2 Chronicles 29:22

²⁰ Early the next morning King Hezekiah gathered the city officials and went up to the house of the LORD.

²¹ They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

²³ Then they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, who laid their hands on them.

²⁴ And the priests slaughtered the goats and put their blood on the altar for a sin offering, to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel.

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BSB: So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
KJV: So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
WEB: So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They killed the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. They also killed the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
ASV: So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: and they killed the rams, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and sprinkled the blood upon the altar.
DARBY: And they slaughtered the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar; and they slaughtered the rams, and sprinkled the blood on the altar; and they slaughtered the lambs, and sprinkled the blood on the altar.
BLB: And they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and sprinkled [it] on the altar; and they slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar; and they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

ÅB: De slaktet da oksene, og prestene tok imot blodet og sprengte det på alteret; så slaktet de værene og sprengte blodet på alteret, og så slaktet de lammene og sprengte blodet på alteret.
OTB: Så slaktet de oksene, og prestene tok blodet og sprengte det på alteret. De gjorde det samme med værene og sprengte blodet på alteret; så gjorde de det samme med lammene og sprengte blodet på alteret.
B1930: De slaktet da oksene, og prestene tok imot blodet og sprengte det på alteret; så slaktet de værene og sprengte blodet på alteret, og så slaktet de lammene og sprengte blodet på alteret.

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Leviticus 4:18
He is also to put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting, and he must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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Leviticus 8:19
Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.
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Leviticus 8:24
Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.
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Leviticus 1:5
And he shall slaughter the young bull before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to present the blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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Leviticus 4:7
The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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Hebrews 9:21–22
In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.
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Leviticus 4:34
Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar.
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Leviticus 8:14–15
Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
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