¹⁵Then Moses slaughtered it, took the blood, and applied it with his finger to the horns of the altar on all sides, purifying^b the altar. He poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement can be made on it.^D^c

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Footnotes

DOr it by making atonement for it

Cross references

b Ex 29:36; Lv 14:49,52; Nm 19:19; Ps 51:7; Ezk 43:22–23; 45:18
c Ex 29:10–12,36–37; Lv 4:7

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he killed it, and Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it.

NLTNew Living Translation

and Moses slaughtered it. Moses took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on the four horns of the altar to purify it. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Through this process, he made the altar holy by purifying it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and he slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood and put it with his finger on the altar’s horns all around and purified the altar; then he poured the blood out on the altar’s base—thus he consecrated it in order to make atonement for it.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

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