Bible Strands
Leviticus 7:38
which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The verse concludes a block of sacrificial regulations by identifying the origin and location of the law. The LORD delivered these instructions to Moses on Mount Sinai while the Israelite camp was stationed in the Wilderness of Sinai.
The words — The verb צִוָּ֧ה (tzi.Vah) translates literally as "he commanded," emphasizing the authoritative delivery of the statutes. The relative pronoun אֲשֶׁ֨ר ('a.Sher) syntactically binds this command to the specific offerings listed in Leviticus 7:37.
The thread — This Sinai commissioning motif appears at Leviticus 1:1, where the LORD calls Moses from the Tent of Meeting to initiate the legal discourse. The repeated geographic and temporal markers anchor the ritual code to a single historical revelation event.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to treat the sacrificial regulations as divinely mandated rather than culturally derived. It shifts focus from the physical mechanics of the offerings to the authoritative source of the instructions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Which the Lord commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 1:1 Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,