Leviticus 4:5
in Leviticus 4Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the anointed priest shall take of the blood of the bullock, and bring it to the tent of meeting:
KJV
And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:
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This verse in Leviticus 4
Commentary
5 notes on this verseHe is called by two names, Jesus Christ; Jesus because he is a savior, Christ because he is a priest. With this in mind the divinely inspired prophet Moses gave these two titles to two men eminent above all, changing the name of his own successor in the sovereignty, Auses, to Jesus, and giving his own brother, Aaron, the surname Christ, that through these two chosen men he might represent at once the high priesthood and the kingship of the one Jesus Christ who was to come.
This site's exposition
the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood
on Leviticus 4:5-7
Clarke counts three places: in front of the veil, on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense, and at the base of the altar. The incense altar is where the priest served day by day, so the blood touches the furniture his own sin touched.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Some of the blood of the high-priest's sin-offering was to be sprinkled seven times before the veil, with an eye towards the mercy-seat, though it was veiled: some of it was to be put upon the horns of the golden altar, because at that altar the priest himself ministered; and thus was signified the putting away of that pollution which from his sins did cleave to his services.
And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood,.... Let out and received into a basin; this he did himself, and not another, for he offered for himself, and the blood was to make atonement for him: and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation; out of the court where the bullock was slain, into the holy place, where were the vail that divided between the holy of holies, and the altar of sweet incense, after mentioned.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The treatment of the blood was special in the sin-offerings. In the inferior sin-offerings it was smeared on the horns of the altar of burnt-offering Lev 4:25, Lev 4:30, Lev 4:34, while in this offering for the high priest, and in that for the nation, the high priest himself sprinkled the blood seven times within the tabernacle and smeared it on the horns of the altar of incense Lev 4:6-7, Lev 4:17-18. The different modes of sprinkling appear to have marked successive degrees of consecration in advancing from the altar of burnt-offering to the presence of Yahweh within the veil.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָקַ֛ח | velakach | and he will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֥ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַמָּשִׁ֖יחַ | hamashiach | <the> anointed | H4899 → | 39 times |
| מִדַּ֣ם | midam | some of [the] blood of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| הַפָּ֑ר | hapar | the bull | H6499 → | 132 times |
| וְהֵבִ֥יא | vehevi' | and he will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| אֹת֖וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֹ֥הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵֽד׃ | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
וְלָקַ֛חand he will take
velakachH3947 →966 times
הַכֹּהֵ֥ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
הַמָּשִׁ֖יחַ<the> anointed
hamashiachH4899 →39 times
מִדַּ֣םsome of [the] blood of
midamH1818 →360 times
הַפָּ֑רthe bull
haparH6499 →132 times
וְהֵבִ֥יאand he will bring
vehevi'H935 →2568 times
אֹת֖וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 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
1 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
it leads to
- Ephesians 5:8
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Romans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by…
- Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Revelation 7:14
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the…
- Ephesians 5:8
Through
Numbers 19:4Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:17
and he is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Leviticus 4:17
Through
Leviticus 16:14And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger…
it leads to
- Hebrews 9:25
Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.
- Leviticus 4:5–6
Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.
- Hebrews 9:25
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 10.11; 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.