Leviticus 3:12

12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall present it before Jehovah.

Leviticus 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 3:12

And if his offering be a goat
As it might be, and which also was of the flock:

then he shall offer it before the Lord;
in the same place and manner as the bullock and the lamb, ( Leviticus 3:1 Leviticus 3:7 )

Leviticus 3:12 In-Context

10 and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the net above the liver which he shall take away as far as the kidneys;

11 and the priest shall burn it on the altar: [it is] the food of the offering by fire to Jehovah.

12 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall present it before Jehovah.

13 And he shall lay his hand on the head of it, and slaughter it before the tent of meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof on the altar round about.

14 And he shall present thereof his offering, an offering by fire to Jehovah; the fat that covereth the inwards and all the fat that is on the inwards,

Footnotes

• [a]. Corban, 'gift,' or 'present,' see ch. 1.2. 'First-fruits,' here in ver. 12, is 'beginning,' Gen. 1.1. The word for 'firstfruits' in ver. 14 is more strictly in general for 'first-born;' first-ripe in Jer. 24.2; Hos. 9.10.