Lévitique 3:2

2 Il posera sa main sur la tête de la victime, qu'il égorgera à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation; et les sacrificateurs, fils d'Aaron, répandront le sang sur l'autel tout autour.

Lévitique 3:2 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 3:2

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering
"His right hand with strength", the Targum of Jonathan says; perhaps both his hands were imposed; the Septuagint and Arabic versions read it in the plural number, "hands"; this same rite was used in the sacrifice of burnt offering, (See Gill on Leviticus 1:4); which might be done in any place in the court where it was slain, only with this difference: according to Maimonides ^F4, there was no confession of sin made at laying on of hands upon the peace offerings, but words of praise were spoken:

and kill it at the door of the congregation;
it seems as if it was not the priest, but the owner that brought it, and laid his hands on it, that killed it; and so the last mentioned writer says, that slaying the peace offering by a stranger was right; and as he and others ^F5 say, it might be slain in any part of the court; it was not obliged to be slain in the north part of it, as the burnt offering was, ( Leviticus 1:11 )

and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the
altar round about;
in like manner as the blood of the burnt offering was, and it was done with two sprinklings, which were as four {f}; (See Gill on Leviticus 1:5) this was typical of the blood of Christ, called "the blood of sprinkling".

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Maaseh Hakorbanot, c. 3. sect. 15.
F5 Misn. Zebachim, c. 5. sect. 7.
F6 Misn. ib.

Lévitique 3:2 In-Context

1 Lorsque quelqu'un offrira à l'Eternel un sacrifice d'actions de grâces: S'il offre du gros bétail, mâle ou femelle, il l'offrira sans défaut, devant l'Eternel.

2 Il posera sa main sur la tête de la victime, qu'il égorgera à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation; et les sacrificateurs, fils d'Aaron, répandront le sang sur l'autel tout autour.

3 De ce sacrifice d'actions de grâces, il offrira en sacrifice consumé par le feu devant l'Eternel: la graisse qui couvre les entrailles et toute celle qui y est attachée;

4 les deux rognons, et la graisse qui les entoure, qui couvre les flancs, et le grand lobe du foie, qu'il détachera près des rognons.

5 Les fils d'Aaron brûleront cela sur l'autel, par-dessus l'holocauste qui sera sur le bois mis au feu. C'est un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel.