Leviticus 1:2
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them: When any man of you bringeth an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd or of the flock.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
1THE LORD called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying:
Cross References
Genesis 4:5but unto Cain and to his offering He had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Leviticus 22:19that ye may be accepted, ye shall offer a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Numbers 7:15one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burnt-offering;
1 Chronicles 16:29Ascribe unto the LORD the glory due unto His name; bring an offering, and come before Him; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 1:2-3
Leviticus There is nothing historical in all this book of Leviticus except the account which it gives us of the consecration of the priesthood ( ch. viii.-ix. ), of the punishment of Nadab and Abihu, by the hand of God, for offering strange fire ( ch. x ), and of Shelomith's son, by the hand of the magistrate, for blasphemy ( ch. xxiv ). All the rest of the book is taken up with the laws, chiefly the ecclesiastical laws, which God gave to Israel by Moses, concerning their sacrifices and offerings, their meats and… Read the whole commentary →