What Does Exodus 29:17 Mean in the King James?
And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The Hebrew word for “inwards” shares a root with “draw near,” so the rite makes the hidden interior part of the approach.
THE MEANING
You see the ram cut into pieces; its inward parts and legs are washed, then set with the pieces and the head. The inside is named, washed, and placed within the offering’s arrangement. The Hebrew for “inwards” echoes the language of drawing near, joining the hidden interior to the act of approach.
THE ROOT
קִרְבּוֹ
qirbo
GROWS FROM
ק־ר־ב
q-r-b
Draw near; approach.
The Hebrew word for “inwards” belongs to the same root family as “draw near” and the word for an approach-offering. The inner parts are washed and placed with the rest, so the verse brings what is inside into the language of approach.
ALSO GROWS
qerev: Interior; midst; inward parts.
קֶרֶב
This is the noun behind “inwards,” locating the ram’s inside within the root family of approach.
qarab: Draw near; approach.
קָרַב
This verb makes the root’s movement toward nearness audible beneath the word for the ram’s interior.
korban: Offering; an approach-offering.
קָרְבָּן
The offering’s name shares the same root, linking the ram’s inward parts to the act of drawing near.
THE PATTERN
Scripture marks approach with washing that reaches the body and the inner person.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD:Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.THE THREAD
And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.The Hebrew verb “bring” is תַּקְרִיב (taqriv, bring near), from ק־ר־ב (q-r-b), the same root carried by “inwards” here, קִרְבּוֹ (qirbo, its inner parts). Aaron and his sons are brought near and washed; here, the ram’s inward parts are washed too, joining approach and inwardness through the same root.
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