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Psalms 118:27

118:26 Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD.
God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

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Yahweh is God, and he has given us light. Bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

God is the Lord, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar.

God is the LORD, which has showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar.

118:28 Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee.

What does Psalms 118:27 mean?

Psalms 118:27 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include אֵל (ʼêl), יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh), אוֹר (ʼôwr).

Hebrew interlinear

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Godאֵלʼêl/ale/H410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
is
the
LORD,יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâh/yeh-ho-vaw'/H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
which
hath
shewed
us
light:אוֹרʼôwr/ore/H215to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
bindאָסַרʼâçar/aw-sar'/H631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
the
sacrificeחַגchag/khag/H2282a festival, or a victim therefor
with
cords,עֲבֹתʻăbôth/ab-oth'/H5688something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
even
unto
the
hornsקֶרֶןqeren/keh'-ren/H7161a horn (as projecting); by implication, a flask, cornet; by resemblance. an elephant's tooth (i.e. ivory), a corner (of the altar), a peak (of a mountain), a ray (of light); figuratively, power
of
the
altar.מִזְבֵּחַmizbêach/miz-bay'-akh/H4196an altar

Topics

Altar of Burnt Offering, theFeast of Tabernacles, theSacrifices

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 118:27.

Exodus 29:12

And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

Genesis 35:1

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Genesis 35:3

And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

Genesis 8:20

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Judges 15:13

And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

Judges 16:11

And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. that never: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done

Judges 16:12

Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

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What does Psalms 118:27 say?

Psalms 118:27 (King James Version) reads: "God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar."

Is Psalms 118:27 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 118:27 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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