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Exodus 29:20

in Exodus 29

Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the remaining blood on all sides of the altar.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of its blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

KJV

Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

This verse in Exodus 29

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
Then shall thou kill the ram,.... As the other: and take of his blood, some part of it being received into a basin: and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons; according to Jarchi, this is the middle gristle within the ear; but Saadiah more rightly says it is the tender part which joins to the orb of the ear.

This site's exposition

Take the second ram

on Exodus 29:19-21

Blood goes on “the right earlobes,” “the thumbs of their right hands,” and “the big toes of their right feet”. What a priest hears, handles and walks on is marked, and Leviticus 14:14 puts the same marks on a cleansed leper.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Take of his blood - The putting the blood of the sacrifice on the tip of the right ear, the thumb of the right hand, and the great toe of the right foot, was doubtless intended to signify that they should dedicate all their faculties and powers to the service of God; their ears to the hearing and study of his law, their hands to diligence in the sacred ministry and to all acts of obedience, and their feet to walking in the way of God’s precepts.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

And there was a marked peculiarity in the manner in which this other ram was to be disposed of. The former was for the glory of God--this was for the comfort of the priest himself; and as a sign of a mutual covenant being ratified, the blood of the sacrifice was divided--part sprinkled on the altar round about, and part upon the persons and garments of the priests.

The words behind it

29 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֣and you will slaughter

    veshachataH7819 →81 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הָאַ֗יִלthe ram

    haayilH352 →187 times

  • וְלָקַחְתָּ֤and you will take

    velakachtaH3947 →966 times

  • מִדָּמוֹ֙some of blood its

    midamoH1818 →360 times

  • וְנָֽתַתָּ֡הand you will put [it]

    venatatahH5414 →2011 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • תְּנוּךְ֩[the] lobe of

    tenukhH8571 →

  • אֹ֨זֶן[the] ear of

    ʾozenH241 →187 times

  • אַהֲרֹ֜ןAaron

    ʾaharonH175 →347 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • תְּנ֨וּךְ[the] lobe of

    tenukhH8571 →

  • אֹ֤זֶן[the] ear of

    ʾozenH241 →187 times

  • בָּנָיו֙sons his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • הַיְמָנִ֔ית<the> right

    haymanitH3233 →32 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • בֹּ֤הֶן[the] thumb of

    bohenH931 →

  • יָדָם֙hand their

    yadamH3027 →1618 times

  • הַיְמָנִ֔ית<the> right

    haymanitH3233 →32 times

  • וְעַל־and on

    veal-H5921 →5755 times

  • בֹּ֥הֶן[the] big toe of

    bohenH931 →

  • רַגְלָ֖םfoot their

    raglamH7272 →247 times

  • הַיְמָנִ֑ית<the> right

    haymanitH3233 →32 times

  • וְזָרַקְתָּ֧and you will sprinkle

    vezaraktaH2236 →35 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַדָּ֛םthe blood

    hadamH1818 →360 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַthe altar

    hamizbeachH4196 →401 times

  • סָבִֽיב׃all around

    savivH5439 →336 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Hebrews 10:22

    let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 36:25

      I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

    • John 3:5

      Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.

    • Ephesians 5:26

      to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

    • 1 Peter 3:21

      And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

    • 1 Corinthians 6:11

      And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

  • Through

    Hebrews 12:24

    to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

    it leads to

    • Hebrews 9:15

      Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under…

    • Hebrews 11:28

      By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

    • Hebrews 11:4

      By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he…

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).