“You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar. You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head. You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
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“You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
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Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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Thou shalt also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram.
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and dash it round about against the altar.
And thou shalt cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.
And thou shalt make the whole ram smoke upon the altar; it is a burnt-offering unto the LORD; it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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- Genesis 8:21 (v18) Yahweh smelled the pleasant aroma. Yahweh said in his heart, “I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake because the…
- Exodus 29:19 (v15) “You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.
- Genesis 22:2 (v18) He said, “Now take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on…
- Genesis 22:7 (v18) Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, “My father?” He said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Here is the fire and the wood, but where…
- Genesis 22:13 (v18) Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and saw that behind him was a ram caught in the thicket by his horns. Abraham went and took the…
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- Exodus 29:3 (v15) You shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.
- Exodus 29:10 (v15) “You shall bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.
- Exodus 29:11-12 (v16) You shall kill the bull before Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting. You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns…
- Exodus 29:25 (v18) You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an…
- Leviticus 1:4-9 (v15) He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. He shall kill the bull…
- Leviticus 1:9 (v17) but he shall wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest shall burn all of it on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made…
- Leviticus 1:13 (v17) but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering,…
- Leviticus 1:17 (v18) He shall tear it by its wings, but shall not divide it apart. The priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire. It is…
- Leviticus 8:18-21 (v15) He presented the ram of the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. He killed it; and Moses sprinkled…
- Leviticus 8:21 (v17) He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma.…
- Leviticus 9:14 (v17) He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt offering on the altar.
- Leviticus 9:24 (v18) Fire came out from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted, and…
- 1 Samuel 7:9 (v18) Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered…
- 1 Kings 3:4 (v18) The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
- 1 Kings 18:38 (v18) Then Yahweh’s fire fell, and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the…
- Psalms 50:8 (v18) I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me.
- Isaiah 1:11 (v18) “What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says Yahweh. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed…
- Jeremiah 4:14 (v17) Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long will your evil thoughts lodge within you?
- Jeremiah 6:20 (v18) To what purpose does frankincense from Sheba come to me, and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable,…
- Jeremiah 7:21-22 (v18) Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel says: “Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat meat. For I didn’t speak to your fathers or…
- Matthew 23:26 (v17) You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the platter, that its outside may become clean also.
- Mark 12:33 (v18) and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor…
- Ephesians 5:2 (v18) Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
- Philippians 4:18 (v18) But I have all things and abound. I am filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things that came from you, a sweet-smelling fragrance,…
- Hebrews 10:6-10 (v18) You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v18 Or, savor of rest, which causeth the wrath of…
Or, savor of rest, which causeth the wrath of God to cease.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv15–18 Exo 29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and…
Exo 29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
Ver. 15. Thou shalt also take.] After the sin offering, other offerings: till sin be expiated, no service is accepted.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv16, 18 Which signifies, that not only our persons, but our…
Which signifies, that not only our persons, but our very altars and sacrifices, and best services, need the sprinkling of Christ’s blood upon them to render them acceptable to God.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv15–18 Thou shalt also take one ram,.... One of the…
Thou shalt also take one ram,.... One of the two he was bid to take, Exo 29:1,
and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram; confessing their sins, acknowledging their guilt, and by this act transferring the same to the ram, which was to be a burnt offering, and was typical of the imputation of sin to Christ, as before observed.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v15 There must be a burnt-offering, a ram wholly burnt,…
There must be a burnt-offering, a ram wholly burnt, in token of the dedication of themselves wholly to God, as living sacrifices, kindled with the fire, and ascending in the flame of holy love. This sin-offering must be offered, and then the burnt- offering, for till guilt be removed no acceptable service can be performed.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v18 Verse 18. It is a burnt-offering] See Clarke on…
Verse 18. It is a burnt-offering] See Clarke on Le 7:1, &c.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v15 Exo 29:15. There must be a burnt-offering, a ram…
Exo 29:15. There must be a burnt-offering, a ram wholly burned, in token of the dedication of themselves wholly to God, as living sacrifices, kindled with the fire, and ascending in the flame of holy love. The sin-offering must first be offered, and then the burnt-offering, for till guilt be removed no acceptable service can be performed.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv16, 18 About, upon the altar, and at the foot of…
About, upon the altar, and at the foot of it. So the pagans did. (Eusebius, præp. iv. 9.)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v15 15-18. Take one ram — While the bullock served…
15-18. Take one ram — While the bullock served as a sin offering, this was to be a burnt offering unto the Lord. As in the one case, so in the other, the symbolical putting their hands upon the head of the victim was performed by Aaron and his sons, but the blood was sprinkled round about upon the altar, and the whole ram was burned upon the altar. Lev_1:3-13; Lev_8:18-21, notes.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv15–18 15–18. The burnt-offering (Lev_8:18-21),—such as would naturally form part…
15–18. The burnt-offering (Lev_8:18-21),—such as would naturally form part of a solemn ceremony. On the ritual, see more fully Leviticus 1.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv15–18 (15) One ram.—Heb., the one ram: i.e., one of…
(15) One ram.—Heb., the one ram: i.e., one of the two rams already mentioned in Exo_29:1.
Put their hands upon the head of the ram.
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—Again identifying themselves with the animal, as in Exo_29:10, but with a different purpose from their former one. Then they transferred their sins to the victim; now they claimed a part in the victim’s dedication to God, offering themselves with it, and becoming, themselves, “a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord” (Exo_29:18).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv15–18 One ram. Literally "the one rami.e. , "one of…
One ram. Literally "the one rami.e. , "one of the two rams mentioned in verse 1. Put their hands. Here, again, the object was to identify themselves with the victim, and make it their representative; though now, as the ram was to be a burnt offering, self-sacrifice, rather than expiation, was the leading thought.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v15 You must kill the ram
You must kill the ram
For these consecration sacrifices for the priests, it was Moses, not Aaron or his sons, who had to kill the animals.
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on the altar
Unlike the bull offering that was burned outside of the tent, the ram was to be burned on the inner altar.
the inner parts
"the organs." See how you translated this in Exodus 29:13.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv15, 18 29:15-18 The next offering was a gift of thanks…
29:15-18 The next offering was a gift of thanks to God; it also represented the complete giving of oneself to God.
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