Numbers 15:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Bulls or rams or goats are the animals that you may burn on the altar as sacrifices to please me. You may also offer sacrifices voluntarily or because you made a promise, or because they are part of your regular religious ceremonies. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices is pleasing to me.

Cross References

Genesis 8:21

The smell of the burning offering pleased God, and he said: Never again will I punish the earth for the sinful things its people do. All of them have evil thoughts from the time they are young, but I will never destroy everything that breathes, as I did this time.

Ezra 7:17

Use the money carefully to buy the best bulls, rams, lambs, grain, and wine. Then sacrifice them on the altar at God's temple in Jerusalem.

Psalm 54:6

I will bring a gift and offer a sacrifice to you, LORD. I will praise your name because you are good.

Exodus 29:18

Then make sure that the whole animal goes up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

Exodus 29:25

After this, the meat and bread are to be placed on the altar and sent up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

Leviticus 10:13

The LORD has said that this belongs to you and your sons, and that it must be eaten in a holy place.

Leviticus 27:2

to say to the community of Israel: If you ever want to free someone who has been promised to me,

Leviticus 7:16

It is different with the sacrifices you offer when you make me a promise or voluntarily give me something. The meat from those sacrifices may be kept and eaten the next day,

Numbers 28:27

Offer two young bulls, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old as sacrifices to please me.

Numbers 29:8

and bring to the altar one young bull, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. Then offer these as sacrifices to please me.

Numbers 6:15

Wine offerings and grain sacrifices must also be brought with these animals. Finally, you are to bring a basket of bread made with your finest flour and olive oil, but without yeast. Also bring some thin wafers brushed with oil.

Matthew 3:17

Then a voice from heaven said, “This is my own dear Son, and I am pleased with him.”

2 Corinthians 2:15

In fact, God thinks of us as a perfume that brings Christ to everyone. For people who are being saved, this perfume has a sweet smell and leads them to a better life. But for people who are lost, it has a bad smell and leads them to a horrible death. No one really has what it takes to do this work.

Ephesians 5:2

Let love be your guide. Christ loved us and offered his life for us as a sacrifice that pleases God.

Philippians 4:18

I have been paid back everything, and with interest. I am completely satisfied with the gifts that you asked Epaphroditus to bring me. They are like a sweet-smelling offering or like the right kind of sacrifice that pleases God.