Leviticus 1:2

Speak with the sons of Israel, and say to them: When one of you will bring an offering before the Lord of the cattle, of oxen or of sheep, you shall offer your oblations.

Targum Onkelos

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 Mosheh, and the Lord spake with him from the tabernacle of ordinance, saying:

3If his oblation be a burnt offering of the oxen, (it shall be) a male, unblemished; he shall offer him at the door of the tabernacle of ordinance; he shall offer him for acceptance before the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5but in Kain and his oblation there was not acceptableness. And it was greatly displeasing to Kain, and his countenance was downcast.

Leviticus 22:19That it may be acceptable from you, (let it be) a male without blemish, of the bullocks, or of the lambs, or of the goats.

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

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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