Exodus 29:16

16 You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle [it] on all 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 But burn up the bull's flesh, its hide, and its dung outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

15 "Take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head.

16 You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle [it] on all sides of the altar.

17 Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its entrails and shanks, and place [them] with its head and its pieces [on the altar].

18 Then burn the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.