Leviticus 8:15

King James Version 1611 (Original)

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 the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon 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 some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Lev 4:17-18 : 17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. 18 And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
• 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 shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
• Lev 6:30 : 30 And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
• Lev 16:20 : 20 And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
• 2 Chr 29:24 : 24 And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an 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 And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, 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 settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. 21 Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. 22 And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats 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 offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD. 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 purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. 27 And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD.
• Ezek 45:20 : 20 And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
• Dan 9:24 : 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
• Rom 5:10 : 10 For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
• 2 Cor 5:18-21 : 18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. 21 For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
• Eph 2:16 : 16 And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
• Col 1:21-22 : 21 And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled 22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
• Heb 2:17 : 17 Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
• Heb 9:18-23 : 18 Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. 19 For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, 20 Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. 21 Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. 22 And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
• Exod 29:10-12 : 10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. 11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
• Exod 29:36-37 : 36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
• Lev 1:5 : 5 And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Lev 1:11 : 11 And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
• Lev 3:2 : 2 And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: 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 offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.