Leviticus 4:18

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹³Now if the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD's commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden, ¹⁴when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting. ¹⁵The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull's head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD. ¹⁶Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the bull's blood into the Tent of Meeting, ¹⁷and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil. ¹⁸He is also to apply some of the blood to the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.¹⁹And he is to remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar. ²⁰He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven. ²¹Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

upon the: Leviticus 4:7

and shall pour out: The reason for pouring out the blood, which is so constantly and strictly required by the law, was in opposition to an idolatrous custom of the ancient Zabii, who "were accustomed to eat of the blood of their sacrifices, because they imagined this to be the food of their gods, with whom they thought they had such communion, by eating their meat, that they revealed to them future things." - Maimonides

Reciprocal: Exodus 27:2 - horns of it upon the four corners thereof Exodus 29:12 - pour all Exodus 30:1 - an altar Leviticus 4:25 - put Leviticus 5:9 - the rest Leviticus 8:15 - Moses Leviticus 9:9 - General Leviticus 16:18 - General 2 Chronicles 29:22 - sprinkled Jeremiah 17:1 - and upon Zechariah 9:15 - the corners

Cross-References

Genesis 5:21
When Enoch was 65 years old, he became the father of Methuselah.

Genesis 36:2
Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, Oholibamah daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The altar ... in the tabernacle - i. e. the altar of incense (compare Leviticus 4:5-7).