Leviticus 19:5

WEB

"'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

KJV

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

Commentary

Commentary

And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord,.... Which were of three sorts, a thanksgiving, a vow, and a voluntary offering, Lev 7:1 1 ; the latter seems to be here meant, as appears by what follows: ye shall offer it at your own will; a voluntary freewill offering, of their own accord, and not by force, as Aben Ezra; and in such offerings they were left to their liberty to offer what they pleased, it might be of the flock, or of the herd, a male or a female, Lev 3:1 . The Targum of Jonathan is"for your acceptation;''that is, that should be offered, and in such a manner as to be accepted of you with God; which sense is countenanced by Lev 19:7 ; and becomes acceptable, when what follows about eating them is attended to.