And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
Parallel translations
- WEB He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
- BSB Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- NKJV And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering,
- NASB Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
- NLT Then Moses presented the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull’s head,
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Quick answer
The bull of the sin offering is brought, and Aaron and his sons lay their hands on its head. They identify with the sacrifice that will make atonement for them.
Overview
Laying on hands signified the transfer of guilt and the priests' identification with the offering that bore their sin. Even the priests needed atonement before they could serve. This highlights that all stand in need of cleansing, ultimately provided by Christ, who needed no sin offering for Himself (Hebrews 7:27).
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- Ezek 43:19And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
- Exod 29:10–14And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
- Lev 4:3–12If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.
- 1 Pet 3:18For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:
- Lev 1:4And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
- Rom 8:3For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:
- 2 Cor 5:21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
- Isa 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
- Ps 66:15I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
- Lev 16:6And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house.
- Lev 16:21And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
- Lev 8:2Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
- Heb 7:26–28For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
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