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Leviticus 3:13
He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses relays the ritual procedure to the Israelites during the peace offering regulations, specifying the required actions when the worshiper presents a goat before the LORD.
The words — סָמַךְ (sa.Makh) means to lean or lay a hand, and שָׁחַט (sha.Chat) means to cut the throat, marking the physical placement and slaughter steps.
The thread — This sequence mirrors Leviticus 3:8 for a sheep offering and frames the chapter's opening in Leviticus 3:1, while Isaiah 52:15 repurposes the splattering image for a broader prophetic context.
Why it lands — It places the burden of slaughter on the worshiper at the Tent of Meeting and delegates the blood application to Aaron’s sons, structuring the offering around direct human action followed by priestly mediation.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 3:8 He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.
- Leviticus 3:1 “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- Isaiah 52:15 so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
- Isaiah 53:6 We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Isaiah 53:11 After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
- Romans 5:6 For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- Romans 5:15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Hebrews 12:24 to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- 1 Peter 1:2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.