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LIBATION

A drink offering, usually of wine, poured out upon an altar or other cultic object as part of a sacrificial ceremony. Drink offerings were a common devotional practice among the peoples of the ancient Near East, and the use of libations in cultic ceremonies is well attested in the biblical literature. When Jacob erected a pillar at Bethel he poured a drink offering upon it (Gen. 35:14). The law codes of Israel contain numerous references to libations (e.g., Exod. 29:38-41; Lev. 23:13; Num. 15:5). Prophetic critiques of cultic practices contrast the intrinsic celebratory nature of libations with sharp condemnation of their idolatrous associations (Isa. 57:6; Jer. 7:18). It is possible that libations of blood were offered by some (Ps. 16:4). Libations were also known in the Greek world, and Paul made the drink offering a metaphor for his life of service to Christ (Phil. 2:17; cf. 2 Tim. 4:6).

Kevin D. Hall






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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