Leviticus 3:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt offering, which is on the wood on the fire: it is a fire offering of a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִקְטִ֨ירוּ אֹת֤וֹ בְנֵֽי־אַהֲרֹן֙ הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה עַל־הָ֣עֹלָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־הָעֵצִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הָאֵ֑שׁ אִשֵּׁ֛ה רֵ֥יחַ נִיחֹ֖חַ לַֽיהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

And hiqṭîrû it bĕnê-ʾahărōn on the mizbeaḥ, upon the ʿōlâ which is upon the ʿēṣîm which are upon the ʾēš, an ʾiššeh of rêaḥ nîḥōaḥ to YHWH.

Grammar Details

• וְהִקְטִירוּ: conjunction + Hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - 'and they shall burn/turn into smoke'
• אֹתוֹ: direct object marker with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'it'
• *bĕnê*-*ʾahărōn*: masculine plural construct + proper name - 'sons of Aaron'
• הַמִּזְבֵּחָה: definite article + masculine singular noun + directional suffix - 'to the altar'
• עַל: preposition - 'upon'
• *ʿōlâ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - 'the burnt offering'
• אֲשֶׁר: relative pronoun - 'which'
• *ʿēṣîm*: masculine plural noun with definite article - 'the wood'
• *ʾēš*: feminine singular noun with definite article - 'the fire'
• *ʾiššeh*: masculine singular noun - 'fire offering'
• *rêaḥ nîḥōaḥ*: masculine singular construct + masculine singular adjective - 'soothing aroma'
• לַיהוָה: preposition + divine name - 'to YHWH'

Word Meanings

• *hiqṭîrû*: burn as incense/make into smoke/turn into sweet smoke
• *bĕnê*: sons of
• *mizbeaḥ*: altar
• *ʿōlâ*: burnt offering/ascending offering
• *ʿēṣîm*: wood/timber/trees
• *ʾēš*: fire
• *ʾiššeh*: fire-offering/offering made by fire
• *rêaḥ nîḥōaḥ*: pleasing aroma/soothing scent/sweet savor

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Aaron's sons are to burn them on the altar, on top of the burnt offering that is over the burning wood. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Aaron's{H175} sons{H1121} shall burn{H6999} it on the altar{H4196} upon the burnt-offering,{H5930} which is upon the wood{H6086} that is on the fire:{H784} it is an offering made by fire,{H784} of a sweet{H5207} savor{H7381} unto Jehovah.{H3068}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And Aaron's{H175} sons{H1121} shall burn{H6999}{(H8689)} it on the altar{H4196} upon the burnt sacrifice{H5930}, which is upon the wood{H6086} that is on the fire{H784}: it is an offering made by fire{H801}, of a sweet{H5207} savour{H7381} unto the LORD{H3068}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Aarons sonnes shall burne them apon the alter with the burntsacrifice which is apon the wodd on the fire. That is a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Aarons sonnes shal burne it vpon the altare for a burntofferynge, euen vpon the wod that lyeth on the fyre. This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And Aarons sonnes shall burne it on the altar, with the burnt offering, which is vpon the wood, that is on the fire: this is a sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And Aarons sonnes shall burne them on the aulter, with the burnt sacrifice which is vpon the wood that is on the fire, to be a burnt sacrifice made by fire for a sweete sauour vnto the Lord.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which [is] upon the wood that [is] on the fire: [it is] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor to Yahweh.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and sons of Aaron have made it a perfume on the altar, on the burnt-offering which `is' on the wood, which `is' on the fire -- a fire-offering of sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt-offering, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  That it may be burned by Aaron's sons on the altar, on the burned offering which is on the wood on the fire: it is an offering made by fire of a sweet smell to the Lord.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then the sons of Aaron must offer it up in smoke on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the wood in the fire as a gift of a soothing aroma to the LORD.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 6:12 : 12 And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, lay the burnt offering in order on it, and burn on it the fat of the peace offerings.
• Exod 29:13 : 13 And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
• Exod 29:38-42 : 38 Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually. 39 One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight. 40 With the one lamb shall be one-tenth of an ephah of flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering. 41 And the other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and you shall offer with it the grain offering and the drink offering, as in the morning, for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. 42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.
• Lev 1:9 : 9 But its entrails and its legs shall he wash with water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.
• Lev 4:31 : 31 And he shall take away all its fat, as the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet aroma to the LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Lev 4:35 : 35 And he shall take away all its fat, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire to the LORD; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Lev 7:29-34 : 29 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. 30 His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire; the fat with the breast, he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD. 31 And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 32 And you shall give the right shoulder to the priest as a heave offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. 33 He among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his portion. 34 For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons by a statute forever from among the children of Israel.
• Lev 9:9-9 : 9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: 10 But the fat, and the kidneys, and the covering above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• 1 Sam 2:15-16 : 15 Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give meat to roast for the priest, for he will not take boiled meat from you, but raw. 16 And if any man said to him, Let them burn the fat first and then take as much as you want; then he would answer him, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
• 1 Kgs 8:64 : 64 The same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD; for there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to receive the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
• 2 Chr 35:14 : 14 And afterward they made ready for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were busy in offering burnt offerings and the fat until night. Therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.
• Ezek 44:7 : 7 When you brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to defile it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they broke my covenant because of all your abominations.
• Ezek 44:15 : 15 But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, says the Lord GOD:
• 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 You also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.