Numbers 8:12

New American Bible - revised edition

The Levites in turn shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, offering one as a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.

Cross References

Exodus 29:10

Now bring forward the bull in front of the tent of meeting. There Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

Leviticus 1:4

and shall lay a hand on the head of the burnt offering, so that it may be acceptable to make atonement for the one who offers it.

Leviticus 14:22

and two turtledoves or pigeons, which the individual can more easily afford, the one as a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering.

Leviticus 16:11

Thus shall Aaron offer his bull for the purification offering, to make atonement for himself and for his family. When he has slaughtered it,

Leviticus 16:21

Laying both hands on its head, he shall confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and their trespasses, including all their sins, and so put them on the goat’s head. He shall then have it led into the wilderness by an attendant.

Leviticus 16:6

Aaron shall offer the bull, his purification offering, to make atonement for himself and for his household.

Leviticus 4:15

The elders of the community shall lay their hands on the bull’s head before the Lord. When the bull has been slaughtered before the Lord,

Leviticus 4:20

doing with this bull just as he did with the other bull of the purification offering; he will do the same thing. Thus the priest shall make atonement on their behalf, that they may be forgiven.

Leviticus 4:35

He shall remove all its fat just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the communion sacrifice. The priest shall burn these on the altar with the other oblations for the Lord. Thus the priest shall make atonement on the person’s behalf for the wrong committed, that the individual may be forgiven.

Leviticus 4:4

Bringing the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting, before the Lord, he shall lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before the Lord.

Leviticus 5:7

If, however, the person cannot afford an animal of the flock, that person shall bring to the Lord as reparation for the wrong committed two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a purification offering and the other for a burnt offering.

Leviticus 8:14

He brought forward the bull for a purification offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

Leviticus 8:15

When it was slaughtered, Moses took the blood and with his finger he put it on the horns around the altar, thus purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Thus he consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.

Leviticus 8:18

He next brought forward the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

Leviticus 8:34

What has been done today the Lord has commanded be done, to make atonement for you.

Leviticus 9:7

Approach the altar,” Moses then told Aaron, “and make your purification offering and your burnt offering in atonement for yourself and for your household; then make the offering of the people in atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded.”

Numbers 6:14

bringing their offerings to the Lord, one unblemished yearling lamb for a burnt offering, one unblemished yearling ewe lamb for a purification offering, one unblemished ram as a communion offering,

Numbers 6:16

The priest shall present them before the Lord, and shall offer up the purification offering and the burnt offering for them.

Numbers 8:13

Then you shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you shall present them as an elevated offering to the Lord;

Numbers 8:8

Then they shall take a bull from the herd, along with its grain offering of bran flour mixed with oil; and you shall take another bull from the herd for a purification offering.

Hebrews 9:22

According to the law almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.