Leviticus 1:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any one of you wish to bring an offering unto the Lord: of the cattle, either of the herds, or of the flocks, shall ye bring your offering.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.

In Context

1And the Lord called unto Moses, and spoke unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

3If his offering be a burnt-sacrifice of the herds, then shall he offer a male without blemish: unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation shall he bring it, that it may be favorably received for him before the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect; and it was very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance fell.

Leviticus 22:19Then shall it be, that it may be favorably received for you, a male without blemish, of the oxen, of the sheep, or of the goats.

Numbers 7:15One young bullock, one ram, one sheep of the first year, for a burnt-offering;

1 Chronicles 16:29Ascribe unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; take up an offering, and come into his presence; bow down before 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 →

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