Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
Parallel translations
- WEB Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in the same way with the blood.
- BSB In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
- 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.
Cross-references & the web
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- Lev 8:19And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
- Lev 8:15And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
- Exod 29:12And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
- Exod 29:36And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
- Lev 16:14–19And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
- Ezek 43:18–26And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon.
- Lev 9:18He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,
- Lev 9:8–9Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
- Exod 29:20Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
- 2 Chr 29:19–22Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD.
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