Leviticus 1:4

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“He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.”

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BSBPD

“He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and he hath laid his hand on the head of the burnt-offering, and it hath been accepted for him to make atonement for him;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 1:4 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 29:10You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
  2. Exodus 29:15Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
  3. Exodus 29:19Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
  4. Leviticus 3:2He 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 sides of the altar.
  5. Leviticus 3:8He 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 altar.
  6. Leviticus 3:13He 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.
  7. Leviticus 4:4He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.
  8. Leviticus 4:15The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.
  9. Leviticus 4:20He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.
  10. Leviticus 4:24He 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.
  11. Leviticus 4:26He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.
  12. Leviticus 4:29He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
  13. Leviticus 4:31Then he is to remove all the fat, just as it is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.
  14. Leviticus 4:33And he is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it as a sin offering at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.
  15. Leviticus 4:35And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the offerings made by fire to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
  16. Leviticus 5:6and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
  17. Leviticus 6:7In this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”
  18. Leviticus 8:14Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
  19. Leviticus 8:18Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
  20. Leviticus 8:22After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
  21. Leviticus 9:7Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
  22. Leviticus 16:21Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
  23. Leviticus 16:24He is to bathe himself with water in a holy place and put on his own clothes. Then he must go out and sacrifice his burnt offering and the people’s burnt offering to make atonement for himself and for the people.
  24. Leviticus 22:21When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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