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Leviticus 3:12
If one’s offering is a goat, he is to present it before the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The passage continues the covenant instructions given to the Israelites regarding peace offerings, specifying the procedural step for a worshiper bringing a goat to the sanctuary.
The words — עֵז ('ez) identifies the specific animal, a goat, while וְהִקְרִיב (ve./hik.ri) commands the act of bringing or presenting it to the altar.
The thread — This directive extends the offering protocol established in Leviticus 1:2 for initiating sacrifices, Leviticus 1:6 for preparation, and Leviticus 1:10 for flock offerings, maintaining a consistent pattern of regulated presentation.
Why it lands — The command requires the worshiper to submit the designated animal to the sacred space without alteration, enforcing strict adherence to the prescribed boundaries of worship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the Lord.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 1:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
- Leviticus 1:6 Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
- Leviticus 1:10 If, however, one’s offering is a burnt offering from the flock—from the sheep or goats—he is to present an unblemished male.
- 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 3:7 If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he must present it before the LORD.
- Leviticus 9:3 Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,
- Leviticus 9:15 Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.
- Leviticus 10:16 Later, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,
- Leviticus 22:19 must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- Isaiah 53:2 He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.