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Exodus 29:25

And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

KJV

Suscipiesque universa de manibus eorum : et incendes super altare in holocaustum, odorem suavissimum in conspectu Domini, quia oblatio ejus est.

Vulgate

καὶ λήμψῃ αὐτὰ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνοίσεις ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τῆς ὁλοκαυτώσεως εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας ἔναντι Κυρίου· κάρπωμά ἐστιν Κυρίῳ.

LXX

And thou shalt take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar upon the burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before Jehovah: it is an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

ASV

וְ/לָקַחְתָּ֤ אֹתָ/ם֙ מִ/יָּדָ֔/ם וְ/הִקְטַרְתָּ֥ הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֖חָ/ה עַל הָ/עֹלָ֑ה לְ/רֵ֤יחַ נִיח֨וֹחַ֙ לִ/פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אִשֶּׁ֥ה ה֖וּא לַ/יהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִשֶּׁ֖ה
'shh
noun · 65×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
מְקַטְּרִ֖ים
mqtrym
verb · 117×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
נִיחֹ֖חַ
nychch
noun · 43×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עֹלָ֖ה
'lh
noun · 288×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רֵ֥יחַ
rych
noun · 57×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§1539The chosen people was constituted by God as "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation."6 But within the people of Israel, God chose one of the twelve tribes, that of Levi, and set it apart for liturgical service; God himself is its inheritance.7 A special rite consecrated the beginnings of the priesthood of the Old Covenant. the priests are "appointed to act on behalf of men in r…

Cross-references

  • 2Cor 2:15 — For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
  • Exod 29:41 — And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fi
  • Gen 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will
  • Lev 8:28 — And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
  • Lev 8:28 — And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.