Leviticus 4:17
And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even before the vail.
Leviticus 4:17 in other translations
| BSB | 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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| WEB | The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, before the veil. |
| ASV | and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil. |
| YLT | and the priest hath dipped his finger in the blood, and hath sprinkled seven times before Jehovah at the front of the vail, |
| DARBY | and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil; |
| BBE | And put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil. |
| Webster | And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. |
What does Leviticus 4:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 4:13-21
13-21. if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance--In consequence of some culpable neglect or misapprehension of the law, the people might contract national guilt, and then national expiation was necessary. The same sacrifice was to be offered as in the former case, but with this difference in the ceremonial, that the elders or heads of the tribes, as representing the people and being the principal…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 4:13-21
If the leaders of the people, through mistake, caused them to err, an offering must be brought, that wrath might not come upon the whole congregation. When sacrifices were offered, the persons, on whose behalf they were devoted, were to lay their hands on the heads of the victims, and to confess their sins. The elders were to do so, when the sacrifices were offered for the whole congregation. The load of sin was…
Leviticus 4:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 4:17
- Leviticus 4:6-7
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the Lord, before the vail of the sanctuary. And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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Context
- Leviticus 4:16
And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
- Leviticus 4:17
And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, even before the vail.
- Leviticus 4:18
And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the Lord, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 4:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y mojará el sacerdote su dedo en la misma sangre, y rociará siete veces delante de Jehová hacia el velo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et le sacrificateur trempera son doigt dans ce sang, et en fera aspersion, sept fois, devant l’ Éternel, par-devant le voile; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und der Priester tauche seinen Finger in das Blut und sprenge siebenmal vor Jehova gegen den Vorhang hin. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | tincto digito aspergens septies contra velum. |