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Leviticus 8:14
Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses performs this action during the tabernacle consecration, immediately after clothing Aaron and his sons and before slaughtering the sin offering. The words — וַ/יַּגֵּ֕שׁ (va/i.ya.Gesh) means "and he brought near," and וַ/יִּסְמֹ֨ךְ (va/i.yis.Mokh) means "and he leaned." These terms describe the physical placement of the offering and the manual contact of the priests. The thread — This ritual sequence appears in Exodus 29:10, Leviticus 4:3, and Ezekiel 43:19, where priests similarly present bulls for sin offerings. Why it lands — The text establishes a physical transfer of responsibility from the priests to the sacrificial animal, requiring strict adherence to prescribed ritual actions for atonement.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 43:19 You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
- 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 4:3 If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- Leviticus 1:4 He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 8:2 “Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
- Leviticus 16:6 Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.
- Leviticus 16:21 Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
- Psalms 66:15 I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- 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,