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Leviticus 4:30 Explained in Context

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Verse 30. And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.

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This verse places blood on the outer altar horns and pours the remainder at its base.

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  • Leviticus 4:27-35

Start with 4:27-35 rather than Leviticus 4:30 alone. In that complete movement, this verse places blood on the outer altar horns and pours the remainder at its base. The unit's controlling claim is: A member of the people who learns of an inadvertent breach may bring a female goat or lamb; hand placement, slaughter, blood, fat, atonement, and forgiveness follow.

Why It Needs Context

This verse places blood on the outer altar horns and pours the remainder at its base. Its force depends on Leviticus 4:27-35, where the complete ritual, legal, narrative, or calendar movement supplies the teachable claim.

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Read Leviticus 4:27-35 — An ordinary person may bring a female goat or lamb
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

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Exact location: Leviticus 4:27-35, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus

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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 4:27-35

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