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Leviticus 4:7

Leviticus 4:7
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering,.... When the priest had killed the bullock, and sprinkled and poured the blood, as before commanded; he then cut up the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Pour - All the blood that was left after the sprinkling and the smearing should be disposed of in such a manner as to suit the decorum of divine service. It had no sacrificial significance.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 4:1-12

The laws contained in the first three chapters seem to have been delivered to Moses at one time. Here begin the statutes of another session, another day. From the throne of glory between the cherubim…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The -altar of sweet incense" does not appear in Exodus 27-29 (P g). It must therefore be ascribed to a secondary addition (p [43]) to the groundwork of the Priestly Code. See App. on P, pp. 174 f.