Exodus 29:15
in Exodus 29Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
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ASV
Thou shalt also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram.
KJV
Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
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This verse in Exodus 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Thou shalt also take one ram
on Exodus 29:15-18
The first ram goes up whole, and the two animals are handled in opposite directions. The body of the sin offering was carried out of the camp and burned there, while this one is cut, washed and burned on the altar with every part kept. The phrase sweet savour goes back to Genesis 8:21, where the LORD smelled it after the flood and said he would not curse the ground again for man's sake.
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Thirdly, There must be a peace-offering; it is called the ram of consecration, because there was more in this peculiar to the occasion than in the other two. In the burnt-offering God had the glory of their priesthood, in this they had the comfort of it; and, in token of a mutual covenant between God and them, 1. The blood of the sacrifice was divided between God and them (
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Thou shalt also take one ram,.... One of the two he was bid to take, Exo 29:1, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram; confessing their sins, acknowledging their guilt, and by this act transferring the same to the ram, which was to be a burnt offering, and was typical of the imputation of sin to Christ, as before observed.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
“We do not find any outside. An inner sin-offering was one the blood of which was sprinkled within the Sanctuary — upon the veil in front of the Holy of Holies and the golden altar; that kind of a sin-offering was burnt completely outside the camp (Leviticus:23).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאַ֥יִל | haayil | the ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| הָאֶחָ֖ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| תִּקָּ֑ח | tikach | you will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| וְסָ֨מְכ֜וּ | vesamekhu | and they will lay | H5564 → | 48 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֧ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וּבָנָ֛יו | uvanav | and sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְדֵיהֶ֖ם | yedeihem | hands their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רֹ֥אשׁ | rosh | [the] head of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הָאָֽיִל׃ | haayil | the ram | H352 → | 187 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָאַ֥יִלthe ram
haayilH352 →187 times
הָאֶחָ֖ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
תִּקָּ֑חyou will take
tikachH3947 →966 times
וְסָ֨מְכ֜וּand they will lay
vesamekhuH5564 →48 times
אַהֲרֹ֧ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וּבָנָ֛יוand sons his
uvanavH1121 →4930 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְדֵיהֶ֖םhands their
yedeihemH3027 →1618 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רֹ֥אשׁ[the] head of
roshH7218 →599 times
הָאָֽיִל׃the ram
haayilH352 →187 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 29:10You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
it leads to
- Leviticus 8:14
Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- Leviticus 1:4
He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
- Exodus 29:19
Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
- Isaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
- Leviticus 8:14
Through
Exodus 29:19Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
it leads to
- Exodus 29:3
put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.
- Leviticus 8:22–29
After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
- Exodus 29:3
Through
Exodus 29:3put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.
it leads to
- Leviticus 8:26
And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on…
- Numbers 6:17
He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
- Leviticus 8:26
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This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.