Leviticus 4:15

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Leviticus 4:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 Now if the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly so that they violate any of the LORD’s commandments and incur guilt by doing what is forbidden,

14 when they become aware of the sin they have committed, then the assembly must bring a young bull as a sin offering and present it before the Tent of Meeting.

15 The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

16 Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s blood into the Tent of Meeting,

17 and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Exodus 24:1

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.

Exodus 24:9

Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,

Numbers 11:16

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

Numbers 11:25

Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.

Deuteronomy 21:3

Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,

Deuteronomy 21:4

bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.

Deuteronomy 21:5

And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name and to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.

Deuteronomy 21:6

Then all the elders of the city nearest the victim shall wash their hands by the stream over the heifer whose neck has been broken,

Deuteronomy 21:7

and they shall declare, “Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it.

Deuteronomy 21:8

Accept this atonement, O LORD, for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the shedding of innocent blood against them.” And the bloodshed will be atoned for.

Deuteronomy 21:9

So you shall purge from among you the guilt of shedding innocent blood, since you have done what is right in the eyes of the LORD.

Leviticus 4:4

He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.

Leviticus 1:4

He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 16:21

Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.