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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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites, directing them to supply specific livestock for the tabernacle consecration. This command sits between the instructions given to Aaron in Leviticus 9:2 and the peace offering directives in Leviticus 9:4.
The words — The Hebrew קְח֤וּ (ke.Chu) issues the command "take," and שְׂעִיר (se.'ir) identifies the "male goat" designated for the sin offering.
The thread — The unblemished male goat for sin offerings is prescribed in Leviticus 4:23, the dedication sacrifices are recorded in Ezra 6:17, and Ezra 10:19 specifies a ram offered as a guilt offering.
Why it lands — The text requires the people to provide specific, unblemished animals to enable the priestly rituals. A reader must acknowledge that the establishment of worship demanded concrete, costly contributions from the community.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;
Cross-references
- Ezra 6:17 For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.
- Leviticus 4:23 When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering.
- Ezra 10:19 They pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the flock as a guilt offering.
- Titus 2:14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
- 1 Peter 2:24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- Revelation 5:9 And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- Exodus 12:5 Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
- Leviticus 12:6 When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
- Leviticus 14:10 On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.
- Leviticus 16:5 And he shall take from the congregation of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering.