Exodus 29:16

Easy-to-Read Version

Kill that ram and save the blood. Throw the blood against the altar on all four sides.

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.

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.

Berean Standard Bible
You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle it on all sides of 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

¹ "Now I will tell you what you must do to show that Aaron and his sons serve me in a special way as priests. Find one young bull and two rams that have nothing wrong with them. ² Then use fine wheat flour without yeast to make bread. And use the same things to make cakes mixed with olive oil. Make small thin cakes spread with oil. ³ Put this bread and the cakes in a basket. Then give the basket to Aaron and his sons. At the same time, give them the bull and the two rams. ⁴ "Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. Wash them with water. ⁵ Put the special clothes on Aaron. Put on him the white woven robe and the blue robe that is worn with the ephod. Put the ephod and the judgment pouch on him. Then tie the beautiful cloth belt on him. ⁶ Put the turban on his head and the special crown around the turban. ⁷ Take the anointing oil and pour it on Aaron's head. This will show that he is chosen for this work. ⁸ "Then bring Aaron's sons to that place. Put the white woven robes on them. ⁹ Then tie cloth belts around their waists, and give them cloth caps to wear. At that time they will begin to be priests. They will be priests because of the special law that will continue forever. This is the way you will make Aaron and his sons priests. ¹⁰ "Then bring the bull to that place at the front of the Meeting Tent. Aaron and his sons must put their hands on the bull's 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's eyes were gentle, but Rachel was beautiful.

Genesis 29:25
In the morning Jacob saw that it was Leah he had slept with, and he said to Laban, "You have tricked me. I worked hard for you so that I could marry Rachel. Why did you trick me?"

Genesis 29:32
Leah gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben. She named him this because she said, "The Lord has seen my troubles. My husband does not love me. So now maybe my husband will love me."

Genesis 30:19
Leah became pregnant again and gave birth to a sixth son.

Genesis 31:4
So Jacob told Rachel and Leah to meet him in the field where he kept his flocks of sheep and goats.

Genesis 33:2
Jacob put the maids with their children first. Then he put Leah and her children behind them, and he put Rachel and Joseph in the last place.

Genesis 35:23
His firstborn son was Reuben, whose mother was Leah. Jacob's other sons by Leah were Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun.

Genesis 46:15
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun were Jacob's sons from his wife Leah. Leah had these sons in Paddan Aram. She also had a daughter named Dinah. There were 33 people in this family.

Genesis 49:31
Abraham and his wife Sarah are buried in that cave. Isaac and his wife Rebekah are buried in that cave. I buried my wife Leah in that cave.

Ruth 4:11
So all the elders and the people who were near the city gates said, "We are witnesses to all of this. And may the Lord bless this woman who is coming into your home to be like Rachel and Leah. They are the ones who had many children to make the people of Israel strong. And may you become powerful in the tribe of 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.