קׇרְבָּן (qorĕbān) names an offering brought near to God. 2, worshipers bring an animal from herd or flock, beginning instructions that identify both the giver's approach and the offering's governed treatment.
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קׇרְבָּן (qorĕbān) names an offering brought near to God. 2, worshipers bring an animal from herd or flock, beginning instructions that identify both the giver's approach and the offering's governed treatment.
The BSB source-word alignment has 82 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include his offering (17), was the offering (12), offering (6), an offering (5), one’s offering (4).
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Leviticus 1:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Leviticus (40), Numbers (38), Ezekiel (2), Nehemiah (2).
H7133 names an offering brought near to God. In Lev. 1. 2, worshipers bring an animal from herd or flock, beginning instructions that identify both the giver's approach and the offering's governed treatment. In Lev. 5. 11, a person unable to afford birds may bring flour, showing that access is not reserved for the wealthy. In Ezek. 20. 28, Israel presents offerings at idolatrous high places, proving that religious giving can provoke God when its object and allegiance are false.
H7133 opens teaching on consecrated giving, ordered worship, economic accommodation, and the danger of using sacred gifts apart from covenant faithfulness. It does not purchase divine favor, excuse neglect of dependents, or make every costly gift acceptable to God.
H7133 ranges across animal, grain, firstfruits, priestly, communal, and sanctuary offerings. The noun identifies what is brought near, while the surrounding law or narrative determines its kind, purpose, recipient, and acceptability.
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the Lord, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.
The opening sacrificial instruction names an offering brought from herd or flock and then governs how it is presented.
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.
A worshiper who cannot afford birds may bring flour, preserving a real avenue of approach for the poor.
When I brought them into the land that I swore to give them and they saw any high hill or leafy tree, there they offered their sacrifices, presented offerings that provoked Me, sent up their fragrant incense, and poured out their drink offerings.
Offerings presented at idolatrous sites provoke God because religious action cannot substitute for covenant allegiance.
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Hebrew word. Gift brought near to God; emphasizes approach and presentation rather than mere animal sacrifice itself.
Gift brought near to God; emphasizes approach and presentation rather than mere animal sacrifice itself.
something brought near the altar, i.e. a sacrificial present BDB: offering Usage: oblation, that is offered, offering.
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H7133 makes giving concrete and accountable. An offering is brought near, but nearness is not achieved by expense, spectacle, or donor influence. Leviticus assigns different materials and procedures, and its poverty provisions allow flour when animals are unaffordable. The worshiper is not shut out because of limited means, while the gift still enters a holy order not controlled by the giver.
Ezekiel supplies the necessary warning: Israel can bring offerings and still provoke God when the worship is idolatrous. Sacred vocabulary does not cleanse false allegiance. Across these contexts, faithful giving responds to God, respects His instructions, and refuses to exploit the vulnerable. Christian teaching may connect Israel's offerings to Christ's self-giving, but it should not turn H7133 into a fundraising lever.
Gifts serve worship and neighbor love under God's authority; they do not buy access, silence accountability, or replace obedience.
Lev.1.2
H7133 is a Hebrew noun related to bringing near. English translations commonly use offering or oblation, but nearby sacrificial terms specify whether the gift is burnt, grain, peace, sin, or another kind.
Jesus condemns religious gift practices that evade care for parents, and the New Testament presents His self-offering as decisive while calling believers to generous, truthful, voluntary giving that serves others under grace.