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Leviticus 19:5
When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD addresses the Israelites in the wilderness, placing this command between a prohibition against idolatry in Leviticus 19:4 and the consumption regulations for peace offerings in Leviticus 19:6.
The words — The phrase לִֽ/רְצֹנְ/כֶ֖ם (li/r.tzo.ne./Khem) translates literally as "for your acceptance," directly modifying the verb תִזְבְּח֛וּ (tiz.be.Chu), "you will sacrifice."
The thread — This phrasing runs parallel to Leviticus 22:29, which commands thank offerings to be offered so they may be acceptable on behalf of the worshiper, and Leviticus 7:16, which governs the timing for consuming vow or freewill sacrifices.
Why it lands — The text requires worshippers to present peace offerings with the explicit purpose of securing divine acceptance, while Leviticus 19:6 immediately binds that acceptance to strict consumption timelines.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 7:16 If, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day.
- Leviticus 22:19 must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- Leviticus 22:29 When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
- Leviticus 1:3 If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
- Exodus 24:5 Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
- Leviticus 3:1 “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- Leviticus 22:21 When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
- Leviticus 22:23 You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
- 2 Chronicles 31:2 Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
- Ezekiel 45:15 And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord GOD.