Verse 15

The 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 1:4 : 4 You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you.
  • Lev 4:4 : 4 He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.
  • Lev 8:14 : 14 Moses brought forward the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
  • Lev 8:22 : 22 Moses presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
  • Lev 16:21 : 21 Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites, all their transgressions, and all their sins. He shall put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness in the custody of a man appointed for the task.
  • Num 8:10 : 10 You shall bring the Levites before the LORD, and the Israelites shall lay their hands on them.
  • Num 11:16 : 16 The LORD said to Moses, 'Gather seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know to be leaders of the people and their officials. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting, and have them stand there with you.'
  • Num 11:25 : 25 Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke with him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
  • Deut 21:3-9 : 3 The elders of the city nearest to the slain person shall take a heifer that has never been worked or yoked, 4 and they are to bring the heifer down to a valley with flowing water, a valley that has not been plowed or sown. There they are to break the heifer’s neck. 5 The priests, the sons of Levi, shall come forward, for the LORD your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to pronounce blessings in His name; and every dispute and every case of assault is to be settled by their decision. 6 All the elders of the city nearest to the slain person shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, 7 and they shall declare, ‘Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. 8 LORD, make atonement for Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not hold the guilt of innocent blood against Your people Israel.’ And the bloodshed will be atoned for. 9 So you shall purge the guilt of innocent blood from among you, because you will be doing what is right in the eyes of the LORD.
  • Exod 24:1 : 1 The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship from a distance."
  • Exod 24:9 : 9 Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up.