דְּבַח
de.vach (H4196)
sacrifice
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "דְּבַח" (de.vach, Strong's number H4196) is translated as "sacrifice." This term is used 401 times in the Bible, indicating its significance and widespread use. In the context of worship and ritual, "sacrifice" refers to an act of offering something, often an animal, to God. The semantic domain of worship and ritual suggests that this word is closely tied to ceremonial practices in ancient Israel. The varied occurrences of "דְּבַח" throughout the Bible imply its importance in the Jewish faith, highlighting the act of giving up something of value to honor and connect with the divine. In essence, "דְּבַח" represents a fundamental aspect of ancient Israel's relationship with God, emphasizing the idea of offering something precious as a way of expressing devotion and obedience. Its sheer frequency in the biblical text underscores the notion that sacrifice played a vital role in the spiritual lives of the ancient Israelites.
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Noah built an altar to Yahweh, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” He built an altar there to Yahweh, who had appeared to him.
He left from there to go to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on Yahweh’s name.
to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on Yahweh’s name.
Abram moved his tent, and came and lived by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built an altar there to Yahweh.
They came to the place which God had told him of. Abraham built the altar there, and laid the wood in order, bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, on the wood.
He built an altar there, and called on Yahweh’s name, and pitched his tent there. There Isaac’s servants dug a well.
He erected an altar there, and called it El Elohe Israel.
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”
He built an altar there, and called the place El Beth El; because there God was revealed to him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”.
You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of cut stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
You shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.’
If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
Moses wrote all Yahweh’s words, then rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the base of the mountain, with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square. Its height shall be three cubits.
You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it.
They shall be on Aaron and on his sons, when they go in to the Tent of Meeting, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place, that they don’t bear iniquity, and die. This shall be a statute forever to him and to his offspring after him.
You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.
You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot; and sprinkle the blood around on the altar.
You shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be made holy, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.
You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it. You shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
“Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.
I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar. I will also sanctify Aaron and his sons to minister to me in the priest’s office.
“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
“You shall also make a basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, in which to wash. You shall put it between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.
When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they not die; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
the table and its vessels, the pure lamp stand with all its vessels, the altar of incense,
the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, the basin and its base,
When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation, and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh.”
but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherah poles;
and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of bronze, its poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;
He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its width was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
He made all the vessels of the altar: the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the fire pans. He made all its vessels of bronze.
He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze, under the ledge around it beneath, reaching halfway up.
He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.
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