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Leviticus 7
1BSB“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
KJVLikewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
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Leviticus 6:17
17It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My food offerings. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
Open Leviticus 6:17Leviticus 6:25
25“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the Lord; it is most holy.
Open Leviticus 6:25Leviticus 5:14–6:7
14Then the Lord said to Moses,
Open Leviticus 5:14–6:7Leviticus 5:1–6
1“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
2Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.
Open Leviticus 5:1–6Leviticus 21:22
22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
Open Leviticus 21:22Ezekiel 40:39
39Inside the portico of the gateway were two tables on each side, on which the burnt offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings were to be slaughtered.
Open Ezekiel 40:39
2BSBThe guilt offering must be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and the priest shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.
KJVIn the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.
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Leviticus 1:5
5And he shall slaughter the young bull before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Open Leviticus 1:5Leviticus 1:11
11He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.
Open Leviticus 1:11Leviticus 6:25
25“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the Lord; it is most holy.
Open Leviticus 6:25Leviticus 4:33
33And he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
Open Leviticus 4:33Leviticus 4:29
29He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
Open Leviticus 4:29Leviticus 1:3
3If 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.
Open Leviticus 1:3
3BSBAnd all the fat from it shall be offered: the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,
KJVAnd he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards,
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Exodus 29:13
13Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
Open Exodus 29:13Leviticus 3:15–16
15both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord’s.
Open Leviticus 3:15–16Leviticus 4:8–10
8Then he shall remove all the fat from the bull of the sin offering—the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
9both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys—
Open Leviticus 4:8–10Psalm 51:6
6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Open Psalm 51:6Leviticus 3:3–5
3From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the Lord: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
4both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
Open Leviticus 3:3–5Leviticus 3:9–11
9And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the Lord consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
10both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
Open Leviticus 3:9–11
4BSBboth kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.
KJVAnd the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away:
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Leviticus 3:4
4both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
Open Leviticus 3:4
5BSBThe priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the Lord; it is a guilt offering.
KJVAnd the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the Lord : it is a trespass offering.
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Leviticus 2:16
16The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as a food offering to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 2:16Leviticus 2:9
9The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 2:91 Peter 4:1–2
1Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.
2Consequently, he does not live out his remaining time on earth for human passions, but for the will of God.
Open 1 Peter 4:1–2Leviticus 2:2
2and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 2:2Leviticus 1:9
9The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall burn all of it on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 1:9Leviticus 3:16
16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord’s.
Open Leviticus 3:16
6BSBEvery male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
KJVEvery male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
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Leviticus 6:29
29Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
Open Leviticus 6:29Numbers 18:9–10
9A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
10You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
Open Numbers 18:9–10Leviticus 2:3
3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 2:3Leviticus 6:16–18
16Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
17It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My food offerings. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
Open Leviticus 6:16–18
7BSBThe guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.
KJVAs the sin offering is , so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it .
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Leviticus 6:25–26
25“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the Lord; it is most holy.
26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
Open Leviticus 6:25–26Leviticus 14:13
13Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
Open Leviticus 14:131 Corinthians 9:13
13Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
Open 1 Corinthians 9:13
8BSBAs for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.
KJVAnd the priest that offereth any man’s burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered.
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Exodus 29:14
14But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
Open Exodus 29:14Leviticus 4:11
11But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung—
Open Leviticus 4:11Romans 13:14
14Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
Open Romans 13:14Leviticus 1:6
6Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.
Open Leviticus 1:6Numbers 19:5
5Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.
Open Numbers 19:5Genesis 3:21
21And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
Open Genesis 3:21
9BSBLikewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
KJVAnd all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.
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Leviticus 2:3–7
3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the Lord.
4Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.
Open Leviticus 2:3–7Leviticus 2:10
10But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 2:10Numbers 18:9
9A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
Open Numbers 18:9Ezekiel 44:29
29They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the Lord will belong to them.
Open Ezekiel 44:29Galatians 6:6
6Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
Open Galatians 6:6Leviticus 5:13
13In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”
Open Leviticus 5:13
10BSBand every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.
KJVAnd every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.
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2 Corinthians 8:14
14At the present time, your surplus will meet their need, so that in turn their surplus will meet your need. This way there will be equality.
Open 2 Corinthians 8:14Exodus 16:18
18When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
Open Exodus 16:18
11BSBNow this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the Lord:
KJVAnd this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the Lord .
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Leviticus 22:18–21
18“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the Lord, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
19must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
Open Leviticus 22:18–21Ezekiel 45:15
15And one sheep shall be given from each flock of two hundred from the well-watered pastures of Israel. These are for the grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings, to make atonement for the people, declares the Lord God.
Open Ezekiel 45:15Leviticus 3:1–17
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.
2He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splatter the blood on all sides of the altar.
Open Leviticus 3:1–17
12BSBIf he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
KJVIf he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.
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Numbers 6:15
15together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil.
Open Numbers 6:15Leviticus 2:4
4Now if you bring an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must consist of fine flour, either unleavened cakes mixed with oil or unleavened wafers coated with oil.
Open Leviticus 2:41 Peter 2:5
5you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Open 1 Peter 2:5Ephesians 5:20
20always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Open Ephesians 5:20Psalm 107:8
8Let them give thanks to the Lord for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Open Psalm 107:8Hebrews 13:15
15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Open Hebrews 13:15
13BSBAlong with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread.
KJVBesides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
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Amos 4:5
5Offer leavened bread as a thank offering, and loudly proclaim your freewill offerings. For that is what you children of Israel love to do,” declares the Lord God.
Open Amos 4:5Leviticus 23:17
17Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 23:17Matthew 13:33
33He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”
Open Matthew 13:331 Timothy 4:4
4For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
Open 1 Timothy 4:4
14BSBFrom the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution to the Lord. It belongs to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.
KJVAnd of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the Lord , and it shall be the priest’s that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings.
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Numbers 18:19
19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the Lord for you and your offspring.”
Open Numbers 18:19Exodus 29:27–28
27Consecrate for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the heave offering that is lifted up from the ram of ordination.
28This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the Lord from their peace offerings.
Open Exodus 29:27–28Numbers 18:24–32
24For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the Lord as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”
25And the Lord instructed Moses,
Open Numbers 18:24–32Numbers 15:19–21
19and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the Lord.
20From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor.
Open Numbers 15:19–21Leviticus 6:26
26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
Open Leviticus 6:26Numbers 31:41
41Moses gave the tribute to Eleazar the priest as an offering for the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
Open Numbers 31:41
15BSBThe meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.
KJVAnd the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
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Leviticus 22:29–30
29When you sacrifice a thank offering to the Lord, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
30It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the Lord.
Open Leviticus 22:29–30
16BSBIf, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day.
KJVBut if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
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Leviticus 19:5–8
5When you sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it for your acceptance.
6It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.
Open Leviticus 19:5–8Deuteronomy 12:6
6To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
Open Deuteronomy 12:6Leviticus 22:23
23You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
Open Leviticus 22:23Leviticus 23:38
38These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the Lord’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 23:38Ezekiel 46:12
12When the prince makes a freewill offering to the Lord, whether a burnt offering or a peace offering, the gate facing east must be opened for him. He is to offer his burnt offering or peace offering just as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate must be closed after he goes out.
Open Ezekiel 46:12Numbers 15:3
3and you present a food offering to the Lord from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the Lord—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast—
Open Numbers 15:3
17BSBBut any meat of the sacrifice remaining until the third day must be burned up.
KJVBut the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
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Exodus 12:10
10Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
Open Exodus 12:101 Corinthians 15:4
4that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
Open 1 Corinthians 15:4Hosea 6:2
2After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.
Open Hosea 6:2Leviticus 6:22–23
22The priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the Lord, it must be burned completely.
23Every grain offering for a priest shall be burned completely; it is not to be eaten.”
Open Leviticus 6:22–23Genesis 22:4
4On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.
Open Genesis 22:4Exodus 29:14
14But burn the flesh of the bull and its hide and dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
Open Exodus 29:14
18BSBIf any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
KJVAnd if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
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Leviticus 19:7–8
7If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.
8Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person must be cut off from his people.
Open Leviticus 19:7–8Leviticus 22:25
25Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
Open Leviticus 22:25Numbers 18:27
27Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
Open Numbers 18:27Leviticus 11:41
41Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
Open Leviticus 11:41Isaiah 66:3
3Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s blood; whoever offers frankincense is like one who blesses an idol. Indeed, they have chosen their own ways and delighted in their abominations.
Open Isaiah 66:3Hebrews 9:28
28so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
Open Hebrews 9:28
19BSBMeat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. As for any other meat, anyone who is ceremonially clean may eat it.
KJVAnd the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
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Romans 14:20
20Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.
Open Romans 14:20Leviticus 11:24–39
24These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,
25and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.
Open Leviticus 11:24–39Romans 14:14
14I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
Open Romans 14:14Titus 1:15
15To the pure, all things are pure; but to the defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure. Indeed, both their minds and their consciences are defiled.
Open Titus 1:152 Corinthians 6:17
17“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
Open 2 Corinthians 6:17Numbers 19:11–16
11Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.
12He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.
Open Numbers 19:11–16
20BSBBut if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that person must be cut off from his people.
KJVBut the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the Lord , having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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Leviticus 15:2–33
2“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
3This uncleanness is from his discharge, whether his body allows the discharge to flow or blocks it. So his discharge will bring about uncleanness.
Open Leviticus 15:2–331 Corinthians 11:28
28Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.
Open 1 Corinthians 11:28Leviticus 22:3–7
3Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the Lord.
4If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
Open Leviticus 22:3–7Genesis 17:14
14But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”
Open Genesis 17:14
21BSBIf one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that person must be cut off from his people.”
KJVMoreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing , and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the Lord , even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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Leviticus 12:1–13:59
1Then the Lord said to Moses,
Open Leviticus 12:1–13:59Leviticus 15:1–33
1And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron,
2“Say to the Israelites, ‘When any man has a bodily discharge, the discharge is unclean.
Open Leviticus 15:1–33Leviticus 11:10–13
10But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.
11They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.
Open Leviticus 11:10–13Leviticus 5:2–3
2Or if a person touches anything unclean—whether the carcass of any unclean wild animal or livestock or crawling creature—even if he is unaware of it, he is unclean and guilty.
3Or if he touches human uncleanness—anything by which one becomes unclean—even if he is unaware of it, when he realizes it, he is guilty.
Open Leviticus 5:2–3Ezekiel 4:14
14“Ah, Lord God,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
Open Ezekiel 4:14Leviticus 11:20
20All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
Open Leviticus 11:20
22BSBThen the Lord said to Moses,
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
23BSB“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘You are not to eat any of the fat of an ox, a sheep, or a goat.
KJVSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
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Leviticus 3:16–17
16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord’s.
17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
Open Leviticus 3:16–171 Samuel 2:29
29Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
Open 1 Samuel 2:29Deuteronomy 32:38
38which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!
Open Deuteronomy 32:381 Samuel 2:15–17
15Even before the fat was burned, the servant of the priest would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, “Give the priest some meat to roast, because he will not accept boiled meat from you, but only raw.”
16And if any man said to him, “The fat must be burned first; then you may take whatever you want,” the servant would reply, “No, you must give it to me right now. If you refuse, I will take it by force!”
Open 1 Samuel 2:15–17Leviticus 17:6
6The priest will then splatter the blood on the altar of the Lord at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 17:6Acts 28:27
27For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
Open Acts 28:27
24BSBThe fat of an animal found dead or mauled by wild beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must not eat it.
KJVAnd the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
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Exodus 22:31
31You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
Open Exodus 22:31Leviticus 17:15
15And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
Open Leviticus 17:15Leviticus 22:8
8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the Lord.
Open Leviticus 22:8Ezekiel 44:31
31The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
Open Ezekiel 44:31Ezekiel 4:14
14“Ah, Lord God,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
Open Ezekiel 4:14Deuteronomy 14:21
21You are not to eat any carcass; you may give it to the foreigner residing within your gates, and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. For you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
Open Deuteronomy 14:21
25BSBIf anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the Lord, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
KJVFor whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord , even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
26BSBYou must not eat the blood of any bird or animal in any of your dwellings.
KJVMoreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
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Genesis 9:4
4But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
Open Genesis 9:4Leviticus 3:17
17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
Open Leviticus 3:17Acts 15:20
20Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.
Open Acts 15:20Leviticus 17:10–14
10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
Open Leviticus 17:10–141 Samuel 14:33–34
33Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the Lord by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
34Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the Lord by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
Open 1 Samuel 14:33–34John 6:53
53So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
Open John 6:53
27BSBIf anyone eats blood, that person must be cut off from his people.’”
KJVWhatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
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Hebrews 10:29
29How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
Open Hebrews 10:29Leviticus 7:20–21
20But if anyone who is unclean eats meat from the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that person must be cut off from his people.
21If one touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable thing, and then eats any of the meat of the peace offering that belongs to the Lord, that person must be cut off from his people.”
Open Leviticus 7:20–21Leviticus 7:25
25If anyone eats the fat of an animal from which a food offering may be presented to the Lord, the one who eats it must be cut off from his people.
Open Leviticus 7:25
28BSBThen the Lord said to Moses,
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
29BSB“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Anyone who presents a peace offering to the Lord must bring it as his sacrifice to the Lord.
KJVSpeak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the Lord shall bring his oblation unto the Lord of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.
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1 John 1:7
7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Open 1 John 1:7Leviticus 3:1–17
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.
2He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splatter the blood on all sides of the altar.
Open Leviticus 3:1–17Colossians 1:20
20and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.
Open Colossians 1:20
30BSBWith his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the Lord; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the Lord.
KJVHis own hands shall bring the offerings of the Lord made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the Lord .
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Numbers 6:20
20The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
Open Numbers 6:20Leviticus 3:14
14And from his offering he shall present a food offering to the Lord: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
Open Leviticus 3:14Leviticus 3:3–4
3From the peace offering he is to bring a food offering to the Lord: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
4both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he is to remove with the kidneys.
Open Leviticus 3:3–4Leviticus 3:9
9And from the peace offering he shall bring a food offering to the Lord consisting of its fat: the entire fat tail cut off close to the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
Open Leviticus 3:9Exodus 29:24–28
24Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the Lord as a wave offering.
25Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar atop the burnt offering as a pleasing aroma before the Lord; it is a food offering to the Lord.
Open Exodus 29:24–28Psalm 110:3
3Your people shall be willing on Your day of battle. Arrayed in holy splendor, from the womb of the dawn, to You belongs the dew of Your youth.
Open Psalm 110:3
31BSBThe priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
KJVAnd the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
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Leviticus 7:34
34I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
Open Leviticus 7:34Leviticus 3:11
11Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, a food offering to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 3:11Leviticus 3:16
16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the Lord’s.
Open Leviticus 3:16Leviticus 3:5
5Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Open Leviticus 3:5Numbers 18:18
18And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
Open Numbers 18:18Leviticus 8:29
29He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the Lord as a wave offering, as the Lord had commanded him.
Open Leviticus 8:29
32BSBAnd you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.
KJVAnd the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.
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Numbers 6:20
20The priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
Open Numbers 6:20Leviticus 7:34
34I have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
Open Leviticus 7:34Leviticus 9:21
21but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.
Open Leviticus 9:21Deuteronomy 18:3
3This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
Open Deuteronomy 18:31 Corinthians 9:13–14
13Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
14In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.
Open 1 Corinthians 9:13–14Numbers 18:18–19
18And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the Lord for you and your offspring.”
Open Numbers 18:18–19
33BSBThe son of Aaron who presents the blood and fat of the peace offering shall have the right thigh as a portion.
KJVHe among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part.
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Leviticus 26:1–46
1“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the Lord your God.
2You must keep My Sabbaths and have reverence for My sanctuary. I am the Lord.
Open Leviticus 26:1–46Leviticus 6:1–30
1And the Lord said to Moses,
2“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the Lord by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor
Open Leviticus 6:1–30Leviticus 7:3
3And all the fat from it shall be offered: the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails,
Open Leviticus 7:3
34BSBI have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
KJVFor the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.
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Numbers 18:18–19
18And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.
19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the Lord for you and your offspring.”
Open Numbers 18:18–19Leviticus 10:14–15
14And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.
15They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the Lord. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the Lord has commanded.”
Open Leviticus 10:14–15Deuteronomy 18:3
3This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
Open Deuteronomy 18:3Leviticus 7:30–32
30With his own hands he is to bring the food offerings to the Lord; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before the Lord.
31The priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
Open Leviticus 7:30–32Leviticus 3:17
17This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”
Open Leviticus 3:17Exodus 29:9
9Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
Open Exodus 29:9
35BSBThis is the portion of the food offerings to the Lord for Aaron and his sons since the day they were presented to serve the Lord as priests.
KJVThis is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the Lord in the priest’s office;
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1 John 2:20
20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
Open 1 John 2:20Exodus 29:21
21And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. Then he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments.
Open Exodus 29:21Isaiah 61:1
1The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
Open Isaiah 61:1Leviticus 8:10–12
10Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
11He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.
Open Leviticus 8:10–12John 3:34
34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
Open John 3:34Leviticus 8:30
30Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments.
Open Leviticus 8:30
36BSBOn the day they were anointed, the Lord commanded that this be given them by the sons of Israel. It is a permanent portion for the generations to come.
KJVWhich the Lord commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.
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Leviticus 8:12
12He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
Open Leviticus 8:12Leviticus 8:30
30Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments.
Open Leviticus 8:30Exodus 40:13–15
13And you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.
14Bring his sons forward and clothe them with tunics.
Open Exodus 40:13–15
37BSBThis is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
KJVThis is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;
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Exodus 29:1
1“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
Open Exodus 29:1Leviticus 7:11–21
11Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the Lord:
12If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
Open Leviticus 7:11–21Exodus 29:38–42
38This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.
39Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.
Open Exodus 29:38–42Leviticus 1:1–5:6
1Then the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
Open Leviticus 1:1–5:6Leviticus 6:9–18
9“Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar.
10And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
Open Leviticus 6:9–18Leviticus 6:20–7:7
20“This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the Lord on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
Open Leviticus 6:20–7:7
38BSBwhich 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.
KJVWhich 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.
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Leviticus 1:1–2
1Then the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
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.
Open Leviticus 1:1–2