The Meaning of Leviticus 7:37 Explained

Leviticus 7:37

KJV: This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;

YLT: This is the law for burnt-offering, for present, and for sin-offering, and for guilt-offering, and for consecrations, and for a sacrifice of the peace-offerings,

Darby: This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the oblation, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecration-offering, and of the sacrifice of peace-offering,

ASV: This is the law of the burnt-offering, of the meal-offering, and of the sin-offering, and of the trespass-offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace-offerings;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This [is] the law  of the burnt offering,  of the meat offering,  and of the sin offering,  and of the trespass offering,  and of the consecrations,  and of the sacrifice  of the peace offerings; 

What does Leviticus 7:37 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 7:22-38 - Things Forbidden The Portion Of The Priests
The eating of the fat and the blood was prohibited; the first probably during the pilgrimage, the latter in perpetuity. See Leviticus 3:17. When we are told that the disobedient soul must be cut off, it refers probably to the excommunication which the priest pronounced until the offender had repented and was reinstated in the privileges of God's house. The waving of parts of the victim consisted in the priest placing his hands beneath those of the offerer, who held the piece to be waved, and moving them slowly backward and forward before the Lord, to and from the altar. The heaving was performed by slowly lifting the pieces upward and downward. These movements signified that the pieces, though not burned at the altar, were specially consecrated to God's service. The shoulder is the emblem of government and strength; the breast of the affections. We specially need to meditate on these aspects of our Lord's character. It may be that the action referred to in Acts 13:3 meant that the Church waved the two first missionaries as a votive-offering to God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 7

1  The law of the trespass offering
11  and of the peace offering
12  whether it be for a thanksgiving
16  or a vow, or a free will offering
22  the fat and the blood are forbidden
28  The priests' portion in the peace offerings
35  The whole summed up

What do the individual words in Leviticus 7:37 mean?

This [is] the law of the burnt offering the grain offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering and the consecrations and the sacrifice of the peace offering
זֹ֣את הַתּוֹרָ֗ה לָֽעֹלָה֙ לַמִּנְחָ֔ה וְלַֽחַטָּ֖את וְלָאָשָׁ֑ם וְלַ֨מִּלּוּאִ֔ים וּלְזֶ֖בַח הַשְּׁלָמִֽים

זֹ֣את  This  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
הַתּוֹרָ֗ה  the  law 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תֹּורָה  
Sense: law, direction, instruction.
לָֽעֹלָה֙  of  the  burnt  offering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.
לַמִּנְחָ֔ה  the  grain  offering 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִנְחָה  
Sense: gift, tribute, offering, present, oblation, sacrifice, meat offering.
וְלַֽחַטָּ֖את  and  the  sin  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
וְלָאָשָׁ֑ם  and  the  trespass  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָשָׁם  
Sense: guilt, offense, guiltiness.
וְלַ֨מִּלּוּאִ֔ים  and  the  consecrations 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: מִלֻּאִים  
Sense: setting, installation.
וּלְזֶ֖בַח  and  the  sacrifice 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: זֶבַח  
Sense: sacrifice.
הַשְּׁלָמִֽים  of  the  peace  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: שֶׁלֶם  
Sense: peace offering, requital, sacrifice for alliance or friendship.