Leviticus 8:19

19 Moses slaughtered it and splashed the blood against all sides of the Altar.

Leviticus 8:19 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 8:19

And he killed it
That is, Moses killed the ram, as the Septuagint version expresses it:

and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about;
as he did the blood of the bullock, ( Leviticus 8:15 ) .

Leviticus 8:19 In-Context

17 . The bull with its hide and meat and guts he burned outside the camp, just as God had commanded Moses.
18 Moses presented the ram for the Whole-Burnt-Offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
19 Moses slaughtered it and splashed the blood against all sides of the Altar.
20 He cut the ram up into pieces and then burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
21 He washed the entrails and the legs with water and then burned the whole ram on the Altar. It was a Whole-Burnt-Offering, a pleasing fragrance - a gift to God, just as God had commanded Moses.
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