Leviticus 8:20
New International Version
He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces and the fat.

New Living Translation
Then he cut the ram into pieces, and he burned the head, some of its pieces, and the fat on the altar.

English Standard Version
He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat.

Berean Standard Bible
He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.

King James Bible
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

New King James Version
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.

New American Standard Bible
When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

NASB 1995
When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

NASB 1977
When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

Legacy Standard Bible
And he cut the ram into its pieces. Then Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

Amplified Bible
When he had cut the ram into pieces, Moses offered up the head, the pieces, and the fat in smoke.

Christian Standard Bible
Moses cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Moses cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the suet,

American Standard Version
And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

English Revised Version
And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When the ram was cut into pieces, Moses burned the head with the other pieces and the fat.

International Standard Version
As to the ram, he cut it into parts at the joints, burned the head, the internal organs, and the fat,

Majority Standard Bible
He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.

NET Bible
Then he cut the ram into parts, and Moses offered the head, the parts, and the suet up in smoke,

New Heart English Bible
He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

Webster's Bible Translation
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

World English Bible
He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he has cut the ram into its pieces, and Moses makes incense with the head, and the pieces, and the fat,

Young's Literal Translation
and the ram he hath cut into its pieces, and Moses maketh perfume with the head, and the pieces, and the fat,

Smith's Literal Translation
And he cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses will burn the head and the pieces, and the fat.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And cutting the ram into pieces, the head thereof, and the joints, and the fat he burnt in the fire,

Catholic Public Domain Version
And cutting the ram into pieces, he burned its head, and the limbs, and the fat in the fire,

New American Bible
After the ram was cut up into pieces, Moses burned the head, the cut-up pieces and the suet.

New Revised Standard Version
The ram was cut into its parts, and Moses turned into smoke the head and the parts and the suet.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And he cut up the limbs of the ram in pieces and Moshe offered up the head and the members and the fat.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And when the ram was cut into its pieces, Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Moses offered up the whole ram on the altar: it is a whole-burnt-offering for a sweet-smelling savour; it is a burnt-offering to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Priests' Burnt Offering
19Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. 20 He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. 21He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.…

Cross References
Exodus 29:16-18
You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it on all sides of the altar. / Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces. / Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.

Hebrews 10:1-10
For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. / Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ...

Exodus 29:22-25
Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination), / along with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD. / Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering. ...

Hebrews 9:11-14
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. / For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, ...

Exodus 29:35-37
This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all that I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them. / Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. / For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.

Hebrews 7:26-28
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. / Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself. / For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

Numbers 8:12
And the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and offer to the LORD one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

1 Peter 1:18-19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

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.

Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.

1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

2 Chronicles 29:21-24
They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD. / So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splattered it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and splattered the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and splattered the blood on the altar. / Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them. ...

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.

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.


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Leviticus 8
1. Moses consecrates Aaron and his sons
14. Their sin offering
18. Their burnt offering
22. The ram of consecration
31. The place and time of their consecration














He cut the ram into pieces
This phrase describes a critical part of the consecration ritual for Aaron and his sons. The Hebrew word for "cut" is "נָתַח" (natach), which implies a precise and deliberate action. This act of cutting the ram into pieces symbolizes the thoroughness and completeness required in the service to God. It reflects the need for dedication and the willingness to offer every part of oneself in service to the Lord. Historically, this practice was common in ancient Near Eastern sacrificial rituals, emphasizing the importance of order and reverence in worship.

and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat
The burning of the sacrificial parts signifies the offering being wholly given to God. The Hebrew word for "burned" is "קָטַר" (qatar), which means to burn incense or to offer up in smoke. This act of burning represents purification and the transformation of the physical into the spiritual, as the smoke ascends to heaven. The head, symbolizing leadership and authority, the pieces, representing the entirety of the offering, and the fat, often seen as the best part, all being burned, indicate that the best and the whole of the offering is dedicated to God. This reflects the biblical principle that God deserves the best of what we have to offer, and it serves as a reminder of the total surrender and devotion required in our relationship with Him. The historical context of sacrificial practices in Israel underscores the significance of this act as a means of atonement and consecration, setting apart the priests for their sacred duties.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
[He]
מֹשֶׁה֙ (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

cut
נִתַּ֖ח (nit·taḥ)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5408: To cut up, cut in pieces, divide by joints

the ram
הָאַ֔יִל (hā·’a·yil)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree

into pieces
לִנְתָחָ֑יו (lin·ṯā·ḥāw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5409: A piece (of a divided carcass)

and burned
וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר (way·yaq·ṭêr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6999: To smoke, turn into fragrance by fire

the head,
הָרֹ֔אשׁ (hā·rōš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

the pieces,
הַנְּתָחִ֖ים (han·nə·ṯā·ḥîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5409: A piece (of a divided carcass)

and the fat.
הַפָּֽדֶר׃ (hap·pā·ḏer)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6309: Suet


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