Leviticus - 4:33



33 He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and kill it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 4:33.

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And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
He shall put his hand upon the head thereof, and shall immolate it in the place where the victims of holocausts are wont to be slain.
And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and slaughter it for a sin-offering at the place where they slaughter the burnt-offering.
and he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered it for a sin-offering in the place where he slaughtereth the burnt-offering.
And he is to put his hand on the head of the offering and put it to death for a sin-offering in the place where they put to death the burned offering.
he shall place his hand upon its head, and he shall immolate it in the place where the victims of holocausts are usually slain.
Ponetque manum suam super caput illius oblationis pro peccato, et mactabit illam pro sacrificio peccati, in loco in quo mactare solet holocaustum.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he shall lay his (l) hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering.
(l) Meaning that the punishment of his sin should be laid on the beast, or, that he had received all things from God, and offered this willingly.

He shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering,.... On the head of the lamb, as on the head of the goat, even his right hand, as the above Targum, as before:
and slay it for a sin offering, in the place where they kill the burnt offering: for if it was not slain for a sin offering, but for something else, or on any other account, as for a burnt offering, it was not right (q).
(q) T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 7. 1. & Menachot, fol. 4. 1.

He shall slay it - Not by himself, but by the hands of the priest.

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