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And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites.

Bible References

Levites

Exodus 29:10
"You are to present the bull at the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to put their hands on the head of the bull.
Leviticus 1:4
He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.
Leviticus 8:14
Then he brought near the sin offering bull and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the sin offering bull,
Leviticus 16:21
Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, and thus he is to put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready.

The one

Numbers 8:8
Then they are to take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with olive oil; and you are to take a second young bull for a purification offering.
Numbers 6:14
and he must present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb in its first year without blemish for a burnt offering, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish for a purification offering, one ram without blemish for a peace offering,
Leviticus 5:7
"'If he cannot afford an animal from the flock, he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, to the Lord, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.
Leviticus 8:14
Then he brought near the sin offering bull and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the sin offering bull,
Leviticus 9:7
Moses then said to Aaron, "Approach the altar and make your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement on behalf of yourself and on behalf of the people; and also make the people's offering and make atonement on behalf of them just as the Lord has commanded."
Leviticus 14:19
"The priest must then perform the sin offering and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he is to slaughter the burnt offering,
Hebrews 10:4
For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins.

Atonement

Leviticus 1:4
He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.
Leviticus 4:20
He must do with the rest of the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; this is what he must do with it. So the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven.
Leviticus 8:34
What has been done on this day the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you.
Leviticus 16:6
Then Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself and is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household.
Hebrews 9:22
Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

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