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Selected Verse: Leviticus 3:12 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Le 3:12 |
King James |
And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
if his offering be a goat--Whether this or any of the other two animals were chosen, the same general directions were to be followed in the ceremony of offering. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
See Lev 1:10 note. Birds were not accepted as peace-offerings, most probably because they were, by themselves, insufficient to make up a sacrificial meal. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
A goat - Implying the whole species, he-goat, she-goat, and kid, as we have already seen. |
10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.