Leviticus 19:5 (DBY)

Passage

And if ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:3 Ye shall reverence every man his mother, and his father, and my sabbaths shall ye keep: I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:4 Ye shall not turn unto idols, and ye shall not make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:5 And if ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.

Leviticus 19:6 On the day when ye sacrifice it shall it be eaten, and on the morrow; and that which remaineth until the third day shall be burned with fire.

Leviticus 19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an unclean thing: it shall not be accepted.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sacrifice", "peace-offering", "jehovah", "shall", and "acceptance". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sacrifice" and "peace-offering", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "Ye shall not turn unto idols and..." into verse 6's "On the day when ye sacrifice it...", so "sacrifice" and "peace-offering" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sacrifice" and "peace-offering" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.