Leviticus 4:17

And put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.

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In The King James Version

And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.

In Context

16And the priest is to take some of its blood to the Tent of meeting;

18And he is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the Tent of meeting; and all the rest of the blood is to be drained out at the base of the altar of burned offering at the door of the Tent of meeting.

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:6And the priest is to put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of it before the Lord seven times, in front of the veil of the holy place.

Leviticus 14:7And shaking it seven times over the man who is to be made clean, he will say that he is clean and will let the living bird go free into the open country.

Numbers 19:4Then let Eleazar the priest take some of her blood on his finger, shaking the blood seven times in the direction of the front of the Tent of meeting:

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:14-22

13 And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; 14 When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. 15 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the… Read the whole commentary →

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