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Leviticus 4:5
Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The instruction is given to the priestly line immediately after the bull is slaughtered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. The moment follows the laying of hands and precedes the blood-sprinkling ritual.
The words — The verb וְ/לָקַ֛ח (ve./la.Kach) translates literally as "and he will take," commanding the physical seizure of the blood. The modifier הַ/מָּשִׁ֖יחַ (ha./ma.Shi.ach) means "the anointed one," specifying the high priest as the required agent.
The thread — The priest taking the bull’s blood into the sanctuary recurs in Leviticus 4:16 and is repeated in Leviticus 16:14. A structurally similar command to take blood for purification appears in Numbers 19:4.
Why it lands — The text commands the priest to move the blood from the slaughter site into the Tent of Meeting without alteration. The reader must observe that the ritual sequence demands precise physical transfer of the blood into the sacred space before any sprinkling occurs.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
Cross-references
- Leviticus 16:14 And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.
- Leviticus 4:16 Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s blood into the Tent of Meeting,
- Numbers 19:4 Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 16:19 He is to sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times to cleanse it and consecrate it from the uncleanness of the Israelites.
- 1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.