Exodus 29:16

16 Kill it, and take its blood and sprinkle it on all four sides of the altar.

Exodus 29:16 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 29:16

And thou shalt slay the ram
As he was ordered to slay the bullock, acting in this as a priest, as in that:

and thou shall take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the
altar;
the blood being received into a basin, it was not to be put upon the altar with the finger, as the blood of the bullock, but was to be sprinkled probably with a bunch of hyssop, round about upon the altar, on the top and sides: as the deity of Christ is the altar which sanctifies every gift, this may signify that his blood has its virtue and efficacy from that, to make atonement for the sins of men, and to cleanse them from them.

Exodus 29:16 In-Context

14 Take the bull's meat, skin, and intestines, and burn them outside the camp. This is an offering to take away sin.

15 "Take one of the male sheep, and have Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

16 Kill it, and take its blood and sprinkle it on all four sides of the altar.

17 Then cut it into pieces and wash its inner organs and its legs, putting them with its head and its other pieces.

18 Burn the whole sheep on the altar; it is a burnt offering made by fire to the Lord. Its smell is pleasing to the Lord.