⁸ lay your hand on its head and slaughter it^(A) in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar.

¹¹ The Passover lambs were slaughtered,^(A) and the priests splashed against the altar the blood handed to them, while the Levites skinned the animals.

²⁴ to Jesus the mediator^(A) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood^(B) that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.^(C)

² who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge^(A) of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit,^(B) to be obedient^(C) to Jesus Christ and sprinkled with his blood:^(D)

Grace and peace be yours in abundance.^(E)