Leviticus 4:24
in Leviticus 4He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt-offering before Jehovah: it is a sin-offering.
KJV
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord: it is a sin offering.
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This verse in Leviticus 4
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat,.... His right hand, as the Targum of Jonathan; See Gill on Lev 1:4. and kill it; not the prince, but the priest after mentioned, or the butcher, as the same Targum: in the place where they hill the burnt offering before the Lord; in the court on the north side of the altar, see Lev 1:11, it is a sin offering: an offering for his sin of ignorance, or "sin"; so Christ our offering is said to be, 2Co 5:21.
This site's exposition
He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat
on Leviticus 4:24-26
From the leader down, the blood stays on the altar of burnt offering in the courtyard. By Leviticus 6:26 and 6:30, a sin offering whose blood was carried into the tent is burned. One whose blood was not is eaten by the priest.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The burnt-offering - So called by way of eminency, to wit, the daily burnt-offering. It is a sin-offering - And therefore to be killed where the burnt-offering is killed; whereby it is distinguished from the peace-offering, which were killed elsewhere.
A young bullock - The same sacrifice which was offered for all the people, to shew how much his sin was aggravated by his quality. Sin-offering - Hebrew. sin, which word is oft taken in that sense.
This intimated the greatness of the guilt connected with the sin of a high priest. The eminency of his station, and his relation both to God and to the people, greatly aggravated his offences; see Rom. ii.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments--Whatever was the form of government, the king, judge, or subordinate, was the party concerned in this law.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְסָמַ֤ךְ | vesamakh | and he will lean | H5564 → | 48 times |
| יָדוֹ֙ | yado | hand his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| רֹ֣אשׁ | rosh | [the] head of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| הַשָּׂעִ֔יר | hasair | the male goat | H8163 → | 59 times |
| וְשָׁחַ֣ט | veshachat | and he will cut [the] throat of | H7819 → | 81 times |
| אֹת֔וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בִּמְק֛וֹם | bimkom | in [the] place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | <of> where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִשְׁחַ֥ט | yishchat | someone cuts [the] throat of | H7819 → | 81 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעֹלָ֖ה | haolah | the burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| חַטָּ֖את | chatat | [is] a sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וְסָמַ֤ךְand he will lean
vesamakhH5564 →48 times
יָדוֹ֙hand his
yadoH3027 →1618 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
רֹ֣אשׁ[the] head of
roshH7218 →599 times
הַשָּׂעִ֔ירthe male goat
hasairH8163 →59 times
וְשָׁחַ֣טand he will cut [the] throat of
veshachatH7819 →81 times
אֹת֔וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
בִּמְק֛וֹםin [the] place
bimkomH4725 →401 times
אֲשֶׁר־<of> where
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִשְׁחַ֥טsomeone cuts [the] throat of
yishchatH7819 →81 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעֹלָ֖הthe burnt offering
haolahH5930 →287 times
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
חַטָּ֖את[is] a sin offering
chatatH2403 →295 times
הֽוּא׃it
hu'H1931 →1879 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
Leviticus 1:5And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the…
it leads to
- Leviticus 1:11
He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 3:8
He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the…
- Leviticus 3:2
He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all…
- Leviticus 3:13
He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.
- 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.
- Leviticus 1:11
Through
Leviticus 7:2The guilt offering must be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and the priest shall sprinkle its blood on all sides of the altar.
it leads to
- Leviticus 1:5
And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 1:5
Through
Leviticus 6:25“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is…
it leads to
- Leviticus 1:3
If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 4:29
He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 1:3
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.