Leviticus 23:12
New International Version
On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the LORD a lamb a year old without defect,

New Living Translation
On that same day you must sacrifice a one-year-old male lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the LORD.

English Standard Version
And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
And you shall offer on that day, when you wave the sheaf, a male lamb of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect as a burnt offering to the LORD.

NASB 1995
‘Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD.

NASB 1977
‘Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without blemish for a burnt offering to Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
Now on the day when you wave the sheaf you shall offer a male lamb one year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
On the day you present the sheaf, you are to offer a year-old male lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
On the day you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a year-old male lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
You must also offer a sacrifice to please me. So bring the priest a one-year-old lamb that has nothing wrong with it

English Revised Version
And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
On the day you present the bundle, you must sacrifice a one-year-old male lamb that has no defects as a burnt offering to the LORD.

Good News Translation
On the day you present the offering of grain, also sacrifice as a burnt offering a one-year-old male lamb that has no defects.

International Standard Version
On the day you wave the sheaf, you are to offer a one year old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering in the LORD's presence.

Majority Standard Bible
On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,

NET Bible
On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer a flawless yearling lamb for a burnt offering to the LORD,

New Heart English Bible
On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without blemish a year old for a burnt offering to the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
And ye shall offer, that day when ye wave the sheaf, a he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt-offering to the LORD.

World English Bible
On the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb without defect a year old for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And you have prepared a lamb, a perfect one, a son of a year, in the day of your waving the sheaf for a burnt-offering to YHWH,

Young's Literal Translation
'And ye have prepared in the day of your waving the sheaf a lamb, a perfect one, a son of a year, for a burnt-offering to Jehovah,

Smith's Literal Translation
And in the day of your lifting up the handful, ye did a blameless lamb, the son of its year, for a burnt-offering to Jehovah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

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.

New American Bible
On this day, when your sheaf is elevated, you shall offer to the LORD for a burnt offering an unblemished yearling lamb.

New Revised Standard Version
On the day when you raise the sheaf, you shall offer a lamb a year old, without blemish, as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You shall offer that day when you wave the sheaf a male lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering to the LORD.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall offer a male lamb a year old that has no defect in it, in the day that you dedicate the sheaf, as a burnt peace offering to LORD JEHOVAH.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And in the day when ye wave the sheaf, ye shall offer a he-lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt-offering unto the LORD.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And ye shall offer on the day on which ye bring the sheaf, a lamb without blemish of a year old for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Feast of Firstfruits
11And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath. 12On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, 13along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—an offering made by fire to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.…

Cross References
Exodus 29:38-42
This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old. / Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight. / With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine. ...

Numbers 28:26-31
On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. / Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, / together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, ...

Deuteronomy 16:9-12
You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. / And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you, / and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. ...

Exodus 12:5
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.

Numbers 18:17-18
But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. / And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

1 Corinthians 15:20-23
But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. / For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. ...

Hebrews 10:10-14
And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. / Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. / But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. ...

1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

Romans 8:32
He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?

John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

1 Corinthians 5:7
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

Isaiah 53:7
He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

Matthew 26:28
This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 14:24
He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall offer that day when you wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering to the LORD.

Leviticus 1:10
And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

Hebrews 10:10-12
By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all

1 Peter 1:19
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:

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Leviticus 23
1. The feasts of the Lord
3. the Sabbath
4. The Passover
9. The sheaf of firstfruits
15. The feast of Pentecost
22. Gleanings to be left for the poor
23. The feast of trumpets
26. The day of atonement
33. The feast of tabernacles














On the day after the Sabbath
This phrase refers to the timing of the offering, which is significant in the Jewish calendar. The Sabbath, or "Shabbat" in Hebrew, is a day of rest and worship, observed from Friday evening to Saturday evening. The "day after the Sabbath" would be Sunday, marking the beginning of a new week. This timing is crucial as it aligns with the Feast of Firstfruits, a celebration of the first harvest, symbolizing new beginnings and God's provision. In a Christian context, this day is also significant as it foreshadows the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which occurred on a Sunday, the day after the Sabbath, symbolizing the new covenant and the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep (1 Corinthians 15:20).

the priest
The role of the priest in ancient Israel was central to the religious and communal life of the people. The Hebrew word for priest is "kohen," and priests were responsible for performing sacrifices, maintaining the sanctuary, and acting as mediators between God and the people. In this context, the priest's duty to present the offering underscores the importance of mediation and intercession in worship. From a Christian perspective, this prefigures the ultimate High Priest, Jesus Christ, who mediates the new covenant between God and humanity (Hebrews 4:14-16).

is to present it
The act of presenting the offering is a ritual of dedication and thanksgiving. The Hebrew root for "present" is "qarab," which means to bring near or to offer. This act signifies drawing near to God, acknowledging His sovereignty and provision. In the context of the Feast of Firstfruits, it represents the dedication of the first and best of the harvest to God, trusting Him for the remainder. For Christians, this act of presenting is mirrored in the offering of oneself as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God (Romans 12:1), symbolizing a life dedicated to His service and glory.

(12) And he shall offer.--With the omer of the first-fruits a lamb was offered, besides the sacrifices for the feast enumerated in Leviticus 23:8.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
On the day
בְּי֥וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3117: A day

you wave
הֲנִֽיפְכֶ֖ם (hă·nî·p̄ə·ḵem)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5130: To move to and fro, wave, sprinkle

the sheaf,
הָעֹ֑מֶר (hā·‘ō·mer)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6016: A heap, a sheaf, an omer (dry measure)

you shall offer
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֕ם (wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

a year-old
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

lamb
כֶּ֣בֶשׂ (ke·ḇeś)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3532: A lamb

without blemish
תָּמִ֧ים (tā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8549: Entire, integrity, truth

as a burnt offering
לְעֹלָ֖ה (lə·‘ō·lāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

to the LORD,
לַיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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