Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
Parallel translations
- WEB which Yahweh commanded Moses in Mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai.
- BSB which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.
- NKJV which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai, on the day when He commanded the children of Israel to offer their offerings to the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai.
- NASB which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day that He commanded the sons of Israel to present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.
- NLT The Lord gave these instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai when he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai.
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Quick answer
These sacrificial laws were commanded by the LORD to Moses at Mount Sinai for Israel to obey in the wilderness. The offerings came by divine authority at the covenant mountain.
Overview
The closing note anchors all these regulations in God's revelation to Moses at Sinai, the place of covenant. It affirms that Israel's worship was not invented but received from God. This divine origin lends weight to the entire system and to the Christ it ultimately points toward.
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- Lev 1:1–2And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,
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