What Does Leviticus 7:38 Mean in the King James?
Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai.
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 behind “oblations” is built from the root for drawing near, so the offering is an approach as well as a gift.
THE MEANING
The verse holds instruction, approach, and wilderness together: nearness to the LORD is not limited to settled or complete circumstances. The offering has a given shape, making drawing near tangible even in an exposed place.
THE ROOT
קָרְבָּן
qorbān
GROWS FROM
ק-ר-ב
q-r-b
Approach, come near, bring near.
The noun translated “oblations” is qorbān, built from the root of nearness and approach. The verse’s verb for offering and its noun for offerings share that root: the act is bringing near, and the offering is what is brought near. The English leaves that shared motion mostly hidden.
ALSO GROWS
lehaqriv: To bring near; to offer.
לְהַקְרִיב
This is the verse’s act of offering, formed from the same root as qorbān: the action and the offering carry one motion.
qārōb: Near; close.
קָרוֹב
This branch names the nearness that the offering enacts, linking the presented gift with approach to the LORD.
THE PATTERN
Approach to God takes concrete form as what is brought near and as the act of drawing near.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.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.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
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.The Hebrew behind “draw near” comes from the same q-r-b root as qorbān, the offering named in Leviticus 7:38. Psalm makes the root’s direction explicit: the offering’s motion is nearness to God.
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