Leviticus 6:25

““Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying: This is the instruction for the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before YHWH; it is a most holy thing.”

Leviticus 6:25 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 6:25, word by word

“Speakדַּבֵּרdaber

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

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to Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon

Aaron

Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.

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and to his sonsבָּנָיbanay

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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the instructionתּוֹרַתtorat

teaching of YHWH

What YHWH teaches his people so they may live.

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for the sin offeringחַטָּאתchatat

sin

Failing God, not doing what he asks.

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in the placeמְקוֹםmekom

place

A place, a spot.

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the burnt offeringעֹלָהola

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

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is slaughteredתִּשָּׁחֵטtishachet

slaughter

To kill an animal by cutting its throat, to sacrifice it or to eat.

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beforeפְנֵיfene

before

Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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a most holy thingקֹדֶשׁkodesh

holy thing

Something set apart for God: a day, an offering.

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The context

24YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

25 · This verse (above)

26The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it; it shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.

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