King James Version
Leviticus 17:3 in the King James Version says “What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it o...” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 17 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,”
Leviticus 17:3 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying,
What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp,
And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people:
To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“What”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“What”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“soever there be of the house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“or goat”
H5795a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
“in the camp”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
desire (and so probably in proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“in the camp”
H4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or e
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