Leviticus 4:17

17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the LORD seven times in front of the curtain.

Leviticus 4:17 in Other Translations

17 And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.

17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the veil.

17 dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD in front of the inner curtain.

17 dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of it seven times before God in front of the curtain.

17 The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle [it] seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.

Leviticus 4:17 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 4:17

(See Gill on Leviticus 4:16).

Leviticus 4:17 In-Context

15 The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and the bull shall be slaughtered before the LORD.

16 Then the anointed priest is to take some of the bull’s blood into the tent of meeting.

17 He shall dip his finger into the blood and sprinkle it before the LORD seven times in front of the curtain.

18 He is to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

19 He shall remove all the fat from it and burn it on the altar,

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 19:4,18
• 2. S ver 6