Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Leviticus 1:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
This verse completes the flock procedure with washing and total altar burning.
A sheep or goat is killed on the north side
This verse is one part of that explanation in Leviticus 1:10-13. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Leviticus 1:10-13
Track the movement across 1:10-13. When Leviticus 1:13 completes the flock procedure with washing and total altar burning, it contributes to this complete claim: A sheep or goat without blemish is killed north of the altar, divided and washed, and wholly burned as an acceptable offering.
What Remains True
Completes the flock procedure with washing and total altar burning. Within Leviticus 1:10-13, this contributes to the larger claim that a sheep or goat without blemish is killed north of the altar, divided and washed, and wholly burned as an acceptable offering.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 1:13, keep the verse inside Leviticus 1:10-13. Hold this boundary: Repeated procedure marks access by different livestock, not a hierarchy of worshippers' worth. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Leviticus 1:10-13 — A flock burnt offering follows the same ordered approachSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
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Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 1:10-13, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 1:10-13
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 1:10-13
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