that the offerer was trusting himself to this provision of God. The life of the animal or bird was a substitute for the life of the offerer. When the life of the animal was poured out in death, this is what should have happened to the worshippers. It was just as if the persons bringing the sacrifices had died. Only in association with such sacrifices was the hand-laying ceremony commanded. Non-bloody sacrifices did not require this ritual. The reason for blood sacrifices in the first place was due