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Leviticus 1:2-4
Lexham English Bible

2 “Speak to the Israelites,[a] and say to them, ‘When a person[b] from you presents an offering to Yahweh, you shall present your offering from domestic animals, from the cattle[c] or from the flock.[d] 3 If his offering is a burnt offering from the cattle,[e] then he must present[f] an unblemished male; he must present it at the door of the tent of assembly for his acceptance before[g] Yahweh.

4 “‘He[h] must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering and it will be accepted[i] for him in order to make atonement for him.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 1:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Leviticus 1:2 Or “man”—the singular noun is generic, thus the “you” and “your” in the remainder of the verse are all plural
  3. Leviticus 1:2 Or “herd”
  4. Leviticus 1:2 The Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  5. Leviticus 1:3 Or “herd”
  6. Leviticus 1:3 Hebrew “present it”
  7. Leviticus 1:3 Literally “to the face of”
  8. Leviticus 1:4 Or “And he”
  9. Leviticus 1:4 Same root word as “acceptance” in v. 3
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