Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- KJV And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
- NKJV Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar, on the burnt offering. They were consecration offerings for a sweet aroma. That was an offering made by fire to the Lord.
- NASB Then Moses took them from their hands and offered them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the Lord.
- NLT Moses then took all the offerings back from them and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. This was the ordination offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.
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Moses takes the offerings back and burns them on the altar as a pleasing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD. The consecration offering ascends to God.
Overview
The waved portions were then burned, completing the ordination as worship accepted by God. The 'pleasant aroma' again signals divine acceptance of the priests' consecration. This confirms that their ministry was established and received by God through sacrifice.
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Cross-references · 4
- Exod 29:25Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- Zech 13:7Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
- Ps 22:13–14They open their jaws against me like lions that roar and maul.
- Heb 10:14–22because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.
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