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Leviticus 22:29
When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses Moses and Aaron, instructing the priests and Israelite community on sacrificial regulations. This command follows the prohibition against slaughtering a parent animal with its offspring on the same day and precedes the requirement to consume the sacrifice immediately.
The words — The phrase לִרְצֹנְכֶם (li-r'tzonenchem) translates literally as "for your acceptance" or "to be acceptable on your behalf." It qualifies the command to present a תּוֹדָה (todah), a thanksgiving sacrifice, to Yahweh.
The thread — The זֶבַח תּוֹדָה (zevach todah) appears in Psalms 107:22 and Psalms 116:17 as a prescribed offering paired with public declaration of divine works. Amos 4:5 references the same offering type while condemning the people for adding leavened bread to the ritual.
Why it lands — The text requires the thanksgiving offering to be presented specifically to secure divine acceptance for the worshiper. It demands immediate consumption of the sacrifice without retaining portions until morning, prioritizing ritual obedience over personal convenience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, offer it at your own will.
Cross-references
- Psalms 107:22 Let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and declare His works with rejoicing.
- Psalms 116:17 I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
- Amos 4:5 Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord GOD.
- Leviticus 7:12 If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
- Hosea 14:2 Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
- Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- 1 Peter 2:5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.