Leviticus 8:15

American Standard Version (1901)

And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּשְׁחָ֗ט וַיִּקַּ֨ח מֹשֶׁ֤ה אֶת־הַדָּם֙ וַ֠יִּתֵּן עַל־קַרְנ֨וֹת הַמִּזְבֵּ֤חַ סָבִיב֙ בְּאֶצְבָּע֔וֹ וַיְחַטֵּ֖א אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וְאֶת־הַדָּ֗ם יָצַק֙ אֶל־יְס֣וֹד הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ וַֽיְקַדְּשֵׁ֖הוּ לְכַפֵּ֥ר עָלָֽיו׃

Transliteration

wa-yišḥāṭ wa-yiqqaḥ mōšeh ʾet-ha-dām wa-yittēn ʿal-qarnôt ha-mizbēaḥ sābîb bə-ʾeṣbāʿô wa-yəḥaṭṭēʾ ʾet-ha-mizbēaḥ wə-ʾet-ha-dām yāṣaq ʾel-yəsôd ha-mizbēaḥ wa-yəqaddəšēhû lə-kappēr ʿālāyw

Grammar Details

• *wa-yišḥāṭ*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - and he slaughtered
• *wa-yiqqaḥ*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - and he took
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ʾet-ha-dām*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the blood
• *wa-yittēn*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - and he put
• *ʿal-qarnôt*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - on the horns of
• *ha-mizbēaḥ*: definite article + noun, masculine singular - the altar
• *sābîb*: adverb - around/surrounding
• *bə-ʾeṣbāʿô*: preposition + noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - with his finger
• *wa-yəḥaṭṭēʾ*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, piel - and he purified/made sin atonement for
• *ʾet-ha-mizbēaḥ*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - the altar
• *wə-ʾet-ha-dām*: conjunction + direct object marker + definite article + noun, masculine singular - and the blood
• *yāṣaq*: perfect, 3rd masculine singular, qal - he poured
• *ʾel-yəsôd*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - at the base of
• *wa-yəqaddəšēhû*: waw consecutive + imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, piel with 3rd masculine singular suffix - and he sanctified it
• *lə-kappēr*: preposition + infinitive construct, piel - to make atonement
• *ʿālāyw*: preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - upon it

Word Meanings

• *wa-yišḥāṭ*: and he slaughtered/and he killed
• *qarnôt ha-mizbēaḥ*: horns of the altar
• *wa-yəḥaṭṭēʾ*: and he purified/and he made sin atonement for/and he cleansed
• *yāṣaq*: he poured/he poured out
• *yəsôd ha-mizbēaḥ*: base of the altar/foundation of the altar
• *wa-yəqaddəšēhû*: and he sanctified it/and he consecrated it
• *lə-kappēr ʿālāyw*: to make atonement upon it/to atone for it

Referenced Verses

• Lev 4:7 : 7 And the priest shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Jehovah, which is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bullock shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
• Lev 4:17-18 : 17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Jehovah, before the veil. 18 And he shall put of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before Jehovah, that is in the tent of meeting; and all the blood shall he pour out at the base of the altar of burnt-offering, which is at the door of the tent of meeting.
• Lev 4:30 : 30 And the priest shall take of the blood thereof 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.
• Lev 6:30 : 30 And no sin-offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt with fire.
• Lev 16:20 : 20 And when he hath made an end of atoning for the holy place, and the tent of meeting, and the altar, he shall present the live goat:
• 2 Chr 29:24 : 24 and the priests killed them, and they made a sin-offering with their blood upon the altar, to make atonement for all Israel; for the king commanded [that] the burnt-offering and the sin-offering [should be made] for all Israel.
• Ezek 43:19-27 : 19 Thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that are of the seed of Zadok, who are near unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord Jehovah, a young bullock for a sin-offering. 20 And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the ledge, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse it and make atonement for it. 21 Thou shalt also take the bullock of the sin-offering, and it shall be burnt in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a he-goat without blemish for a sin-offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. 23 When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. 24 And thou shalt bring them near before Jehovah, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt-offering unto Jehovah. 25 Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin-offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. 26 Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it. 27 And when they have accomplished the days, it shall be that upon the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt-offerings upon the altar, and your peace-offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord Jehovah.
• Ezek 45:20 : 20 And so thou shalt do on the seventh [day] of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye make atonement for the house.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are decreed upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most holy.
• Rom 5:10 : 10 For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we be saved by his life;
• 2 Cor 5:18-21 : 18 But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 to wit, that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not reckoning unto them their trespasses, and having committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 We are ambassadors therefore on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beseech [you] on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God. 21 Him who knew no sin he made [to be] sin on our behalf; that we might become the righteousness of God in him.
• Eph 2:16 : 16 and might reconcile them both in one body unto God through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
• Col 1:21-22 : 21 And you, being in time past alienated and enemies in your mind in your evil works, 22 yet now hath he reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and unreproveable before him:
• Heb 2:17 : 17 Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
• Heb 9:18-23 : 18 Wherefore even the first [covenant] hath not been dedicated without blood. 19 For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses unto all the people according to the law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you-ward. 21 Moreover the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry he sprinkled in like manner with the blood. 22 And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission. 23 It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
• Exod 29:10-12 : 10 And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.
• Exod 29:36-37 : 36 And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin-offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou makest atonement for it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
• Lev 1:5 : 5 And he shall kill the bullock before Jehovah: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall present the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is at the door of the tent of meeting.
• Lev 1:11 : 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before Jehovah: and Aaron's sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood upon the altar round about.
• Lev 3:2 : 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it at the door of the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
• Lev 3:8 : 8 and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his oblation, and kill it before the tent of meeting: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.