The priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.
Parallel translations
- WEB and the priest shall burn them on the altar for an offering made by fire to Yahweh: it is a trespass offering.
- KJV And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
- NKJV and the priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a trespass offering.
- NASB The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire to the Lord; it is a guilt offering.
- NLT and the priests will burn them on the altar as a special gift presented to the Lord. This is the guilt offering.
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The priest burns these portions on the altar as an offering by fire; it is a trespass offering. The best is given to God in the appointed way.
Overview
The designated fat and organs ascend to the LORD by fire, completing the guilt offering's presentation to God. The fire-offering signifies the surrender of the best to Him in atonement for trespass. This pattern of giving wholly to God in dealing with sin finds its fulfillment in Christ's perfect sacrifice on our behalf.
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- Lev 2:2and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Lev 2:16The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- Lev 1:13The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall bring all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Lev 3:16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
- Lev 2:9The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Lev 1:9The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- Gal 2:20I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
- 1 Pet 4:1–2Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
- Gal 5:24Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.
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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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