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Exodus 29:36
Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God commands Moses to direct the ordination of Aaron and his sons, specifying daily ritual actions to occur throughout a seven-day consecration period.
The words — חַטָּאת (chatat) translates as sin offering, and כִּפֻּרִים (kipurim) translates as atonements.
The thread — The daily sacrificial pattern reappears in Hebrews 10:11 regarding priests offering repetitive atonement, while the altar's purification requirement echoes the blood-atonement principle in Hebrews 9:22 and the utensil consecration in Exodus 30:28.
Why it lands — The text commands daily bull sacrifices to purify the altar and establish its holiness. This establishes a procedural requirement for ritual cleansing and object consecration through repeated atonement rites.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
Cross-references
- Hebrews 10:11 Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
- Exodus 30:28 the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand.
- Hebrews 9:22 According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
- Exodus 30:26 Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,
- Exodus 40:9 Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy.
- Ezekiel 48:18 The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city.
- Exodus 29:10 You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
- Leviticus 8:10 Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
- Leviticus 16:16 So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities.
- Leviticus 16:27 The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.