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Leviticus 4:19 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar. "
Leviticus 4:19
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17 The priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, before the veil.
18 He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the Tent of Meeting; and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
19 All its fat he shall take from it, and burn it on the altar.
20 He shall do this with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so he shall do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.
21 He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.
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Leviticus 4:1
"The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,"
Leviticus 4:2
"“Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and does any one of them,"
Leviticus 4:3
"if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has sinned a young bull without defect to the LORD for a sin offering."
Leviticus 4:4
"He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before the LORD; and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull, and kill the bull before the LORD."
Leviticus 4:5
"The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting."
Leviticus 4:6
"The priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary."
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