And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass 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.
- BSB The priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD; it is a guilt 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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Quick answer
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 he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
- Lev 2:16And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- Lev 1:13But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
- Lev 3:16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.
- Lev 2:9And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
- Lev 1:9But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
- Gal 2:20I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
- 1 Pet 4:1–2Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin;
- Gal 5:24And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts.
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