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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses relays divine instructions to the Israelites regarding the proper procedure for presenting a burnt offering from cattle. The command occurs within the initial sacrificial regulations, immediately following the directive to arrange the cut pieces of the animal on the burning wood.
The words — The Hebrew verb yirChatz (יִרְחַץ) denotes the ritual washing of the entrails and legs with water. The term hikRiv (הִקְרִיב) describes the priest's formal presentation of the washed portions to the altar for combustion.
The thread — This washing and burning sequence mirrors the procedure in Leviticus 1:9, where the identical ritual steps are prescribed for the cattle burnt offering. The pattern establishes a standardized sacrificial protocol that governs the handling of animal parts before they are offered on the altar.
Why it lands — The text requires the complete purification and presentation of the animal's internal and lower extremities before total combustion. It establishes that ritual compliance and the offering of the whole animal are necessary conditions for the sacrifice to function as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.
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.