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Exodus 29:16 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. "
Exodus 29:16
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But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering.
Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.
And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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Exodus 29:1
"And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,"
Exodus 29:2
"And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make"
Exodus 29:3
"And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams."
Exodus 29:4
"And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water."
Exodus 29:5
"And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:"
Exodus 29:6
"And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre."
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