What Does Leviticus 14:30 Mean in the King James?
And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
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 offering is measured by what the giver can actually reach, so the text makes capacity part of the measure.
THE MEANING
The verse places the offering within what the hand can reach. The person’s actual means belong inside the measure of what is brought. The text speaks now wherever a requirement meets a real limit: what is available matters.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It dissolves the belief that an offering only counts if it reaches beyond what the giver can obtain.
THE ROOT
תַּשִּׂיג
tassig
GROWS FROM
נָשַׂג
nasag
Reach, attain, overtake.
The verb translated “get” comes from a root that also means to reach or overtake. Here, what the person can attain is measured by what his hand can reach; elsewhere the same root describes something reaching and overtaking him.
ALSO GROWS
tassig: You or he can reach, attain.
תַּשִּׂיג
This is the form behind “can get,” placing the offering within the person’s reach.
vehissigukha: And they shall overtake you.
וְהִשִּׂיגֻךָ
This form describes blessings reaching a person, showing the same root’s sense of what comes within reach.
THE PATTERN
The measure of what is brought is bounded by what is actually within a person’s means.
And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.THE THREAD
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.The same Hebrew root נָשַׂג (nasag), meaning “reach, attain, overtake,” underlies “get” here and “overtake” there. Leviticus pictures what a hand can attain; Deuteronomy pictures blessings reaching the person.
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