Leviticus 4:5

And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock’s blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
priest	הַכֹּהֵ֥ן ha.ko.Hen	H3548	literally one officiating · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
anointed	הַמָּשִׁ֖יחַ ha.ma.Shi.ach	H4899	anointed · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
take	וְלָקַ֛ח ve.la.Kach	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
bullock’s	הַפָּ֑ר ha.Par	H6499	a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
blood	מִדַּ֣ם mi.Dam	H1818	blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or… · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
bring	וְהֵבִ֥יא ve.he.Vi'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
tabernacle	אֹ֥הֶל 'O.hel	H168	a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) · noun, common masculine singular construct
congregation	מוֹעֵֽד mo.'Ed	H4150	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Leviticus 16:14 And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall…
Leviticus 4:16-17 And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock’s blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:
Numbers 19:4 And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation…
Leviticus 16:19 And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children o…
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:1-12

The laws contained in the first three chapters seem to have been delivered to Moses at one time. Here begin the statutes of another session, another day. From the throne of glory between the cherubim God delivered these orders. And he enters now upon a subject more strictly new than those before. Burnt-offerings, meat-offerings, and peace-offerings, it should seem, had been offered before the giving of the law upon mount Sinai; those sacrifices the patriarchs had not been altogether unacquainted with (Gen 8:20; Exo 20:24), and in them they had respect to sin, to make atonement for it, Job 1:5. But the law being now added because of transgressions (Gal 3:19), and having entered, that eventual…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 4:3

SIN OFFERING FOR THE PRIEST. (Lev. 4:3-35) If the priest that is anointed do sin--that is, the high priest, in whom, considering his character as typical mediator, and his exalted office, the people had the deepest interest; and whose transgression of any part of the divine law, therefore, whether done unconsciously or heedlessly, was a very serious offense, both as regarded himself individually, and the influence of his example. He is the person principally meant, though the common order of the priesthood was included. according to the sin of the people--that is, bring guilt on the people. He was to take a young bullock (the age and sex being expressly mentioned), and having killed it ac…

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Adam Clarke on Leviticus 4:4

Lay his hand upon the bullock's head - See Clarke's note on Lev 1:4.

John Gill on Leviticus 4:5

And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood,.... Let out and received into a basin; this he did himself, and not another, for he offered for himself, and the blood was to make atonement for him: and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation; out of the court where the bullock was slain, into the holy place, where were the vail that divided between the holy of holies, and the altar of sweet incense, after mentioned.

The Church Fathers

He is called by two names, Jesus Christ; Jesus because he is a savior, Christ because he is a priest. With this in mind the divinely inspired prophet Moses gave these two titles to two men eminent above all, changing the name of his own successor in the sovereignty, Auses, to Jesus, and giving his own brother, Aaron, the surname Christ, that through these two chosen men he might represent at once the high priesthood and the kingship of the one Jesus Christ who was to come.
— Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture 10.11

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Dictionary and topics

Anoint — The practice of anointing with perfumed oil was common among the Hebrews. (1.) The act of anointing was significant of consecration to a holy or sacred use; hence the anointing of the high priest…
Blood — (1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the…
High Places6813 Priest — The first distinct separation of Aaron to the office of the priesthood, which previously belonged to the first-born was that recorded (Exodus 28:1) ... We find from the very first the following…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Sin-offering — (Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in Lev. 4-6:13; 9:7-11, 22-24; 12:6-8; 15:2, 14, 25-30; 14:19, 31; Num. 6:10-14. On the day of Atonement it was made with special solemnity (Lev. 16:5,…
Blood · Sprinkled seven times before the curtain — Sprinkled seven times before the curtain
Ignorance · SINS OF — SINS OF
Offerings · Different kinds of: Sin — Different kinds of: Sin
Sacrifices · Different kinds of: Sin offering for sins of ignorance — Different kinds of: Sin offering for sins of ignorance
Sin Offering · The blood of: For a priest or for the congregation, brought by the priest into the tabernacle — The blood of: For a priest or for the congregation, brought by the priest into the tabernacle

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Leviticus 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 4:3

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 4:4

John Gill on Leviticus 4:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Leviticus 4:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 4:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 4:3

Adam Clarke on Leviticus 4:4

John Gill on Leviticus 4:5

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Leviticus 4:5-12

Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 4:3-12

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 4:5-6

Rashi on Leviticus 4:5