When you have finished the cleansing ceremony, offer another young bull that has no defects and a perfect ram from the flock.
Parallel translations
- WEB When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without defect, and a ram out of the flock without defect.
- KJV When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
- BSB When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
- NKJV When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish, and a ram from the flock without blemish.
- NASB When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock.
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After cleansing, a flawless young bull and ram are presented to God.
Overview
Once the altar is purified, additional unblemished offerings are brought as worship and dedication. The progression from cleansing to offering reflects the biblical order: atonement first, then acceptable worship. This mirrors the gospel pattern in which forgiveness through Christ opens the way to true worship of God.
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- Exod 29:1“This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest’s office: take one young bull and two rams without defect,
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