King James Version
Leviticus 9:13 in the King James Version says “And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.”
Leviticus 9:13 · KJV
And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp.
And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the burnt offering”
H5930a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
“And they presented”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“thereof and the head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“and he burnt”
H6999to smoke, i.e., turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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