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Exodus 24:5

What does Exodus 24:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 24:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the Lord.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, who offered burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto Jehovah.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he sent some of the young men of the children of Israel to make burned offerings and peace-offerings of oxen to the Lord.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and he sendeth the youths of the sons of Israel, and they cause burnt-offerings to ascend, and sacrifice sacrifices of peace-offerings to Jehovah--calves.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he sent young men of the children of Israel, and they offered holocausts, and sacrificed pacific victims of calves to the Lord.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And he sent the youths of the children of Israel, and they offered up burnt-offerings, and sacrificed sacrifices of peace-offering of bullocks to Jehovah.

Context

v.4And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

v.5This passage

v.6And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 1:1

    And Jehovah called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tent of meeting, saying,

  • Leviticus 3:1

    And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace-offerings; if he offer of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before Jehovah.

  • Exodus 19:22

    And let the priests also, that come near to Jehovah, sanctify themselves, lest Jehovah break forth upon them.

  • Leviticus 7:11

    And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which one shall offer unto Jehovah.

  • Exodus 18:12

    And Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law before God.

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