Leviticus 1:2
"Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, 'When anyone of you offers an offering to the Lord, you shall offer your offering of the livestock, from the herd and from the flock.
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1The Lord called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the Tent of Meeting, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 4:5but he did not respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.
Leviticus 22:19that you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish, of the bulls, of the sheep, or of the goats.
Numbers 7:15one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
1 Chronicles 16:29Ascribe to the Lord the glory due to his name.Bring an offering, and come before him.Worship the Lord in holy array.
Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
Ephesians 5:2Walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
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 →