In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in the same way with the blood.
- KJV Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
- NKJV Then likewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry.
- NASB And in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood.
- NLT And in the same way, he sprinkled blood on the Tabernacle and on everything used for worship.
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Quick answer
Moses also sprinkled the tabernacle and its vessels with blood. Both the people and the place of worship needed cleansing.
Overview
Beyond the people, the sanctuary and its instruments were consecrated with blood. This widens the principle that nearly everything connected with covenant worship required blood for purification. It anticipates the claim that even the 'heavenly things' would need a better cleansing through Christ.
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- Lev 8:19Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.
- Lev 8:15Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.
- Exod 29:12Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
- Exod 29:36Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.
- Lev 16:14–19And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.
- Ezek 43:18–26Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be sprinkled on it:
- Lev 9:18Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar.
- Lev 9:8–9So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.
- Exod 29:20Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.
- 2 Chr 29:19–22Moreover, we have prepared and consecrated all the articles that King Ahaz in his unfaithfulness cast aside during his reign. They are now in front of the altar of the LORD.”
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