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18 He shall also put some of the blood on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord in the Tent of Meeting. All the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar for burnt offerings, which is at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 19 He is to reserve all its fat and send it up in smoke on the altar. 20 He is to perform the same procedure for this bull as he performed for the bull of the sin offering. He shall perform the same procedure for it.[a] This is the way the priest is to make atonement for them, so that they may be forgiven.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 4:20 These regulations have much emphatic repetition. Such repetition is typical of law codes.

18 He is to put some of the blood(A) on the horns of the altar that is before the Lord(B) in the tent of meeting. The rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar(C) of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 19 He shall remove all the fat(D) from it and burn it on the altar,(E) 20 and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement(F) for the community, and they will be forgiven.(G)

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