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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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Atonement;   Hand;   Ignorance;   Thompson Chain Reference - Animals;   Goats;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Atonement, under the Law;   Offerings;   Sacrifices;   Sin-Offering;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Satyrs;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Goat;   Satyr;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Laying on of Hands;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ignorance;   Priests and Levites;   Propitiation;   Sacrifice and Offering;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hands;   Laying on of;   Head;   Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
King James Version
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord : it is a sin offering.
Lexham English Bible
He shall place his hand on the he-goat's head and slaughter it in the place where he slaughtered the burnt offering before Yahweh; it is a sin offering.
New Century Version
The ruler must put his hand on the goat's head and kill it in the place where they kill the whole burnt offering before the Lord ; it is a sin offering.
New English Translation
He must lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord —it is a sin offering.
Amplified Bible
'He shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice], and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering.
New American Standard Bible
'And he shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And shall lay his hand vpon the heade of the he goate, and kill it in the place where he should kill the burnt offring before the Lord: for it is a sinne offring.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then he shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering before Yahweh; it is a sin offering.
Contemporary English Version
This is a sacrifice for sin. So he will lay his hand on the animal's head, before having it killed in my presence at the north side of the bronze altar.
Complete Jewish Bible
lay his hand on the goat's head and slaughter it in the place where they slaughter the burnt offering in the presence of Adonai ; it is a sin offering.
Darby Translation
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and slaughter it at the place where they slaughter the burnt-offering before Jehovah: it is a sin-offering.
Easy-to-Read Version
The ruler must put his hand on the goat's head and kill the goat at the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord . The goat is a sin offering.
English Standard Version
and shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord ; it is a sin offering.
George Lamsa Translation
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering.
Good News Translation
He shall put his hand on its head and kill it on the north side of the altar, where the animals for the burnt offerings are killed. This is an offering to take away sin.
Christian Standard Bible®
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.
Literal Translation
and he shall lay his hand on the head of the he-goat and shall slaughter it in the place where he slaughters the burnt offering, before the face of Jehovah; it is a sin offering.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& laye his hande vpo the goates heade, & slaye him in ye place where ye burntofferinges are slayne before ye LORDE.
American Standard Version
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before Jehovah: it is a sin-offering.
Bible in Basic English
And he is to put his hand on the head of the goat and put it to death in the place where they put to death the burned offering before the Lord: it is a sin-offering.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And lay his hande vpon ye head of the hee goate, and kyll it in the place where the burnt offeryng is vsed to be kylled before ye Lorde: For it is a sinne offering.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before the LORD; it is a sin-offering.
King James Version (1611)
And hee shall lay his hand vpon the head of the goate, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord: it is a sinne offring.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the kid, and they shall kill it in the place where they kill the victims for whole-burnt-offerings before the Lord; it is a sin-offering.
English Revised Version
and he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and he schal sette his hond on the heed therof. And whanne he hath offrid it in the place, where brent sacrifice is wont to be slayn, bifor the Lord, for it is for synne;
Young's Literal Translation
and he hath laid his hand on the head of the goat, and hath slaughtered it in the place where he doth slaughter the burnt-offering before Jehovah; it [is] a sin-offering.
Update Bible Version
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where the burnt-offering shall be killed before Yahweh: it is a sin-offering.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before the LORD: it [is] a sin-offering.
World English Bible
He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before Yahweh. It is a sin offering.
New King James Version
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it at the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
New Living Translation
He must lay his hand on the goat's head and slaughter it at the place where burnt offerings are slaughtered before the Lord . This is an offering for his sin.
New Life Bible
He will lay his hand on the head of the male goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt gifts before the Lord. It is a sin gift.
New Revised Standard
He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat; it shall be slaughtered at the spot where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord ; it is a sin offering.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and shall lean his hand upon the head of the goat, and shall slay it in the place where they slay the ascending-sacrifice before Yahweh, - a sin-bearer, it is.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall put his hand upon the head thereof: and when he hath immolated it in the place where the holocaust is wont to be slain before the Lord, because it is for sin,
Revised Standard Version
and shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'He shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slay it in the place where they slay the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering.

Contextual Overview

22When a leader sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the commandments of the LORD his God, he incurs guilt. 23When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished male goat as his offering. 24He 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.25Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, apply it to the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 26He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man's sin, and he will be forgiven.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

And he: Leviticus 4:4-35, Isaiah 53:6

in the place: Leviticus 1:5, Leviticus 1:11, Leviticus 3:2, Leviticus 3:8, Leviticus 3:13, Leviticus 4:4, Leviticus 4:15, Leviticus 4:29, Leviticus 4:33, Leviticus 6:25, Leviticus 7:2, Leviticus 16:15, Exodus 29:38

it is a sin: Leviticus 4:3, Leviticus 4:21, Leviticus 4:31, Leviticus 4:35

Reciprocal: Leviticus 1:4 - put Leviticus 14:13 - in the place 2 Chronicles 29:23 - they laid

Cross-References

Genesis 4:15
"Not so!" replied the LORD. "If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold." And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
Matthew 18:22
Jesus answered, "I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat,.... His right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan; :-

and kill it; not the prince, but the priest after mentioned, or the butcher, as the same Targum:

in the place where they hill the burnt offering before the Lord; in the court on the north side of the altar, see Leviticus 1:11:

it is a sin offering: an offering for his sin of ignorance, or "sin"; so Christ our offering is said to be, 2 Corinthians 5:21.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Leviticus 1:11.


 
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