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The concept of "sprinkled" in the Bible is primarily associated with purification, consecration, and the atonement of sins. This term is often used in the context of Old Testament rituals and is also significant in the New Testament, symbolizing spiritual cleansing and the work of Christ.

Old Testament Usage

In the Old Testament, sprinkling is a key element in the ceremonial laws given to the Israelites. It is most prominently featured in the sacrificial system and the consecration of priests and sacred objects. The act of sprinkling blood or water was a symbolic gesture representing purification and sanctification.

1. Purification and Atonement: The book of Leviticus outlines various instances where sprinkling is used for purification. For example, Leviticus 16:14-15 describes the Day of Atonement, where the high priest sprinkles the blood of the sacrifice on the mercy seat and before it, to atone for the sins of the people: "He is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat; he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat" .

2. Consecration of Priests and Objects: In Exodus 29:21, the consecration of Aaron and his sons as priests involves sprinkling: "And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he and his garments will be consecrated, as well as his sons and their garments" . This act signifies their sanctification for service to God.

3. Cleansing from Defilement: Numbers 19:18-19 describes the use of the water of purification, which is sprinkled to cleanse those who have become ceremonially unclean: "Then a man who is clean is to take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all the furnishings, and on the people who were there. He must also sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, a corpse, or a person who has died" .

New Testament Significance

In the New Testament, the concept of sprinkling takes on a deeper spiritual meaning, pointing to the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.

1. Christ's Sacrifice: The book of Hebrews draws a parallel between the Old Testament sprinkling of blood and the sacrifice of Christ. Hebrews 9:13-14 states, "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?" . Here, the sprinkling of Christ's blood is seen as the ultimate purification for believers.

2. Spiritual Cleansing: 1 Peter 1:2 speaks of believers being chosen "according to the foreknowledge of God the Father and sanctified by the Spirit for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by His blood" . This indicates the application of Christ's atoning work to the believer, cleansing them from sin and setting them apart for God's purposes.

3. Covenant Relationship: The sprinkling of blood is also associated with the establishment of a covenant. Hebrews 12:24 refers to "Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel" . This highlights the new covenant established through Christ's sacrifice, which offers forgiveness and reconciliation with God.

In summary, the act of sprinkling in the Bible serves as a powerful symbol of purification, consecration, and the atonement of sins, ultimately finding its fulfillment in the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Sprinkle.

Greek

2435. hilasterion -- propitiatory
... a) a sin offering, by which the wrath of the deity shall be appeased; a means of
propitiation, (b) the covering of the ark, which was sprinkled with the ...
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4472. rhantizo -- to sprinkle
... Word Origin from rhaino (to sprinkle) Definition to sprinkle NASB Word Usage
cleanse (1), sprinkled (3), sprinkling (1). sprinkle. ...
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4473. rhantismos -- sprinkling
... sprinkling, purification. Word Origin from rhantizo Definition sprinkling
NASB Word Usage sprinkled (2). sprinkling. From rhantizo ...
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4899. suneklektos -- chosen together with
... scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, , by the
sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2236b. zaraq -- to toss or throw, scatter abundantly
... 2236a, 2236b. zaraq. 2237 . to toss or throw, scatter abundantly.
Transliteration: zaraq Short Definition: sprinkled. Word Origin a prim. ...
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3150. Yizziyyah -- "may Yah sprinkle," an Israelite
... NASB Word Usage Izziah (1). Jeziah. From the same as the first part of Yzav'el and
Yahh; sprinkled of Jah; Jizzijah, an Israelite -- Jeziah. see HEBREW Yzav'el. ...
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5130. nuph -- to move to and fro, wave, sprinkle
... wave, sprinkle NASB Word Usage lifted (1), offer (1), present (5), presented (6),
shake...back and forth (1), shakes (1), shed abroad (1), sprinkled (1), wave ...
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5137a. nazah -- to spurt, spatter, sprinkle
... Word Origin a prim. root Definition to spurt, spatter, sprinkle NASB Word Usage
splashed (1), splashes (1), sprinkle (16), sprinkled (4), sprinkles (1). ...
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3149. Yezivel -- one of David's heroes
... Jeziel. From an unused root (meaning to sprinkle) and 'el; sprinkled of God; Jezavel,
an Israelite -- Jeziel (from the margin). see HEBREW 'el. 3148, 3149. ...
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Library

Hebrews ix. 15-18
... For why (tell me) is the book of the testament sprinkled? ... "Moreover he sprinkled
with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry. ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xvi hebrews ix 15-18.htm

The First Epistle of St. Peter
... Asia, and Bithynia, ^2 whom God the Father has predestined and chosen, by the
consecration of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood ...
/.../moffat/the general epistles james peter and judas/the first epistle of st.htm

V. ...
... Hereby, he says, are we made holy, if we are obedient, and believe the word
of Christ, and are sprinkled with his blood. And here St. ...
/.../the epistles of st peter and st jude preached and explained/chapter i v .htm

The Book of the Covenant
... And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood
of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you concerning all these ...
//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the two covenants/chapter xii the book of.htm

'This Cup'
... agreement, or treaty, on the part of God, was ratified by a solemn act, in which
the blood of the sacrifice, divided into two portions, was sprinkled, one half ...
//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions of holy scripture b/this cup.htm

Hebrews x. 19-23
... and having an High Priest [3150] over the house of God, let us draw near with a
true heart, in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily xix hebrews x 19-23.htm

'The Love of Thine Espousals'
... and sacrificed peace-offerings of oxen unto the Lord.6. And Moses took half of the
blood, and put it in basons; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the love of thine espousals.htm

The Lord's Supper
... On the evening of that day, they were to kill the lamb. The blood of the lamb was
to be sprinkled on the two side-posts and upper lintels of every door. ...
/.../newton/the life of jesus christ for the young/the lords supper.htm

The Fact of the Redeemer's Return was Foreshadowed in the Ritual ...
... Fourth, the goat of the sin-offering was killed and its blood brought within the
veil and sprinkled both upon and before the mercy-seat. (vs.15). ...
//christianbookshelf.org/pink/the redeemers return/5 the fact of the.htm

The Passover: an Expiation and a Feast, a Memorial and a Prophecy
... They were separated in the later form of the ritual; for, when there was a central
sanctuary, the lambs were slain there, and the blood sprinkled, as in other ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/the passover an expiation and.htm

Thesaurus

Sprinkled (55 Occurrences)
...Sprinkled (55 Occurrences). ... Hebrews 9:21 Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and
all the vessels of the ministry in like manner with the blood. ...
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Dashed (26 Occurrences)
... (KJV DBY WBS). Exodus 24:6 And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins;
and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. (See JPS). ...
/d/dashed.htm - 14k

Slaughtered (72 Occurrences)
... Exodus 29:16 and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken its blood,
and hast sprinkled 'it' on the altar round about, (YLT). ...
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Dipped (17 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Leviticus 4:6 and the priest hath dipped his finger in the blood, and sprinkled
of the blood seven times before Jehovah, at the front of the vail of the ...
/d/dipped.htm - 12k

Sprinkling (48 Occurrences)
... sprinkling of blood is seen in the account of the establishment of the covenant
between Yahweh and Israel (Exodus 24:6-8). Half the blood was sprinkled on the ...
/s/sprinkling.htm - 29k

Sprinkle (37 Occurrences)
... sprinkling of blood is seen in the account of the establishment of the covenant
between Yahweh and Israel (Exodus 24:6-8). Half the blood was sprinkled on the ...
/s/sprinkle.htm - 26k

Spattered (3 Occurrences)
... When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that
on which it was sprinkled in a holy place. (See NIV). ...
/s/spattered.htm - 7k

Threw (133 Occurrences)
... Exodus 9:10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses
sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with ...
/t/threw.htm - 34k

Consecrated (101 Occurrences)
... When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that
on which it was sprinkled in a holy place. (See NAS). ...
/c/consecrated.htm - 38k

Slay (189 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 1:5 and he hath slaughtered the son of the herd before Jehovah; and sons
of Aaron, the priests, have brought the blood near, and sprinkled the blood ...
/s/slay.htm - 38k

Resources

What was the significance of the sprinkling of blood? | GotQuestions.org

What is the mercy seat? | GotQuestions.org

What is the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)? | GotQuestions.org

Sprinkled: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Sprinkled (55 Occurrences)

Hebrews 9:13
for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh,
(See NIV)

Hebrews 9:19
For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to 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,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 9:21
Moreover he sprinkled the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry in like manner with the blood.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 9:22
Indeed we may almost say that in obedience to the Law everything is sprinkled with blood, and that apart from the outpouring of blood there is no remission of sins.
(WEY)

Hebrews 10:22
let's draw near with a true heart in fullness of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and having our body washed with pure water,
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 11:28
by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.
(See RSV)

Hebrews 12:24
and to Jesus the negotiator of a new Covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks in more gracious tones than that of Abel.
(WEY NAS RSV NIV)

1 Peter 1:2
according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
(WEB WEY NAS)

Revelation 19:13
He is clothed in a garment sprinkled with blood. His name is called "The Word of God."
(WEB ASV)

Exodus 9:8
And Jehovah saith unto Moses and unto Aaron, 'Take to you the fulness of your hands 'of' soot of a furnace, and Moses hath sprinkled it towards the heavens, before the eyes of Pharaoh,
(YLT)

Exodus 9:10
They took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward the sky; and it became a boil breaking forth with boils on man and on animal.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS)

Exodus 24:6
Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Exodus 24:8
Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Look, this is the blood of the covenant, which Yahweh has made with you concerning all these words."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Exodus 29:16
and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken its blood, and hast sprinkled 'it' on the altar round about,
(YLT)

Exodus 29:20
and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken of its blood, and hast put on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot, and hast sprinkled the blood on the altar round about;
(YLT)

Exodus 29:21
and thou hast taken of the blood which 'is' on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and hast sprinkled on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him, and he hath been hallowed, he, and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
(YLT)

Leviticus 1:5
and he hath slaughtered the son of the herd before Jehovah; and sons of Aaron, the priests, have brought the blood near, and sprinkled the blood on the altar round about, which 'is' at the opening of the tent of meeting.
(YLT)

Leviticus 1:11
and he hath slaughtered it by the side of the altar northward, before Jehovah; and sons of Aaron, the priests, have sprinkled its blood on the altar round about;
(YLT)

Leviticus 3:2
and he hath laid his hand on the head of his offering, and hath slaughtered it at the opening of the tent of meeting, and sons of Aaron, the priests, have sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.
(YLT)

Leviticus 3:8
and hath laid his hand on the head of his offering, and hath slaughtered it before the tent of meeting, and sons of Aaron have sprinkled its blood on the altar round about.
(YLT)

Leviticus 3:13
and hath laid his hand on its head, and hath slaughtered it before the tent of meeting, and sons of Aaron have sprinkled its blood on the altar round about;
(YLT)

Leviticus 4:6
and the priest hath dipped his finger in the blood, and sprinkled of the blood seven times before Jehovah, at the front of the vail of the sanctuary;
(YLT)

Leviticus 4:17
and the priest hath dipped his finger in the blood, and hath sprinkled seven times before Jehovah at the front of the vail,
(YLT)

Leviticus 5:9
and he hath sprinkled of the blood of the sin-offering on the side of the altar, and that which is left of the blood is wrung out at the foundation of the altar; it 'is' a sin-offering.
(YLT)

Leviticus 6:27
Whatever shall touch its flesh shall be holy. When there is any of its blood sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that on which it was sprinkled in a holy place.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Leviticus 7:2
In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar.
(See NIV)

Leviticus 8:11
He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 8:19
He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Leviticus 8:24
He brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Leviticus 8:30
Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Leviticus 9:12
He killed the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons delivered the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Leviticus 9:18
He also killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled around on the altar,
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

Leviticus 14:7
and he hath sprinkled on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and hath pronounced him clean, and hath sent out the living bird on the face of the field.
(YLT)

Leviticus 14:16
and the priest hath dipped his right finger in the oil which 'is' on his left palm, and hath sprinkled of the oil with his finger seven times before Jehovah.
(YLT)

Leviticus 14:27
and the priest hath sprinkled with his right finger of the oil which 'is' on his left palm, seven times before Jehovah.
(YLT)

Leviticus 16:15
And he hath slaughtered the goat of the sin-offering which 'is' the people's, and hath brought in its blood unto the inside of the vail, and hath done with its blood as he hath done with the blood of the bullock, and hath sprinkled it on the mercy-seat, and at the front of the mercy-seat,
(YLT)

Leviticus 16:19
and he hath sprinkled on it of the blood with his finger seven times, and hath cleansed it, and hath hallowed it from the uncleannesses of the sons of Israel.
(YLT)

Leviticus 17:6
And the priest hath sprinkled the blood upon the altar of Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting, and hath made perfume with the fat for sweet fragrance to Jehovah;
(YLT)

Numbers 19:4
And Eleazar the priest hath taken of its blood with his finger, and hath sprinkled over-against the front of the tent of meeting of her blood seven times;
(YLT)

Numbers 19:13
Whoever touches a dead person, the body of a man who has died, and doesn't purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet on him.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Numbers 19:18
and a clean person hath taken hyssop, and hath dipped 'it' in water, and hath sprinkled on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons who have been there, and on him who is coming against a bone, or against one pierced, or against the dead, or against a grave.
(YLT)

Numbers 19:19
And the clean hath sprinkled 'it' on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day, and hath cleansed him on the seventh day, and he hath washed his garments, and hath bathed with water, and hath been clean in the evening.
(YLT)

Numbers 19:20
But the man who shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of Yahweh: the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Joshua 7:6
Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
(See NIV)

2 Kings 9:33
He said, "Throw her down!" So they threw her down; and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses. Then he trampled her under foot.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

2 Kings 16:13
He burnt his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, on the altar.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 29:22
So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS NIV)

2 Chronicles 30:16
They stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of the hand of the Levites.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Chronicles 35:11
They killed the Passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Job 2:12
When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)

Proverbs 7:17
I sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
(YLT NAS)

Isaiah 63:3
"I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the peoples there was no man with me: yes, I trod them in my anger, and trampled them in my wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled on my garments, and I have stained all my clothing.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, they keep silence; They have cast up dust on their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: The virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 36:25
And I have sprinkled over you clean water, And ye have been clean; From all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols, I do cleanse you.
(YLT)

Hosea 7:9
Devoured have strangers his power, And he hath not known, Also old age hath sprinkled 'itself' on him, And he hath not known.
(YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Sprinkled

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