Genesis 4:4

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock– even the fattest of them. And the LORD was pleased with Abel and his offering,

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  • Heb 11:4 : 4 By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.
  • Prov 3:9 : 9 Honor the LORD from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;
  • Exod 13:12 : 12 then you must give over to the LORD the first offspring of every womb. Every firstling of a beast that you have– the males will be the LORD’s.
  • Num 18:17 : 17 But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  • Judg 6:21 : 21 The LORD’s angel touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The LORD’s angel then disappeared.
  • 1 Kgs 18:24 : 24 Then you will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the LORD. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” All the people responded,“This will be a fair test.”
  • 1 Kgs 18:38 : 38 Then fire from the LORD fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench.
  • 1 Chr 21:26 : 26 David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the LORD, and the LORD responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar.
  • 2 Chr 7:1 : 1 Solomon Dedicates the Temple When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the LORD’s splendor filled the temple.
  • Ps 20:3 : 3 May he take notice of all your offerings; may he accept your burnt sacrifice!(Selah)
  • Lev 3:16-17 : 16 Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma– all the fat belongs to the LORD. 17 This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.’”
  • Lev 9:24 : 24 Then fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground.
  • Num 16:35 : 35 Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
  • Num 18:12 : 12 “All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the LORD, I have given to you.
  • Heb 9:22 : 22 Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
  • 1 Pet 1:19-20 : 19 but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ. 20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake.
  • Rev 13:8 : 8 and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed.
  • Gen 15:17 : 17 When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 4:5-8
    4 verses
    85%

    5but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast.

    6Then the LORD said to Cain,“Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast?

    7Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”

    8Cain said to his brother Abel,“Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

  • Gen 4:2-3
    2 verses
    85%

    2Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

    3At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the LORD.

  • Heb 11:4
    76%

    4By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

  • Lev 1:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When someone among you presents an offering to the LORD, you must present your offering from the domesticated animals, either from the herd or from the flock.

    3Burnt Offering Regulations: Animal from the Herd“‘If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd he must present it as a flawless male; he must present it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent for its acceptance before the LORD.

    4He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

  • Lev 1:10
    73%

    10Animal from the Flock“‘If his offering is from the flock for a burnt offering– from the sheep or the goats– he must present a flawless male,

  • Lev 3:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Animal 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.

    7If he presents a sheep as his offering, he must present it before the LORD.

  • Deut 18:4
    72%

    4You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks.

  • Lev 3:14
    72%

    14Then he must present from it his offering as a gift to the LORD: the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat on the entrails,

  • Lev 3:11-12
    2 verses
    71%

    11Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as a food gift to the LORD.

    12“‘If his offering is a goat he must present it before the LORD,

  • Lev 9:15-17
    3 verses
    70%

    15The Offerings for the People Then he presented the people’s offering. He took the sin offering male goat which was for the people, slaughtered it, and performed a purification rite with it like the first one.

    16He then presented the burnt offering, and did it according to the standard regulation.

    17Next he presented the grain offering, filled his hand with some of it, and offered it up in smoke on the altar in addition to the morning burnt offering.

  • Lev 3:1
    70%

    1Peace Offering Regulations: Animal from the Herd“‘Now if his offering is a peace offering sacrifice, if he presents an offering from the herd, he must present before the LORD a flawless male or a female.

  • Num 15:3
    70%

    3and you make an offering by fire to the LORD from the herd or from the flock(whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a freewill offering or in your solemn feasts) to create a pleasing aroma to the LORD,

  • Num 18:17
    70%

    17But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

  • Lev 4:19
    69%

    19“‘Then the priest must take all its fat and offer the fat up in smoke on the altar.

  • Lev 4:10
    69%

    10– just as it is taken from the ox of the peace offering sacrifice– and the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering.

  • Lev 4:4
    69%

    4He must bring the bull to the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the LORD, lay his hand on the head of the bull, and slaughter the bull before the LORD.

  • Lev 22:19
    69%

    19if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats.

  • Gen 4:10
    69%

    10But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!

  • Gen 4:15
    69%

    15But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.

  • Lev 3:3
    69%

    3Then the one presenting the offering must present a gift to the LORD from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails,

  • Lev 9:13
    69%

    13The burnt offering itself they handed to him by its parts, including the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar,

  • Gen 8:20
    69%

    20Noah built an altar to the LORD. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

  • Lev 4:32
    69%

    32“‘But if he brings a sheep as his offering, for a sin offering, he must bring a flawless female.

  • Num 29:23-24
    2 verses
    69%

    23“‘On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

    24and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed,

  • Lev 9:4
    69%

    4and an ox and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with olive oil, for today the LORD is going to appear to you.’”

  • Num 7:51
    68%

    51one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering;

  • Gen 22:2
    68%

    2God said,“Take your son– your only son, whom you love, Isaac– and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you.”

  • Exod 2:25
    68%

    25God saw the Israelites, and God understood.

  • Gen 22:13
    68%

    13Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son.