Leviticus 3:11

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“Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.”

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BSBPD

“Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto Jehovah.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the priest hath made it a perfume on the altar--bread of a fire-offering to Jehovah.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 3:11 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 3:5Then Aaron’s sons are to burn it on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the burning wood, as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
  2. Leviticus 3:16Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
  3. Leviticus 21:6They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be holy.
  4. Leviticus 21:8You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
  5. Leviticus 21:17“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
  6. Leviticus 21:21No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
  7. Leviticus 22:25Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
  8. Numbers 28:2“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.
  9. Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.
  10. Isaiah 53:4Surely He took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken by God, struck down and afflicted.
  11. Ezekiel 44:7In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
  12. Malachi 1:7By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
  13. Malachi 1:12“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
  14. Romans 8:32He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
  15. 1 Corinthians 10:21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
  16. Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in and dine with him, and he with Me.

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