Leviticus 8:15
and he killed it. And Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
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Exodus 29:36And every day thou shall offer the bullock of sin-offering for atonement. And thou shall cleanse the altar when thou make atonement for it, and thou shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
Leviticus 1:11And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before LORD, and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.
Leviticus 3:8And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting. And Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood of it upon the altar round about.
Leviticus 4:17And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before LORD, before the veil.
Leviticus 4:25And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and the blood of it he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering.
Leviticus 6:30And no sin-offering, from which any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 8:15-31
14 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. 15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it… Read the whole commentary →