On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull.
Parallel translations
- WEB On the second day you shall offer a male goat without defect for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bull.
- KJV And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock.
- NKJV On the second day you shall offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they cleansed it with the bull.
- NASB ‘And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish as a sin offering, and they shall cleanse the altar from sin as they cleansed it with the bull.
- NLT “On the second day, sacrifice as a sin offering a young male goat that has no physical defects. Then cleanse and make atonement for the altar again, just as you did with the young bull.
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On the second day a flawless male goat is offered as a sin offering to continue cleansing the altar.
Overview
The consecration spans multiple days, with an unblemished goat offered on the second day just as the bull was on the first. The insistence on offerings 'without defect' teaches that God deserves the best and that atonement requires purity. The spotless sacrifices point to Christ, the lamb without blemish (1 Peter 1:19).
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Cross-references · 7
- Ezek 43:25–26For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished.
- Ezek 43:20You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.
- Exod 29:15–18Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
- Lev 8:18–21Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- Isa 53:6We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Isa 53:10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- 1 Pet 1:19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
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