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Exodus 29:16

You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blood;   Offerings;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Kill, Killing;   Priest, Christ as;   Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Fat;   Food;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bull;   Dedicate, Dedication;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bason;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - High priest;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Basin;   Sacrifice;   Sprinkle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Priestly Code;   Sidra;   Urim and Thummim;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
King James Version
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
Lexham English Bible
And you will slaughter the ram and take its blood and sprinkle it on the altar all around.
New Century Version
Kill it, and take its blood and sprinkle it on all four sides of the altar.
New English Translation
and you are to kill the ram and take its blood and splash it all around on the altar.
Amplified Bible
then you shall kill the ram and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it around the altar [of burnt offering].
New American Standard Bible
and you shall slaughter the ram and take its blood and sprinkle it around on the altar.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then thou shalt kil the ramme, & take his blood, & sprinkle it round about vpon the altar,
Legacy Standard Bible
and you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and splash it around on the altar.
Contemporary English Version
Kill the ram and splatter its blood against all four sides of the altar.
Complete Jewish Bible
and you are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splash it on all sides of the altar.
Darby Translation
and thou shalt slaughter the ram, and shalt take its blood, and sprinkle [it] on the altar round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
Kill that ram and save the blood. Throw the blood against the altar on all four sides.
English Standard Version
and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall slaughter the ram; and you must take some of its blood and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
Good News Translation
Kill it, and take its blood and throw it against all four sides of the altar.
Christian Standard Bible®
You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it on all sides of the altar.
Literal Translation
And you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and shall sprinkle it on the altar all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shalt thou sleye him, and take of his bloude, and sprenkle it vpon the altare rounde aboute.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
Bible in Basic English
Then let it be put to death, so that the sides of the altar are marked with its blood.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when thou hast slaine the Rame, thou shalt take his blood, and sprinckle it rounde about vpon the aulter:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and dash it round about against the altar.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt slay the ramme, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about vpon the altar.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt kill it, and take the blood and pour it on the altar round about.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and whanne thou hast slayn that ram, thou schalt take of `his blood, and schalt schede aboute the auter.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken its blood, and hast sprinkled [it] on the altar round about,
Update Bible Version
And you shall slay the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it round about on the altar.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle [it] around upon the altar.
World English Bible
You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
New King James Version
and you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it all around on the altar.
New Living Translation
Then slaughter the ram, and splatter its blood against all sides of the altar.
New Life Bible
Kill the ram and take its blood and put it around the altar.
New Revised Standard
and you shall slaughter the ram, and shall take its blood and dash it against all sides of the altar.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
then shalt thou slay the ram, - and take its blood, and dash upon the altar round about;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and pour round about the altar.
Revised Standard Version
and you shall slaughter the ram, and shall take its blood and throw it against the altar round about.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and you shall slaughter the ram and shall take its blood and sprinkle it around on the altar.

Contextual Overview

1Now this is what you are to do to consecrate them to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish, 2along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour, 3put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams. 4Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water. 5Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband. 6Put the turban on his head and attach the holy diadem to the turban. 7Then take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head. 8Bring his sons as well and clothe them with tunics. 9Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a perpetual statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons. 10Bring the bull to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 29:11, Exodus 29:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 24:6 - on the altar Leviticus 1:5 - sprinkle Numbers 18:17 - thou shalt

Cross-References

Genesis 29:17
Leah had no sparkle in her eyes, but Rachel was shapely and beautiful.
Genesis 29:25
When morning came, there was Leah! "What have you done to me?" Jacob said to Laban. "Wasn't it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?"
Genesis 29:32
And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, "The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now."
Genesis 30:19
Again Leah conceived and bore a sixth son to Jacob.
Genesis 31:4
So Jacob sent word and called Rachel and Leah to the field where his flocks were,
Genesis 33:2
He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
Genesis 35:23
The sons of Leah were Reuben the firstborn of Jacob, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.
Genesis 46:15
These are the sons of Leah born to Jacob in Paddan-aram, in addition to his daughter Dinah. The total number of sons and daughters was thirty-three.
Genesis 49:31
There Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried, there Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried, and there I buried Leah.
Ruth 4:11
"We are witnesses," said the elders and all the people at the gate. "May the LORD make the woman entering your home like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you be prosperous in Ephrathah and famous in Bethlehem.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt slay the ram,.... As he was ordered to slay the bullock, acting in this as a priest, as in that:

and thou shall take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar; the blood being received into a basin, it was not to be put upon the altar with the finger, as the blood of the bullock, but was to be sprinkled probably with a bunch of hyssop, round about upon the altar, on the top and sides: as the deity of Christ is the altar which sanctifies every gift, this may signify that his blood has its virtue and efficacy from that, to make atonement for the sins of men, and to cleanse them from them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Lev. 8–9.

Exodus 29:4

Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3.

Exodus 29:27

The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once.

Exodus 29:33

A stranger - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron.


 
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