Numbers 8:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

After this, the Levites are to place their hands on the heads of the bulls. Sacrifice one of the bulls for the forgiveness of sin, and the other to make sure that I am pleased. Then the Levites will be acceptable to me.

Cross References

Exodus 29:10

Lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.

Hebrews 9:22

The Law says that almost everything must be sprinkled with blood, and no sins can be forgiven unless blood is offered.

Leviticus 8:14

Moses led out the bull that was to be sacrificed for sin, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

Leviticus 1:4

Lay your hand on its head, and I will accept the animal as a sacrifice for taking away your sins.

Numbers 8:8

They are to bring a bull and its proper grain sacrifice of flour mixed with olive oil. And they must bring a second bull as a sacrifice for sin.

Numbers 6:16

The priest will take these gifts to my altar and offer them, so that I will be pleased and will forgive you.

Numbers 6:14

and offer three animals that have nothing wrong with them: a year-old ram as a sacrifice to please me, a year-old female lamb as a sacrifice for sin, and a full-grown ram as a sacrifice to ask my blessing.

Leviticus 16:21

There you will lay your hands on its head, while confessing every sin the people have committed, and you will appoint someone to lead the goat into the desert, so that it can take away their sins.

Leviticus 16:11

You must offer the bull as a sacrifice to ask forgiveness for your own sins and for the sins of your family.

Leviticus 16:6

Aaron, you must offer the bull as a sacrifice of forgiveness for your own sins and for the sins of your family.

Leviticus 14:22

Depending on what you can afford, you must also offer either two doves or two pigeons, one as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me.

Leviticus 9:7

Aaron, step up to the altar and offer the sacrifice to please the Lord, then offer the sacrifices for the forgiveness of your sins and for the sins of the people, just as the Lord has commanded.

Leviticus 8:34

We have obeyed the Lord in everything that has been done today, so that your sins may be forgiven.

Leviticus 8:18

Moses led out the ram for the sacrifice to please the Lord. After Aaron and his sons had laid their hands on its head,

Leviticus 5:7

If you are poor and cannot afford to bring an animal, you may bring two doves or two pigeons. One of these will be a sacrifice to ask my forgiveness, and the other will be a sacrifice to please me.

Leviticus 4:35

After this, all of the fat must be removed, just as when an animal is sacrificed to ask my blessing. Then the priest will send it up in smoke to me, together with a food offering, and your sin will be forgiven.

Leviticus 4:4

The priest will lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent, lay his hand on its head, and kill it there.

Leviticus 4:15

where your tribal leaders will lay their hands on its head, before having it killed in my presence.

Numbers 8:13

They will stand at my altar in front of Aaron and his sons, who will dedicate the Levites to me.

Leviticus 8:15

After it was killed, Moses dipped a finger in the blood and smeared some of it on each of the four corners of the bronze altar, before pouring out the rest at the foot of the altar. This purified the altar and made it a fit place for offering the sacrifice for sin.