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Leviticus 4:30
Then the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses and the priests on the ritual procedure for a sin offering immediately after the animal is slaughtered. The words — וְ/נָתַ֕ן (ve./na.Tan) = and he will put [it] and קַרְנֹ֖ת (kar.Not) = [the] horns of. The thread — The text notes parallel blood applications in Leviticus 4:25 and Leviticus 4:34, while distinguishing the procedure in Leviticus 4:7, which directs blood to the altar of fragrant incense rather than the altar of burnt offering. Why it lands — The text mandates a precise physical handling of blood that establishes the boundary between sacred ritual and common use.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
Cross-references
- 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 4:25 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 the blood at the base of the altar.
- 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.
- Isaiah 42:21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify His law and make it glorious.
- Romans 8:3 For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
- Romans 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Hebrews 2:10 In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.