'Hands' in the Bible

The elders of the community are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the Lord and it is to be slaughtered before the Lord.

His own hands will bring the fire offerings to the Lord. He will bring the fat together with the breast. The breast is to be waved as a presentation offering before the Lord.

Then he brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering.

Then he presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Next he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then Moses sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.

He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the Lord as a presentation offering.

Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering for a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord.

Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. He came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering.

If the man with the discharge touches anyone without first rinsing his hands in water, the person who was touched is to wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

Aaron will lay both his hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the Israelites’ wrongdoings and rebellious acts—all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the man appointed for the task.

“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands.

If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has shamed his father. Both of them must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.

If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own hands.

If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed a detestable thing. They must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.

A man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their blood is on their own hands.”

“Bring the one who has cursed to the outside of the camp and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole community stone him.

I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a pestilence among you, and you will be delivered into enemy hands.