Exodus 29:17

Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The Lord commands Moses to instruct the priests in the precise preparation of a sacrificial ram immediately after slaughtering it and before burning it on the altar.

The words — תְּנַתֵּ֖חַ (te.na.te'ach) means "you will cut in pieces," and קִרְבּוֹ (kir.bo) translates to "its entrails," denoting the physical division and internal organs of the animal.

The thread — This preparation sequence appears in Leviticus 1:9, Leviticus 1:13, and Leviticus 8:21, where the entrails and legs are consistently washed and placed with the rest of the burnt offering.

Why it lands — The text commands dividing, cleansing, and arranging the sacrifice in a specific order, requiring strict procedural compliance before the offering is presented to God.

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The Hebrew words

וְאֶ֨ת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הָאַ֔יִלha./'A.yilthe/ ram תְּנַתֵּ֖חַte.na.Te.achyou will cut in pieces לִנְתָחָ֑יוli/n.ta.Cha/vinto/ pieces/ its וְרָחַצְתָּ֤ve./ra.chatz.Taand/ you will wash קִרְבּוֹ֙kir.B/oentrails/ its וּכְרָעָ֔יוu./khe.ra.'A/vand/ legs/ its וְנָתַתָּ֥ve./na.ta.Taand/ you will put [them]עַל־'al-with נְתָחָ֖יוne.ta.Cha/vpieces/ its וְעַל־ve./'al-and/ with רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃ro.Sh/ohead/ its

King James Version

And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

Cross-references

Leviticus 1:9 The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 1:13 The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall present all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 8:21 He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Leviticus 9:14 He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them atop the burnt offering on the altar.
Jeremiah 4:14 Wash the evil from your heart, O Jerusalem, so that you may be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts within you?
Matthew 23:26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.