The lamb must be a one-year-old male, and it must be completely healthy. This animal can be either a young sheep or a young goat.
Leviticus 23:12 - Easy To Read Version “On the day when you wave the sheaf, [401] you will offer a one-year-old male lamb. There must be nothing wrong with that lamb. That lamb will be a burnt offering to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall offer on the day when you wave the sheaf a male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. Common English Bible On the day the bundle is lifted up for you, you must offer a flawless one-year-old lamb as an entirely burned offering to the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And on the same day that the sheaf is consecrated, a one-year-old immaculate lamb shall be slain as a holocaust of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And on the same day that the sheaf is consecrated, a lamb without blemish of the first year shall be killed for a holocaust of the Lord. |
The lamb must be a one-year-old male, and it must be completely healthy. This animal can be either a young sheep or a young goat.
“When a person offers a sheep or a goat as a burnt offering, then that animal must be a male animal that has nothing wrong with it.
“When a person offers one of his cows as a burnt offering, then that animal must be a bull that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [2] Then the Lord will accept the offering.
The priest will wave the sheaf before the Lord. Then you will be accepted. The priest will wave the sheaf on Sunday morning. [400]
You must also offer a grain offering of 16 cups [402] of fine flour mixed with olive oil. You must also offer 1 quart [403] of wine. The smell of that offering will please the Lord.
But you were bought with the precious blood (death) of Christ—a pure and perfect lamb.