Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle her blood toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times:
- BSB Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.
- NKJV and Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of its blood seven times directly in front of the tabernacle of meeting.
- NASB And Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times.
- NLT Eleazar will take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tabernacle.
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Quick answer
Eleazar sprinkled some of the heifer's blood seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.
Overview
The sevenfold sprinkling of blood toward the sanctuary linked this purification offering to God's holy presence and signified complete cleansing. Blood, representing life given, was central to atonement and purification. This points to the cleansing power of sacrificial blood, fulfilled in the blood of Christ that purifies the conscience.
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Cross-references · 7
- Lev 4:17and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.
- Lev 16:14He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
- Lev 4:6The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before Yahweh, before the veil of the sanctuary.
- Lev 16:19He shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and make it holy from the uncleanness of the children of Israel.
- 1 Pet 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
- Heb 9:13–14For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh:
- Heb 12:24to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
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