{God} told Moses, “You, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 elders (leaders) of Israel must come up the mountain and worship me from a distance.
Leviticus 4:15 - Easy To Read Version The elders (leaders) of the people must put their hands on the bull’s head in front of the Lord, and then a person must kill the bull in front of the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord. American Standard Version (1901) And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before Jehovah; and the bullock shall be killed before Jehovah. Common English Bible The community elders will press their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD and then slaughter it before the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version And the elders of the people shall place their hands upon its head in the sight of the Lord. And when the calf has been immolated in the sight of the Lord, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the ancients of the people shall put their hands upon the head thereof before the Lord. And the calf being immolated in the sight of the Lord: |
{God} told Moses, “You, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 elders (leaders) of Israel must come up the mountain and worship me from a distance.
Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and the 70 elders (leaders) of Israel went up the mountain.
“When a person offers one of his cows as a burnt offering, then that animal must be a bull that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [2] Then the Lord will accept the offering.
The person must put his hand on the animal’s head {while it is being killed}. The Lord will accept that burnt offering as payment to make that person pure. [3]
Aaron will put both his hands on the head of the living goat. Then Aaron will confess (admit) the sins and crimes of the people of Israel over the goat. In this way, Aaron will lay the people’s sins on the goat’s head. Then he will send the goat away to the desert. A man will be standing by, ready to lead this goat away.
Then the anointed priest [31] must get some of the bull’s blood and take it into the Meeting Tent.
The anointed priest must bring the bull to the entrance of the Meeting Tent [24] in front of the Lord. He must put his hand on the bull’s head and kill the bull in front of the Lord.
Then Moses brought the bull of the sin offering. Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
Then Moses brought the ram of the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons put their hands on the ram’s head.
Then Moses brought the other ram. This ram was used for appointing Aaron and his sons to become priests. Aaron and his sons put their hands on the ram’s head.
The Lord said to Moses, “Bring to me 70 of the elders of Israel. These men are the leaders among the people. Bring them to the Meeting Tent. [157] Let them stand there with you.
Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses. The Spirit [160] was on Moses. The Lord put that same Spirit on the 70 elders (leaders). After the Spirit came down on them, they began to prophesy. [161] But that was the only time these men ever did this.
Bring the Levite people before the Lord. The people of Israel will put their hands on them. [128]
“Tell the Levite people to put their hands on the heads of the bulls. One bull will be a sin offering to the Lord. The other bull will be used as a burnt offering to the Lord. These offerings will make the Levite people pure. [129]