What Does Leviticus 1:10 Mean in the King James?

And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.

Leviticus 1:10 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The offering is called a qorban because its deepest purpose is already in its name: it draws near.

THE MEANING

Here, nearness takes physical form: the offering comes from the flock and is male and tamim, whole, complete, without blemish. What is brought near carries visible integrity; approach is not abstract but embodied in the offering.

THE ROOT

קָרְבָּן

qorbān

GROWS FROM

קרב

q-r-b

Approach; come near.

Qorban names more than an object being given: it carries the movement of coming near. The offering gives that approach a tangible form.

ALSO GROWS

qārab: Come near; approach.

קָרַב

This verb names the movement held in the offering’s root.

qārōḇ: Near; close.

קָרוֹב

The shared root links the offering to the nearness it expresses.

תָּמִים

tāmîm

GROWS FROM

תמם

t-m-m

Be complete; be whole.

“without blemish” in this verse is tāmîm. Tamim describes the offering as whole and sound. The requirement carries a sense of integrity alongside the visible condition of the animal.

ALSO GROWS

tām: Whole; complete; blameless.

תָּם

This related form carries the sense of wholeness expressed by tamim.

tōm: Integrity; completeness.

תֹּם

It shows how the root can name wholeness as an inner quality as well as an intact condition.

עֹלָה

ʿōlāh

GROWS FROM

עלה

ʿ-l-h

Go up; ascend.

“burnt sacrifice” in this verse is ʿōlāh. Olah holds the motion of ascending within the offering’s name. The rising smoke makes that upward movement visible.

ALSO GROWS

ʿālāh: Go up; ascend.

עָלָה

This verb makes explicit the upward motion carried by olah.

maʿălāh: Ascent; upward step.

מַעֲלָה

This noun from the same root extends the image of rising.

THE PATTERN

Drawing near takes form in what is brought, and wholeness marks the offering’s integrity.

And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

Leviticus 22:21 · KJVThe offering is described as perfect and without blemish, giving visible form to its integrity.

And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts.

Malachi 1:8 · KJVThe verse makes the condition of what is brought central to the act of approach.

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.

Hebrews 10:22 · KJVThe language of drawing near is joined to a true heart, carrying the pattern from the offering into the person.

THE THREAD

But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.

Psalm 73:28 · KJV

The Hebrew behind “draw near” is qārab (⁨קָרַב⁩), from the same root as qorban (⁨קָרְבָּן⁩), “offering.” Leviticus gives that approach a tangible form; the psalm names nearness to God as the good itself.

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