Leviticus 8:22

He also offered the second ram, as a consecration of priests. And Aaron and his sons placed their hands upon its head.

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In The King James Version

And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

In Context

21having first washed the intestines and the feet. And then he burned the whole of the ram upon the altar, because it was a holocaust of most sweet odor to the Lord, just as he had instructed him.

23And when Moses had immolated it, taking up some of its blood, he touched the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and the thumb of his right hand, and similarly also his foot.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:19Likewise, you shall take the other ram, upon whose head Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands.

Leviticus 8:2Take Aaron, with his sons, their vestments, and the oil of anointing, a calf for sin, two rams, and a basket with unleavened bread,

John 17:19And it is for them that I sanctify myself, so that they, too, may be sanctified in truth.

2 Corinthians 5:21For God made him who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the justice of God in him.

Ephesians 5:27so that he might offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate.

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 →

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