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Leviticus 4:34

in Leviticus 4

Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin-offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; and all the blood thereof shall he pour out at the base of the altar.

KJV

And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:

This verse in Leviticus 4

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering

on Leviticus 4:32-35

The chapter closes by giving the common man a choice nobody above him is given. He may bring a lamb in place of the goat.

This site's exposition

put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering

The lamb's blood goes where the goat's went at verse 30, onto the horns of the altar of burnt offering by the priest's finger. Whichever animal the common man chose, it receives the same rite.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

That is certainly a very bad thing to make atonement for which so many innocent and useful creatures must be slain and mangled thus. To value Christ, the great and true sin-offering, whose blood cleanses from all sin, which it was not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away. Now, if any man sin, Christ is the propitiation ( 1 John ii.

quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens

And the priest shall take of the blood,.... See Gill on Lev 4:25, Lev 4:26.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

In these two latter instances, the blood of the sin offering was applied to the altar of burnt offering--the place where bloody sacrifices were appointed to be immolated.

The words behind it

17 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.

  • וְלָקַ֨חand he will take

    velakachH3947 →966 times

  • הַכֹּהֵ֜ןthe priest

    hakohenH3548 →750 times

  • מִדַּ֤םsome of [the] blood of

    midamH1818 →360 times

  • הַֽחַטָּאת֙the sin offering

    hachatatH2403 →295 times

  • בְּאֶצְבָּע֔וֹon finger his

    beetzbaoH676 →31 times

  • וְנָתַ֕ןand he will put [it]

    venatanH5414 →2011 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • קַרְנֹ֖ת[the] horns of

    karnotH7161 →76 times

  • מִזְבַּ֣ח[the] altar of

    mizbachH4196 →401 times

  • הָעֹלָ֑ה<the> burnt offering

    haolahH5930 →287 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • דָּמָ֣הּblood its

    damahH1818 →360 times

  • יִשְׁפֹּ֔ךְhe will pour out

    yishpokhH8210 →114 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • יְס֖וֹד[the] base of

    yesodH3247 →19 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃the altar

    hamizbeachH4196 →401 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

    Romans 10:4

    For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

    it leads to

    • Romans 8:3–4

      For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin.…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Galatians 3:24

      So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

    • Matthew 5:17–18

      Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them.

    • Acts 13:38–39

      Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

    • John 1:17

      For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 9:9

      The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Hebrews 10:29

    How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of…

    it leads to

    • Ephesians 4:30

      And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

    • Hebrews 6:6

      and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; 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.