Leviticus 4 · Verse 29

Leviticus 4:29

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
Leviticus 4:29, King James Version

Leviticus 4:29 in other translations

BSBHe is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
WEBHe shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill the sin offering in the place of burnt offering.
ASVAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering.
YLTand he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering.
DARBYAnd he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and slaughter the sin-offering at the place of the burnt-offering.
BBEAnd he is to put his hand on the head of the sin-offering and put it to death in the place where they put to death the burned offering.
WebsterAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and slay the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering.

What does Leviticus 4:29 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 4:27-34

27-34. if any one of the common people sin through ignorance--In this case the expiatory offering appointed was a female kid, or a ewe-lamb without blemish; and the ceremonies were exactly the same as those observed in the case of the offending ruler [Le 4:22-26]. In these two latter instances, the blood of the sin offering was applied to the altar of burnt offering--the place where bloody sacrifices were appointed…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 4:27-35

Here is the law of the sin-offering for a common person. To be able to plead, when charged with sin, that we did it ignorantly, and through the surprise of temptation, will not bring us off, if we have no interest in that great plea, Christ hath died. The sins of ignorance committed by a common person, needed a sacrifice; the greatest are not above, the meanest are not below Divine justice. None, if offenders, were…

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Leviticus 4:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְסָמַךְ֙ve.sa.maKhand he will leanH5564
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יָד֔וֹya.Dohand hisH3027
עַ֖ל'alonH5921
רֹ֣אשׁrosh[the] head ofH7218
הַֽחַטָּ֑אתha.cha.Tatthe sin offeringH2403
וְשָׁחַט֙ve.sha.Chatand he will cut [the] throat ofH7819
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַ֣חַטָּ֔אתha.cha.Tatthe sin offeringH2403
בִּמְק֖וֹםbim.Komin [the] place ofH4725
הָעֹלָֽה\׃ha.'o.Lahthe burnt offeringH5930

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 4:29

  • Leviticus 4:4

    And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the Lord.

  • Leviticus 4:24

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord: it is a sin offering.

  • Leviticus 1:4

    And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

  • Leviticus 4:15

    And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.

  • Leviticus 4:33

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

  • Hebrews 10:4-14

    For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. …

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4,15,24,33; Heb 10:4-14

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Context

  • Leviticus 4:28

    Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned.

  • Leviticus 4:29

    And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

  • Leviticus 4:30

    And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

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Leviticus 4:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pondrá su mano sobre la cabeza de la expiación, y la degollará en el lugar del holocausto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et il posera sa main sur la tête du sacrifice pour le péché, et égorgera le sacrifice pour le péché au lieu où l’on égorge l’holocauste.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er soll seine Hand auf den Kopf des Sündopfers legen und das Sündopfer schlachten an dem Orte des Brandopfers.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ponetque manum super caput hostiæ quæ pro peccato est, et immolabit eam in loco holocausti.