Leviticus 1:5 “And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s son…”

Leviticus 1:5

And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

World English Bible

He shall kill the bull before the LORD. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

American Standard Version

And he shall kill the bullock before Jehovah: and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he shall kill the bullocke before the Lord, and the Priestes Aarons sonnes shall offer the blood, and shall sprinckle it round about vpon the altar, that is by the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

Darby Translation

And he shall slaughter the bullock before Jehovah; and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood round about on the altar that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

Young's Literal Translation

and he hath slaughtered the son of the herd before Jehovah; and sons of Aaron, the priests, have brought the blood near, and sprinkled the blood on the altar round about, which [is] at the opening of the tent of meeting.

Bible in Basic English

And the ox is to be put to death before the Lord: then Aaron's sons, the priests, are to take the blood and put some of it on and round the altar which is at the door of the Tent of meeting.

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Cross references

“kill”

Leviticus 1:11 Leviticus 3:8 Leviticus 3:2 Leviticus 3:13 Leviticus 16:15 2 Chronicles 29:22–24

Leviticus 1:11 · BSB

He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to splatter its blood against the altar on all sides.

Leviticus 3:8 · BSB

He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 3:2 · BSB

He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall splatter the blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 3:13 · BSB

He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 16:15 · BSB

Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and…

2 Chronicles 29:22–24 · BSB

So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splattered it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and splattered the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and splattered the blood on th…

“the priests”

2 Chronicles 35:11 Leviticus 1:15 Hebrews 10:11

2 Chronicles 35:11 · BSB

And they slaughtered the Passover lambs, while the priests splattered the blood handed to them and the Levites skinned the animals.

Leviticus 1:15 · BSB

Then the priest shall bring it to the altar, twist off its head, and burn it on the altar; its blood should be drained out on the side of the altar.

Hebrews 10:11 · BSB

Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

“sprinkle”

Hebrews 12:24 1 Peter 1:2 Exodus 29:16 Exodus 24:6–8 Numbers 18:17 Isaiah 52:15

Hebrews 12:24 · BSB

to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

1 Peter 1:2 · BSB

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood: Grace and peace be yours in abundance.

Exodus 29:16 · BSB

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

Exodus 24:6–8 · BSB

Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.

Numbers 18:17 · BSB

But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Isaiah 52:15 · BSB

so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4He 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.

6Next, he is to skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

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