Exodus 29:16
New International Version
Slaughter it and take the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar.

New Living Translation
Then slaughter the ram, and splatter its blood against all sides of the altar.

English Standard Version
and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar.

Berean Standard Bible
You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it on all sides of the altar.

King James Bible
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

New King James Version
and you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it all around on the altar.

New American Standard Bible
and you shall slaughter the ram and take its blood and sprinkle it around on the altar.

NASB 1995
and you shall slaughter the ram and shall take its blood and sprinkle it around on the altar.

NASB 1977
and you shall slaughter the ram and shall take its blood and sprinkle it around on the altar.

Legacy Standard Bible
and you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and splash it around on the altar.

Amplified Bible
then you shall kill the ram and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it around the altar [of burnt offering].

Christian Standard Bible
You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it on all sides of the altar.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

Contemporary English Version
Kill the ram and splatter its blood against all four sides of the altar.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Slaughter it, take the blood, and throw it against the altar on all sides.

Good News Translation
Kill it, and take its blood and throw it against all four sides of the altar.

International Standard Version
Then you are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and scatter it around the altar.

Majority Standard Bible
You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar.

NET Bible
and you are to kill the ram and take its blood and splash it all around on the altar.

New Heart English Bible
You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it around upon the altar.

World English Bible
You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and you have slaughtered the ram, and have taken its blood, and have sprinkled [it] around the altar,

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken its blood, and hast sprinkled it on the altar round about,

Smith's Literal Translation
And slaughter the ram, and take his blood and sprinkle upon the altar round about.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and pour round about the altar:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when you will have sacrificed it, you shall take from its blood and pour it around the altar.

New American Bible
slaughter it. The blood you shall take and splash on all the sides of the altar.

New Revised Standard Version
and you shall slaughter the ram, and shall take its blood and dash it against all sides of the altar.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And you shall slaughter the ram; and you must take some of its blood and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And slaughter the ram and take some of his blood and sprinkle it on the altar as a circle.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and dash it round about against the altar.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt kill it, and take the blood and pour it on the altar round about.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Order of the Sacrifices
15Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head. 16You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar. 17Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.…

Cross References
Leviticus 8:19
Moses slaughtered the ram and splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 1:5
And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and splatter it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 4:7
The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 3:2
He 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 splatter the blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 7:2
The guilt offering must be slaughtered in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, and the priest shall splatter its blood on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 9:12
Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar.

Leviticus 17:6
The priest will then splatter the blood on the altar of the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Hebrews 9:22
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Hebrews 10:4
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Hebrews 9:12-14
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. / For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, / how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

Hebrews 13:11-12
Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.

1 Peter 1:18-19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, / but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.

Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Revelation 7:14
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace


Treasury of Scripture

And you shall slay the ram, and you shall take his blood, and sprinkle it round about on the altar.

Exodus 29:11,12
And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation…

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Exodus 29
1. The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests and the altar
38. The continual burnt offerings
45. God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel














You are to slaughter the ram
This phrase initiates the sacrificial ritual, a central element in the consecration of the priests. The Hebrew word for "slaughter" is "שָׁחַט" (shachat), which implies a deliberate and sacred act of killing for a divine purpose. The ram, a symbol of strength and leadership, represents the offering of something valuable and significant to God. Historically, the ram was a common sacrificial animal, signifying the community's dedication and submission to God's will. This act foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, the Lamb of God, who was slain for the sins of humanity.

take its blood
Blood, in Hebrew "דָּם" (dam), is a powerful symbol of life and atonement. In the ancient Near Eastern context, blood was considered the life force of a being, and its use in rituals signified purification and consecration. The act of taking the blood signifies the priest's role as a mediator between God and the people, emphasizing the seriousness of sin and the need for atonement. This prefigures the New Testament understanding of Christ's blood as the means of eternal redemption.

and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar
The Hebrew word for "sprinkle" is "נָזָה" (nazah), which conveys the idea of scattering or dispersing. This action symbolizes the sanctification and purification of the altar, making it holy and acceptable for worship. The altar, central to the sacrificial system, represents the meeting place between God and man. By sprinkling the blood on all sides, the entire altar is consecrated, signifying the comprehensive nature of God's holiness and the need for complete dedication in worship. This act points to the comprehensive cleansing available through Christ's sacrifice, which purifies believers and makes them acceptable before God.

(16) Thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it.--Rather, scatter it. The act of throwing the blood from a basin against the lower part of the altar is intended. The verb is a different one from that rightly translated "sprinkle" in Exodus 29:21. The LXX. render it by ????????, and the Vulg. by fundere.

Round about upon the altar.--Practically, this was done by casting it on two of the corners of the altar--the north-east and the south-west--thus moistening all the four sides (Middoth, 3:2).

Verse 16. - Thou shalt take his blood and sprinkle it. Rather, "and cast it." The blood was to be thrown from a basin, not sprinkled with the hand or with hyssop. Rabbinical tradition says that it was so cast at two of the corners, and thus moistened all the four sides. This was regarded as casting it "on the altar round about."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You are to slaughter
וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֖ (wə·šā·ḥaṭ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7819: To slaughter, beat

the ram,
הָאָ֑יִל (hā·’ā·yil)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree

take
וְלָֽקַחְתָּ֙ (wə·lā·qaḥ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

its blood,
דָּמ֔וֹ (dā·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed

and sprinkle
וְזָרַקְתָּ֥ (wə·zā·raq·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2236: Be here and there, scatter, sprinkle, strew

it on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all sides
סָבִֽיב׃ (sā·ḇîḇ)
Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

of the altar.
הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ (ham·miz·bê·aḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4196: An altar


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