Verse Lens · Context pointer
Leviticus 1:3 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 3. 3If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.
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Role in This Section
This verse specifies a voluntary unblemished male from the herd at the tent entrance.
Read It With
- Leviticus 1:1-9
Track the movement across 1:1-9. When Leviticus 1:3 specifies a voluntary unblemished male from the herd at the tent entrance, it contributes to this complete claim: The LORD speaks from the tent, the offerer brings an unblemished herd animal, lays a hand on it, kills and prepares it, and Aaron's sons handle the blood, fire, and complete altar burning.
Why It Needs Context
The verse specifies a voluntary unblemished male from the herd at the tent entrance. Follow Leviticus 1:1-9 before drawing an enduring truth, since the surrounding case determines what this detail does and does not establish.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Leviticus 1:1-9 — A herd burnt offering is brought and wholly burnedSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 1:1-9, 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 1:1-9
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