Levitikus 1:1

1 Und Jehova rief Mose, und er redete zu ihm aus dem Zelte der Zusammenkunft und sprach:

Levitikus 1:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 1:1

And the Lord called unto Moses
Or "met him", as the phrase is rendered in ( Numbers 23:4 ) . The word (arqyw) , translated "called", the last letter of it is written in a very small character, to show, as the Jews ^F2 say, that he met him accidentally, and unawares to Moses: other mysteries they observe in it, as that it respects the modesty of Moses, who lessened himself, and got out of the way, that he might not have the government laid upon him, and therefore the Lord called him; or to denote the wonderful condescension of the Lord, whose throne is in heaven, and yet vouchsafed to dwell in the tabernacle, out of which he called to Moses, and from Mount Sinai, and out of the cloud ^F3. The word "Lord" is not in this clause, but the following, from whence it is supplied by our translators, as it is in the Syriac version, and as the word "God" is in the Arabic version; the two Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it,

``the Word of the Lord called to Moses,''

by an articulate voice, though it may be it was a still small one; and which some think is the reason of the smallness of the letter before mentioned; and Aben Ezra says that Moses heard it, but all Israel did not hear:

and spoke unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation;
from off the mercy seat, between the cherubim over the ark, where the glory of the Lord, or the divine Shechinah and Majesty took up its residence, and from whence the Lord promised to commune with Moses, ( Exodus 25:22 ) :

saying;
what follows concerning sacrifices; which shows, that these were not human inventions, but of divine institution, and by the appointment of God.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Vid. Buxtorf. Tiberias, c. 15. p. 39.
F3 R. Abraham Seba, Tzeror Hammor, fol. 92. 1. 2.

Levitikus 1:1 In-Context

1 Und Jehova rief Mose, und er redete zu ihm aus dem Zelte der Zusammenkunft und sprach:

2 Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Wenn ein Mensch von euch dem Jehova eine Opfergabe darbringen will, so sollt ihr vom Vieh, vom Rind-und Kleinvieh, eure Opfergabe darbringen.

3 Wenn seine Opfergabe ein Brandopfer ist vom Rindvieh, so soll er sie darbringen, ein Männliches ohne Fehl; an dem Eingang des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft soll er sie darbringen, zum Wohlgefallen für ihn vor Jehova.

4 Und er soll seine Hand auf den Kopf des Brandopfers legen, und es wird wohlgefällig für ihn sein, um Sühnung für ihn zu tun.

5 Und er soll das junge Rind schlachten vor Jehova; und die Söhne Aarons, die Priester, sollen das Blut herzubringen und das Blut ringsum an den Altar sprengen, der an dem Eingang des Zeltes der Zusammenkunft ist.