagery of the lamb offered before God ultimately points to Jesus, 'the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world' (John 1:29).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- 1 Kgs 8:62And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
- Lev 17:8–9And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice,
- Lev 3:1And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
- Eph 5:12For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
- Eph 5:2And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour.
- Heb 9:14How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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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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