Leviticus 1:2
“Speak to the people of Israel and tell them, 'When any man from among you brings an offering to Yahweh, bring as your offering one of your animals, either from the herd or from the flock.
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1Yahweh called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 4:5but Cain and his offering he did not accept. So Cain was very angry, and he scowled.
Leviticus 22:19if it is to be accepted, they must offer a male animal without blemish from the cattle, sheep, or goats.
Numbers 7:15He gave as a burnt offering one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old male lamb.
1 Chronicles 16:29Ascribe to Yahweh the glory his name deserves. 1 Bring an offering and come before him. 1 Bow down to Yahweh in the splendor of holiness. 1
Romans 12:1I urge you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God. This is your reasonable service.
Ephesians 5:2And walk in love, as also Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
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 →