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Contemporary English Version

Leviticus 3:6

Instead of a bull or a cow, you may offer any sheep or goat that has nothing wrong with it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Peace Offerings;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Offerings;   Peace-Offerings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Offerings;   Peace-Offerings;   Sacrifices;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Blameless;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Clean;   Food;   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 - Male;   Sacrifice;   Sheep;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Benjamin B. Japhet;   Caul;   Peace-Offering;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
"'If his offering for a sacrifice of shalom offerings to the LORD is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
King James Version
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the Lord be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Lexham English Bible
"‘But if his offering for a sacrifice of fellowship offering for Yahweh is from the flock, he must bring a male or a female without defect.
New Century Version
"‘If a person's fellowship offering to the Lord is a lamb or a goat, it may be a male or female, but it must have nothing wrong with it.
New English Translation
"‘If his offering for a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he must present a flawless male or female.
Amplified Bible
'If his peace offering to the LORD is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer the animal without blemish.
New American Standard Bible
'But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD is from the flock, he shall offer it, male or female, without defect.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Also if his oblation be a peace offring vnto the Lorde out of ye flocke, whether it be male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Legacy Standard Bible
But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock, he shall bring it near, male or female, without blemish.
Complete Jewish Bible
"‘If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Adonai is from the flock, then, when he offers it, no matter whether it is male or female, it must be without defect.
Darby Translation
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah be of small cattle, male or female, he shall present it without blemish.
Easy-to-Read Version
"If you offer a sheep or a goat as a fellowship offering to the Lord , whether it is a male or a female, it must have nothing wrong with it.
English Standard Version
"If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
George Lamsa Translation
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD be of the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Good News Translation
If a sheep or goat is used as a fellowship offering, it may be male or female, but it must be without any defects.
Christian Standard Bible®
“If his offering as a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he is to present a male or female without blemish.
Literal Translation
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings is from the flock, male or female, without blemish, he shall bring it near.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf his deadofferynge be of small catell, whether it be male or female, it shal be without blemish:
American Standard Version
And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Bible in Basic English
And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
If he bryng a peace offeryng vnto the Lorde from of the flocke, let hym offer male or female, but without blemishe.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD be of the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
King James Version (1611)
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering vnto the Lord, be of the flocke, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if his gift be of the sheep, a peace-offering to the Lord, male or female, he shall bring it unblemished.
English Revised Version
And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Berean Standard Bible
If, however, one's peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a male or female without blemish.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli if his offryng is of scheep, and a sacrifice of pesible thingis, whether he offrith a male ether a female, tho schulen be without wem.
Young's Literal Translation
`And if his offering [is] out of the flock for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near;
Update Bible Version
And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Yahweh is of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
Webster's Bible Translation
And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace-offering to the LORD shall be [of] the flock, male or female; he shall offer it without blemish.
World English Bible
"'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
New King James Version
"If his offering as a sacrifice of a peace offering to the LORD is of the flock, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
New Living Translation
"If you present an animal from the flock as a peace offering to the Lord , it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects.
New Life Bible
If his peace gift to the Lord is from the flock, male or female, he will give one that is perfect.
New Revised Standard
If your offering for a sacrifice of well-being to the Lord is from the flock, male or female, you shall offer one without blemish.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, if out of the flock, be his oblation for a peace-offering unto Yahweh, whether male or female - without defect, shall he bring it near.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if his oblation and the sacrifice of peace offering be of the flock, whether he offer male or female, they shall be without blemish.
Revised Standard Version
"If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
THE MESSAGE
"If your Peace-Offering to God comes from the flock, bring a male or female without defect. If you offer a lamb, offer it to God . Lay your hand on the head of your offering and slaughter it at the Tent of Meeting. The sons of Aaron will throw its blood on all sides of the Altar. As a Fire-Gift to God from the Peace-Offering, present its fat, the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, all the fat on and connected to the entrails, the two kidneys and the fat around them on the loins, and the lobe of the liver which is removed along with the kidneys. The priest will burn it on the Altar: a meal, a Fire-Gift to God .
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD is from the flock, he shall offer it, male or female, without defect.

Contextual Overview

6 Instead of a bull or a cow, you may offer any sheep or goat that has nothing wrong with it. 7 If you offer a sheep, you must present it to me at the entrance to the sacred tent. 8 Lay your hand on its head and have it killed there. A priest will then splatter its blood against the four sides of the altar. 9 Offer the fat on the tail, the tailbone, and the insides, 10 as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat. 11 One of the priests will lay these pieces on the altar and send them up in smoke as a food offering for me. 12 If you offer a goat, you must also present it to me 13 at the entrance to the sacred tent. Lay your hand on its head and have it killed there. A priest will then splatter its blood against the four sides of the altar. 14 Offer all of the fat on the animal's insides, 15 as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a sacrifice: Galatians 4:4, Ephesians 1:10, Ephesians 2:13-22

be of: Leviticus 3:1, Leviticus 1:2, Leviticus 1:10, Isaiah 60:7

male: Galatians 3:28

he shall: Leviticus 3:1-17, Acts 4:27, Romans 12:1, Romans 12:2, Titus 2:11, Titus 2:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:9 - General Leviticus 4:32 - a lamb Leviticus 22:21 - peace Numbers 6:14 - one ram 1 Samuel 10:3 - three kids Hebrews 9:19 - the blood

Cross-References

Genesis 3:1
The snake was sneakier than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made. One day it came to the woman and asked, "Did God tell you not to eat fruit from any tree in the garden?"
Genesis 3:2
The woman answered, "God said we could eat fruit from any tree in the garden,
Genesis 3:12
"It was the woman you put here with me," the man said. "She gave me some of the fruit, and I ate it."
Genesis 3:14
So the Lord God said to the snake: "Because of what you have done, you will be the only animal to suffer this curse— For as long as you live, you will crawl on your stomach and eat dirt.
Genesis 3:15
You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel."
Genesis 3:17
The Lord said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate fruit from that tree. And so, the ground will be under a curse because of what you did. As long as you live, you will have to struggle to grow enough food.
Genesis 3:19
You will have to sweat to earn a living; you were made out of soil, and you will once again turn into soil."
Genesis 39:7
and Potiphar's wife soon noticed him. She asked him to make love to her,
Joshua 7:21
While we were in Jericho, I saw a beautiful Babylonian robe, two hundred pieces of silver, and a gold bar that weighed the same as fifty pieces of gold. I wanted them for myself, so I took them. I dug a hole under my tent and hid the silver, the gold, and the robe." Joshua had some people run to Achan's tent, where they found the silver, the gold, and the robe.
2 Samuel 11:2
Late one afternoon, David got up from a nap and was walking around on the flat roof of his palace. A beautiful young woman was down below in her courtyard, bathing as her religion required. David happened to see her, and he sent one of his servants to find out who she was. The servant came back and told David, "Her name is Bathsheba. She is the daughter of Eliam, and she is the wife of Uriah the Hittite." David sent some messengers to bring her to his palace. She came to him, and he slept with her. Then she returned home.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if his offering, for a sacrifice of peace offering unto Lord, be of the flock,.... As it might be: and be either male or female; which he pleased:

he shall offer [it] without blemish; :-.


 
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