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2 Chronicles 29:22
So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splattered it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and splattered the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and splattered the blood on the altar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The priests carry out King Hezekiah’s directive during the temple’s rededication, performing the prescribed steps of the sin offering for Judah’s corporate purification.
The words — The verbs וַֽ/יִּשְׁחֲטוּ (va/i.yish.cha.Tu, “they slaughtered”) and וַֽ/יִּזְרְק֖וּ (va/i.yiz.re.Ku, “they sprinkled”) mark the ritual sequence, moving from animal death to the physical application of blood.
The thread — This blood-application pattern follows the ritual sequence established in Leviticus 4:18 for sanctuary purification and Leviticus 8:19 during the tabernacle’s consecration.
Why it lands — The text records a repeated, mechanical act of blood application that demands attention to the precise order of ritual obedience rather than symbolic interpretation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 4:18 He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 8:19 Moses slaughtered the ram and splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.
- Leviticus 8:24 Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.
- Leviticus 1:5 And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:7 The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:34 Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 8:14 Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- Hebrews 9:21 In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.