Leviticus 23:19

You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The Lord commands Moses and the Israelites to present specific sacrifices during the Festival of Weeks. This instruction follows the listing of the burnt offerings in Leviticus 23:18 and precedes the priestly wave offering ritual in Leviticus 23:20.

The words — The Hebrew phrase שְׂעִיר־עִזִּים אֶחָד (se.'ir-'i.Zim 'e.Chad) literally reads "a male goat of goats one," designating a single sin offering. The term וּשְׁנֵי כְבָשִׂים (u./she.Nei khe.va.Sim) translates as "and two male lambs," specifying the quantity for the peace offering.

The thread — The single male goat for atonement parallels the atonement goat in Numbers 28:30. The peace offering structure mirrors the herd or flock animal presented in Leviticus 3:1, while the goat's role as a sin offering aligns with the unblemished male goat requirement in Leviticus 4:23.

Why it lands — The text requires the community to provide distinct sacrifices for both purification and communion. A reader must recognize that ritual worship demands both the removal of defilement and the presentation of consecrated fellowship offerings.

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The Hebrew words

וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֛םva./'a.si.Temand/ you will offer שְׂעִיר־se.'ir-a male goat of עִזִּ֥ים'i.Zimgoats אֶחָ֖ד'e.Chadone לְחַטָּ֑אתle./cha.Tatto/ a sin offering וּשְׁנֵ֧יu./she.Neiand/ two כְבָשִׂ֛יםkhe.va.Simmale lambs בְּנֵ֥יbe.Neisons of שָׁנָ֖הsha.Naha year לְזֶ֥בַחle./Ze.vachto/ a sacrifice of שְׁלָמִֽים׃she.la.Mimpeace offering<s>

King James Version

Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.

Cross-references

Numbers 28:30 Include one male goat to make atonement for you.
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 4:23 When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
Leviticus 7:11 Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
Leviticus 16:15 Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.
Numbers 15:24 and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.
Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.