Leviticus 8:28

“Moses took them from their palms and offered them up in smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering; they were an ordination offering for a pleasing aroma; it was a fire offering to YHWH.”

Leviticus 8:28 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 8:28, word by word

Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe

Moses

Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).

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tookיִּקַּחyikach

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

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their palmsכַּפֵּיkape

palm

The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.

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and offered them up in smokeיַּקְטֵרyakter

burn up

To send up the sacrifice as smoke on the altar.

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on the altarמִּזְבֵּחָmizbeach

altar

Altar: a structure of stone or earth on which sacrifices are offered to God.

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the burnt offeringעֹלָהola

burnt offering

A sacrifice burned whole on the altar.

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an ordination offeringמִלֻּאִיםmiluim

ordination

The ordination of the priests: the rite in which they were installed in office.

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for a pleasingנִיחֹחַnichoach

pleasing, soothing

Pleasing, soothing. "A pleasing aroma" is the way of saying that God receives a sacrifice with favor.

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aromaרֵיחַreach

aroma, smell

Smell, scent, aroma; "pleasing aroma" is said of offerings accepted by God.

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a fire offeringאִשֶּׁהishe

fire offering

Fire offering: an offering burned on the altar for God; sometimes any sacrifice.

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to YHWHיהוָהyhva

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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The context

27He put it all on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and waved them as a wave offering before YHWH.

28 · This verse (above)

29Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before YHWH; from the ram of ordination it was Moses’ portion, as YHWH had commanded Moses.

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