Leviticus 3:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְאִם־מִן־הַצֹּ֧אן קָרְבָּנ֛וֹ לְזֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים לַיהוָ֑ה זָכָר֙ א֣וֹ נְקֵבָ֔ה תָּמִ֖ים יַקְרִיבֶֽנּוּ׃

Transliteration

And if from the ṣōʾn his qorbān for zebaḥ šĕlāmîm to YHWH, zākār or nĕqēbâ, tāmîm he shall yaqrîb it.

Grammar Details

• וְאִם: conjunction + conditional particle - 'and if'
• מִן: preposition - 'from'
• הַצֹּאן: definite article + masculine singular noun - 'the flock'
• *qorbān*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his offering'
• לְזֶבַח: preposition + masculine singular construct - 'for sacrifice of'
• *šĕlāmîm*: masculine plural noun - 'peace offerings'
• לַיהוָה: preposition + divine name - 'to YHWH'
• *zākār*: masculine singular noun - 'male'
• אוֹ: conjunction - 'or'
• *nĕqēbâ*: feminine singular noun - 'female'
• *tāmîm*: masculine singular adjective - 'unblemished'
• *yaqrîb*: Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'he shall bring it near'

Word Meanings

• *ṣōʾn*: flock/sheep and goats
• *qorbān*: offering/sacrifice/that which is brought near
• *zebaḥ šĕlāmîm*: peace offering/fellowship offering/well-being sacrifice
• *zākār*: male
• *nĕqēbâ*: female
• *tāmîm*: unblemished/perfect/complete/without defect
• *yaqrîb*: shall bring near/shall present/shall offer

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If his offering for a peace sacrifice to the LORD comes from the flock, whether male or female, it must be without defect.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; ma or fema, he shall offer it without bmish.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And if his oblation{H7133} for a sacrifice{H2077} of peace-offerings{H8002} unto Jehovah{H3068} be of the flock;{H6629} male{H2145} or female,{H5347} he shall offer{H7126} it without blemish.{H8549}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And if his offering{H7133} for a sacrifice{H2077} of peace offering{H8002} unto the LORD{H3068} be of the flock{H6629}; male{H2145} or female{H5347}, he shall offer{H7126}{(H8686)} it without blemish{H8549}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf a man brynge a peaceoffrynge vnto the Lorde from of the flocke: whether it be male, or female, it shalbe without blemysh.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf his deadofferynge be of small catell, whether it be male or female, it shal be without blemish:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Also if his oblation be a peace offring vnto the Lorde out of ye flocke, whether it be male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If he bryng a peace offeryng vnto the Lorde from of the flocke, let hym offer male or female, but without blemishe.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD [be] of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `And if his offering `is' out of the flock for a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, male or female, a perfect one he doth bring near;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And if his oblation for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And if what he gives for a peace-offering to the Lord is of the flock, let him give a male or female, without any mark on it.

• World English Bible (2000)

  "'If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Animal from the Flock“‘If his offering for a peace offering sacrifice to the LORD is from the flock, he must present a flawless male or female.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 1:2 : 2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any one of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the cattle, either of the herd or of the flock.
• Lev 1:10 : 10 And if his offering is of the flocks, namely, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring a male without blemish.
• Lev 3:1-9 : 1 If his offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, whether it is from the herd, a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. 2 He shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering and kill it at the entrance of the tent of meeting. Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around the altar. 3 From the sacrifice of the peace offering, he shall offer a fire offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails, 4 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is on the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove. 5 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. 6 If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD is from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. 7 If he offers a lamb for his offering, he shall present it before the LORD. 8 He shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tent of meeting. Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood around the altar. 9 From the sacrifice of the peace offering, he shall offer a fire offering to the LORD: the fat thereof, the whole tail cut close by the backbone, the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails, 10 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove. 11 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the fire offering to the LORD. 12 If his offering is a goat, then he shall present it before the LORD. 13 He shall lay his hand upon its head, and kill it before the tent of meeting. The sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around the altar. 14 He shall offer from it his offering, a fire offering to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat that is on the entrails, 15 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, he shall remove. 16 The priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the fire offering for a pleasing aroma: all the fat is the LORD's. 17 It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
• Isa 60:7 : 7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall serve you; they shall come up with acceptance on My altar, and I will glorify the house of My glory.
• Acts 4:27 : 27 For truly against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
• Rom 12:1-2 : 1 I implore you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
• Gal 3:28 : 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
• Gal 4:4 : 4 But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
• Eph 1:10 : 10 That in the dispensation of the fullness of times, He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are on earth, even in Him:
• Eph 2:13-22 : 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. 14 For He is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; 15 Having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, to create in Himself of the two one new man, so making peace; 16 And that He might reconcile both to God in one body through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 17 And came and preached peace to you who were afar off, and to those who were near. 18 For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. 19 Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and of the household of God; 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone; 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to a holy temple in the Lord: 22 In whom you also are built together for a habitation of God through the Spirit.
• Titus 2:11-12 : 11 For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;