Leviticus - 4:17



17 and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before Yahweh, before the veil.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 4:17.

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And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail.
and the priest hath dipped his finger in the blood, and hath sprinkled seven times before Jehovah at the front of the vail,
And put his finger in the blood, shaking drops of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.
And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil.
and he shall dip his finger in it, sprinkling it seven times opposite the veil.
Et intinget sacerdos digitum suum in ipso sanguine, aspergetque septem vicibus coram Jehova ante velum.

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Historical Commentaries

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And sprinkle it - It was not to be poured out there, but sprinkled only; for the cleansing virtue of the blood of Christ was sufficiently represented by sprinkling. It was sprinkled seven times: seven is a number of perfection; because God made the world in six days, and rested the seventh. This signified the perfect satisfaction Christ made, and the compleat cleansing of our souls thereby.

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