Leviticus 1:14
New International Version
“’If the offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, you are to offer a dove or a young pigeon.

New Living Translation
“If you present a bird as a burnt offering to the LORD, choose either a turtledove or a young pigeon.

English Standard Version
“If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or pigeons.

Berean Standard Bible
If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.

King James Bible
And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

New King James Version
‘And if the burnt sacrifice of his offering to the LORD is of birds, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or young pigeons.

New American Standard Bible
‘But if his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or from young doves.

NASB 1995
‘But if his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or from young pigeons.

NASB 1977
‘But if his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or from young pigeons.

Legacy Standard Bible
‘But if his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring near his offering from the turtledoves or from young pigeons.

Amplified Bible
‘But if his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring turtledoves or young pigeons as his offering.

Christian Standard Bible
“If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present his offering from the turtledoves or young pigeons.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
If his gift to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present his offering from the turtledoves or young pigeons.

American Standard Version
And if his oblation to Jehovah be a burnt-offering of birds, then he shall offer his oblation of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And if his offering is a burnt offering from fowl to LORD JEHOVAH, he shall offer from turtledoves to LORD JEHOVAH or his offering of sons of doves.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if he bring his gift, a burnt-offering to the Lord, of birds, then shall he bring his gift of doves or pigeons.

Contemporary English Version
If you offer a bird for this kind of sacrifice, it must be a dove or a pigeon.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if the oblation of a holocaust to the Lord be of birds, of turtles, or of young pigeons,

English Revised Version
And if his oblation to the LORD be a burnt offering of fowls, then he shall offer his oblation of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"If your offering to the LORD is a bird, you must sacrifice a mourning dove or pigeon.

Good News Translation
If you are offering a bird as a burnt offering, it must be a dove or a pigeon.

International Standard Version
"If his offering is a burnt offering of birds to the LORD, he is to bring turtledoves or young doves.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And if his offering to the LORD be a burnt-offering of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle-doves, or of young pigeons.

Literal Standard Version
And if his offering [is] a burnt-offering out of the bird to YHWH, then he has brought his offering near out of the turtle-doves or out of the young pigeons,

Majority Standard Bible
If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.

New American Bible
If a person offers a bird as a burnt offering to the LORD, the offering brought must be a turtledove or a pigeon.

NET Bible
"'If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering from the birds, he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons.

New Revised Standard Version
If your offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, you shall choose your offering from turtledoves or pigeons.

New Heart English Bible
"'If his offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD shall be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtle doves, or of young pigeons.

World English Bible
“‘If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering from turtledoves or of young pigeons.

Young's Literal Translation
And if his offering is a burnt-offering out of the fowl to Jehovah, than he hath brought near his offering out of the turtle-doves or out of the young pigeons,

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Context
Laws for Burnt Offerings
13The entrails and legs must be washed with water, and the priest shall bring all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. 14If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon. 15Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.…

Cross References
Matthew 21:12
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

Luke 2:24
and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: "A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons."

Genesis 15:9
And the LORD said to him, "Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon."

Leviticus 5:7
If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons--one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.

Leviticus 5:10
And the priest must prepare the second bird as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.

Leviticus 5:11
But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering.

Leviticus 12:8
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'"


Treasury of Scripture

And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.

of fowls

Leviticus 5:7
And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.

Leviticus 12:8
And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.

Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

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Leviticus 1
1. The law of burnt offerings
3. of the herd
10. of the flocks
14. of the fowls














(14) Be of fowls.--The fowls here are in contrast to the cattle in Leviticus 1:2. And as the quadrupeds there are immediately defined to consist of bullocks, sheep and goats, so the generic term winged creature is here restricted to the dove and pigeon. It will thus be seen that five different kinds are allowed for the burnt offering, viz., the bullock, lamb, goat, dove and pigeon, the same that Abram was commanded to offer (Genesis 15:9).

Of turtledoves.--Though in the case of the burnt offering, as well as of the sin offering, pigeons were permitted to those who were too poor to offer quadrupeds, yet in certain other cases birds were prescribed for all irrespective of their circumstances. Not only did turtledoves regularly come in large flocks (Song of Solomon 2:11-12; Jeremiah 8:7) into Palestine at certain periods, but owing to these sacrifices the Jews have always kept dove-cots and reared pigeons (2Kings 6:25; Isaiah 60:8; Joseph. Wars, v. 4, 4). To supply the demand for them, dealers in these birds sat about with them in cages on stalls in the Temple court (Matthew 21:2; John 11:16, &c.). . . .

Verse 14. - If the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls. A comparison of Leviticus 12:8 leads us to infer that the permission to offer a bird was a concession to poverty. The pigeon and the turtle-dove were the most easy to procure, as the domestic fowl was at this time unknown to the Hebrews. The first and only allusion in the Bible to the hen occurs in the New Testament (Matthew 23:37; Luke 13:30, nor is there any representation of the domestic fowl in ancient Egyptian paintings. The domicile of the bird was still confined to India. A single pigeon or turtle-dove formed a sacrifice, and there was no rule in respect to sex, as there was in the case of the quadrupeds.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
If, instead,
וְאִ֧ם (wə·’im)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

one’s offering
קָרְבָּנ֖וֹ (qā·rə·bā·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7133: Something brought near the altar, a sacrificial present

to the LORD
לַֽיהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

is a burnt offering
עֹלָ֥ה (‘ō·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

birds,
הָע֛וֹף (hā·‘ō·wp̄)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5775: Flying creatures

he is to offer
וְהִקְרִ֣יב (wə·hiq·rîḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

a turtledove
הַתֹּרִ֗ים (hat·tō·rîm)
Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8449: A ring-dove, a term of endearment

or
א֛וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

a young
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

pigeon.
הַיּוֹנָ֖ה (hay·yō·w·nāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3123: A dove


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