Leviticus 3:12
‘If your offering is a goat, you must take/present it to Yahweh.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 1:2“Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘When any of you brings an offering to Yahweh, bring one of your sheep or goats or cattle.
Leviticus 1:10‘If you are offering a sheep or a goat, it must be a male without any defect.
Leviticus 3:7If you offer a lamb, you must present it to Yahweh at the entrance to the Sacred Tent. You must lay your hands on the lamb’s head and then slaughter it. ‘You must drain some of its blood in a bowl.
Leviticus 9:15Then Aaron brought the animals that would be sacrifices for the Israeli people. He took the goat and slaughtered it to be an offering to enable them to be forgiven for the sins they had committed, like he had done with the goat for his own offering.
Leviticus 22:19it must be an animal that has no defects, in order that it will be accepted by me.
Isaiah 53:6All of us have gone away from God like [SIM] sheep who have strayed away from their shepherd. We have turned away from doing the things that God wants in order to do the things that we wanted [MET]. We deserve to be punished, but Yahweh will punish him instead of punishing us for all of our sins.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 3:7-17
6 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. 7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the Lord . 8 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. 9 And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat… Read the whole commentary →