He grew up like a small plant before the Lord. He was like a root growing in dry ground. He did not look special. He had no special glory. If we looked at him, we would see nothing special that would cause us to like him.
Leviticus 3:12 - Easy To Read Version “If the offering is a goat, then the person must bring it before the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition If [a man's] offering is a goat, he shall offer it before the Lord, American Standard Version (1901) And if his oblation be a goat, then he shall offer it before Jehovah: Common English Bible If the offering is a goat, you must present it before the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version If his oblation will be a goat, and he will offer it to the Lord, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If his offering be a goat, and he offer it to the Lord: |
He grew up like a small plant before the Lord. He was like a root growing in dry ground. He did not look special. He had no special glory. If we looked at him, we would see nothing special that would cause us to like him.
But \{even after he did this,\} all of us wandered away like sheep. We all went our own way. \{We did this after\} the Lord \{freed us from our guilt and\} put all our guilt on him.
“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.
“Tell the people of Israel: When you bring an offering to the Lord, the offering must be one of your tame animals—it can be a cow, a sheep, or a goat.
The priest must cut the skin from that animal and then cut the animal into pieces.
Moses looked for the goat of the sin offering. But it was already burned up. Moses became very angry at Aaron’s other sons Eleazar and Ithamar. Moses said,
“When a person gives a sacrifice as a fellowship offering, the animal can be a cow and the animal can be a male or a female. But the animal must have nothing wrong with it.
Then Aaron brought the people’s offering. He killed the goat of the sin offering that was for the people. He offered the goat for sin, like the first.
Tell the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering. And take a calf and a lamb for a burnt offering. The calf and the lamb must each be one year old. There must be nothing wrong with those animals.
“If you are giving a ram, then you must also prepare a grain offering. This grain offering should be 16 cups [190] of fine flour mixed with 1 1/4 quarts [191] of olive oil.
The law {\cf2\super [61]} was without power because the law was made weak by our sinful selves. But God did what the law could not do. God sent his own Son to earth with the same human life that other people use for sin. God sent his Son to be an offering to pay for sin. So God used a human life to condemn (destroy) sin.