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Leviticus 3:12

'If his offering is a goat, he shall present it before the LORD,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Torrey's Topical Textbook - Offerings;   Peace-Offerings;   Sacrifices;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Goat;   Sacrifice;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Priest, Priesthood;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Expiation, Propitiation;   Laying on of Hands;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Priests and Levites;   Propitiation;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Kidneys;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Offering;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Offerings;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Sacrifice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Goat;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"'If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD:
King James Version
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord .
Lexham English Bible
"‘And if his offering is a goat, then he shall bring it before Yahweh,
New Century Version
"‘If a person's offering is a goat, he must offer it before the Lord
New English Translation
"‘If his offering is a goat he must present it before the Lord ,
New American Standard Bible
'Now if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also if his offring be a goate, then shal he offer it before the Lord,
Legacy Standard Bible
‘Moreover, if his offering is a goat, then he shall bring it near before Yahweh,
Contemporary English Version
If you offer a goat, you must also present it to me
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘If his offering is a goat, then he is to present it before Adonai .
Darby Translation
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall present it before Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
"If the offering is a goat, you must bring it before the Lord .
English Standard Version
"If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord
George Lamsa Translation
And if his offering be of the goats then he shall offer it before the LORD.
Good News Translation
If you offer a goat,
Christian Standard Bible®
“If his offering is a goat, he is to present it before the Lord.
Literal Translation
And if his offering is a goat, then he shall bring it near before the face of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf his offeringe be a goate, and bringeth it before the LORDE,
American Standard Version
And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before Jehovah:
Bible in Basic English
And if his offering is a goat, then let it be placed before the Lord,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If his offeryng be a Goate, he shall bryng it before the Lorde,
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall present it before the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if his offering be of the goats, then shall he bring it before the Lord.
English Revised Version
And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD:
Berean Standard Bible
If one's offering is a goat, he is to present it before the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
If his offryng is a geet, and he offrith it to the Lord,
Young's Literal Translation
`And if his offering [is] a goat, then he hath brought it near before Jehovah,
Update Bible Version
And if his oblation is a goat, then he shall offer it before Yahweh:
Webster's Bible Translation
And if his offering [shall be] a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
World English Bible
"'If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before Yahweh:
New King James Version
"And if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
New Living Translation
"If you present a goat as your offering, bring it to the Lord ,
New Life Bible
‘If his gift is a goat, then he will give it to the Lord.
New Revised Standard
If your offering is a goat, you shall bring it before the Lord
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But if a goat, be his oblation, then shall he bring it near, before Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
If his offering be a goat, and he offer it to the Lord:
Revised Standard Version
"If his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD,
THE MESSAGE
"If the offering is a goat, bring it into the presence of God , lay your hand on its head, and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Aaron's sons will throw the blood on all sides of the Altar. As a Fire-Gift to God present the fat that covers and is connected to the entrails, the two kidneys and the fat which is around them on the loins, and the lobe of the liver which is removed along with the kidneys. The priest will burn them on the Altar: a meal, a Fire-Gift, a pleasing fragrance. "All the fat belongs to God . This is the fixed rule down through the generations, wherever you happen to live: Don't eat the fat; don't eat the blood. None of it."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Moreover, if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD,

Contextual Overview

6'If his peace offering to the LORD is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer the animal without blemish. 7'If he offers a lamb as his offering, then he shall present it before the LORD, 8and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and kill it before the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 9'From the sacrifice of peace offerings he shall bring as an offering by fire to the LORD, its fat, the entire fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails, 10and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. 11'The priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire to the LORD. 12'If his offering is a goat, he shall present it before the LORD,13and he shall lay his hand on its head [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice], and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. 14'Then he shall present from it as his offering, an offering by fire to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails, 15and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the lobe of the liver which he shall remove with the kidneys.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a goat: Leviticus 3:1, Leviticus 3:7-17, Leviticus 1:2, Leviticus 1:6, Leviticus 1:10, Leviticus 9:3, Leviticus 9:15, Leviticus 10:16, Leviticus 22:19-27, Isaiah 53:2, Isaiah 53:6, Matthew 25:32, Matthew 25:33, Romans 8:3, 2 Corinthians 5:21

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 10:3 - three kids

Cross-References

Genesis 2:18
Now the LORD God said, "It is not good (beneficial) for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper [one who balances him—a counterpart who is] suitable and complementary for him."
Genesis 2:20
And the man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper [that was] suitable (a companion) for him.
Genesis 2:22
And the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man He made (fashioned, formed) into a woman, and He brought her and presented her to the man.
Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent beguiled and deceived me, and I ate [from the forbidden tree]."
Genesis 3:15
"And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel."
Genesis 3:20
The man named his wife Eve (life spring, life giver), because she was the mother of all the living.
Genesis 3:21
The LORD God made tunics of [animal] skins for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
Genesis 3:24
So God drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He [permanently] stationed the cherubim and the sword with the flashing blade which turned round and round [in every direction] to protect and guard the way (entrance, access) to the tree of life.
Job 31:33
"Have I concealed my transgressions like Adam or like other men, By hiding my wickedness in my bosom,
Proverbs 19:3
The foolishness of man undermines his way [ruining whatever he undertakes]; Then his heart is resentful and rages against the LORD [for, being a fool, he blames the LORD instead of himself].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if his offering be a goat,.... As it might be, and which also was of the flock:

then he shall offer it before the Lord; in the same place and manner as the bullock and the lamb, Leviticus 3:1

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Leviticus 1:10 note. Birds were not accepted as peace-offerings, most probably because they were, by themselves, insufficient to make up a sacrificial meal.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 3:12. A goat — Implying the whole species, he-goat, she-goat, and kid, as we have already seen.


 
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