Leviticus 4:15

and the elders of the assembly shall lean their hands upon the head of the bullock before Yahweh,—and shall slay the bullock, before Yahweh;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

14and the sin shall become known, which they have committed therein, then shall the convocation bring near a choice young bullock as a sin-bearer, yea they shall bring it in. before the tent of meeting;

16and the anointed priest shall bring in of the blood of the bullock,—into the tent of meeting;

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Cross References

Exodus 24:9Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel;

Leviticus 4:4And he shall bring in the bullock unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, before Yahweh,—and shall lean his hand upon the head of the bullock, and shall slay the bullock before Yahweh.

Leviticus 8:22Then was brought near the second ram, the ram of installation, and Aaron and his sons leaned their hands upon the head of the ram;

Numbers 8:10and shalt bring the Levites near before Yahweh,—and the sons of Israel shall lean their hands upon the Levites;

Numbers 11:25Then Yahweh came down, in the cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave unto the seventy men—the elders. And it came to pass that when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and then did so no more.

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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