Leviticus 7:2

The guilt offering must be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and the priest shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites and Aaron’s sons while codifying the sacrificial regulations, specifically detailing the procedural law for the guilt offering. The words — The text uses בִּ/מְק֗וֹם (bi/m.Kom), meaning “in [the] place,” and יִשְׁחֲטוּ (yish.cha.Tu), meaning “people will cut [the] throat of” or slaughter. The thread — This slaughter-and-blood-splattering sequence reappears in the burnt offering regulations at Leviticus 1:5 and Leviticus 1:11. Why it lands — The text mandates spatial and ritual uniformity by requiring the guilt offering to be slaughtered and handled exactly where the burnt offering is processed.

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The Hebrew words

בִּמְק֗וֹםbi/m.Komin/ [the] place אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.Sher<of> where יִשְׁחֲטוּ֙yish.cha.Tupeople cut [the] throat of אֶת־'et-<obj.>הָ֣עֹלָ֔הha./'o.Lahthe/ burnt offering יִשְׁחֲט֖וּyish.cha.Tupeople will cut [the] throat of אֶת־'et-<obj.>הָאָשָׁ֑םha./'a.Shamthe/ guilt offering וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>דָּמ֛וֹda.M/oblood/ its יִזְרֹ֥קyiz.Rokhe will sprinkle עַל־'al-on הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַha./miz.Be.achthe/ altar סָבִֽיב׃sa.Vivall around

King James Version

In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.

Cross-references

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 1:11 He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.
Leviticus 1:3 If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
Leviticus 4:29 He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
Leviticus 4:33 And he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
Leviticus 6:25 “Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.
Leviticus 3:2 He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splatter the blood on all sides of the altar.
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 4:24 He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
Leviticus 5:9 then he is to sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood is drained out at the base of the altar. It is a sin offering.