Exodus 29:25

Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the LORD; it is a food offering to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God instructs Moses to direct the consecration of Aaron and his sons, specifying the precise handling of the sacrificial portions during the ordination ceremony.

The words — הִקְטַרְתָּ (hik.tar.Ta) = you will make [them] smoke, and רֵיחַ (Rei.ach) = odor of, describing the physical combustion of the meat as a designated offering.

The thread — This ritual sequence recurs in Leviticus 8:28 during the initial ordination, continues in Exodus 29:41 with the twilight lamb, and parallels Leviticus 1:9 where the priest burns the entire sacrifice on the altar.

Why it lands — The text requires the priest to physically transfer the specified portions to the altar and burn them, establishing a fixed procedure for the food offering.

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The Hebrew words

וְלָקַחְתָּ֤ve./la.kach.Taand/ you will take אֹתָם֙'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them מִיָּדָ֔םmi./ya.Da/mfrom/ hand/ their וְהִקְטַרְתָּ֥ve./hik.tar.Taand/ you will make [them] smoke הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חָהha./miz.Be.cha/hthe/ altar/ towards עַל־'al-on הָעֹלָ֑הha./'o.Lahthe/ burnt offering לְרֵ֤יחַle./Rei.achto/ an odor of נִיח֙וֹחַ֙ni.Cho.achsoothing לִפְנֵ֣יli/f.Nei<to>/ before יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahweh אִשֶּׁ֥ה'i.Sheh[is] a fire offering ה֖וּאhu'it לַיהוָֽה׃la./Yah.wehto/ Yahweh

King James Version

And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

Cross-references

Leviticus 8:28 Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
Exodus 29:41 And offer the second lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
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 2:2 and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 2:9 The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 2:16 The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as a food offering to the LORD.
Leviticus 3:3 From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
Leviticus 3:5 Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Leviticus 3:9 And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the LORD consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,