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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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The instruction addresses the worshiper presenting a herd animal to the LORD for a peace offering.
The words — זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים (zevach shelamim) translates literally as "a sacrifice of peace offerings," specifying the voluntary communion ritual being regulated.
The thread — The requirement for an unblemished herd animal appears in Leviticus 1:3 for burnt offerings, Numbers 6:14 for Nazirite vows, and Leviticus 7:11 defines the broader law governing this peace offering.
Why it lands — The reader must present a physically perfect male or female herd animal before the LORD without attempting to substitute a defective specimen.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Numbers 6:14 and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as a peace offering—
- Leviticus 7:11 Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
- Leviticus 22:19 must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- Amos 5:22 Even though you offer Me burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them; for your peace offerings of fattened cattle I will have no regard.
- Romans 5:1 Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Hebrews 10:22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- 1 John 1:3 We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
- Exodus 20:24 You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.
- 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.