Exodus 29:11
in Exodus 29And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And thou shalt kill the bullock before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting.
KJV
And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
⋯
This verse in Exodus 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting
on Exodus 29:10-11
This is the first place in Scripture where hands are laid on the head of a sacrifice, and it happens three times in this chapter. The men who will serve at the altar begin by laying hands on the animal killed that hour.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The law made those priests that had infirmity, and therefore they must first offer for their own sin, before they could make atonement for the people, Heb. vii. They were to put their hand on the head of their sacrifice (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
HE SHALL POUR OUT. 62 Yishpokh. In our text of the Pentateuch the reading is: Thou shalt pour out ( tishpokh ).
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
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֥ | veshachata | and you will slaughter | H7819 → | 81 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַפָּ֖ר | hapar | the young bull | H6499 → | 132 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| פֶּ֖תַח | petach | [the] entrance of | H6607 → | 164 times |
| אֹ֥הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵֽד׃ | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֥and you will slaughter
veshachataH7819 →81 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַפָּ֖רthe young bull
haparH6499 →132 times
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
פֶּ֖תַח[the] entrance of
petachH6607 →164 times
אֹ֥הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵֽד׃meeting
moedH4150 →223 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 29:4Then present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
it leads to
- Exodus 40:12
Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
- 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.
- Leviticus 8:3–6
and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
- John 13:8–10
“Never shall You wash my feet!” Peter told Him. Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with Me.”
- Titus 3:5
He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
- Exodus 40:12
Through
Leviticus 8:15Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at…
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:7
The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out…
- Ephesians 2:16
and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He extinguished their hostility.
- Leviticus 4:7
Through
Leviticus 9:12Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar.
it leads to
- Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.
- Ephesians 5:2
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Exodus

This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; 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.
