Leviticus 7:2

2 In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering, they must slaughter the guilt offering, and he must sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around.

Leviticus 7:2 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 7:2

In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they
kill the trespass [offering
See ( Leviticus 1:11 ) :

and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar;
on the upper part of it. There was a scarlet thread that was drawn around the altar in the middle, the blood of some of the sacrifices was sprinkled below it; and some above it, as was the blood of the trespass offering.

Leviticus 7:2 In-Context

1 " 'And this [is] the regulation of the guilt offering; it [is] {a most holy thing}.
2 In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering, they must slaughter the guilt offering, and he must sprinkle its blood upon the altar all around.
3 And he must present all of its fat: the fat tail and the fat that covers the inner parts,
4 and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] on them, which [is] on the loins, and he must remove the lobe on the liver in addition to the kidneys.
5 And the priest shall turn it into smoke it on the altar [as] a food offering made by fire for Yahweh; it [is] a guilt offering.

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, "the sin offering is slaughtered"
  • [b]. Or, taking the verb as an indefinite (thus passive) imperfect 3mp, "the guilt offering must be slaughtered"
  • [c]. That is, the priest; understood by context and 3ms verb
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