[It is] a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
C'est l'holocauste perpétuel, qui a été offert à la montagne de Sinaï; c'est un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel.
KJV
[It is] a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ims the principal was the lamb, which was a "continual sacrifice" [Vulg.: 'holocaust'], as is stated Num. 28:6 : for which reason Christ is also called "the Lamb---Behold the Lamb of God" ( Jn. 1: 29 ). It was therefore more fitting that a lamb should be offered for Christ than "…
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