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Leviticus 1:4

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And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
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  1. 2 Chronicles 29:23–24Rank 1 from verse 4
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    23And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them:

    24And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel.

  2. Leviticus 3:2Rank 2 from verse 4
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    2And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

  3. Leviticus 3:8Rank 3 from verse 4
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    8And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

  4. Exodus 29:10Rank 4 from verse 4
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    10And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

  5. Exodus 29:15Rank 5 from verse 4
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    15¶ Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

  6. Leviticus 4:20Rank 6 from verse 4
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    20And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them.

  7. Leviticus 4:26Rank 7 from verse 4
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    26And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.

  8. Romans 12:1Rank 8 from verse 4
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    1I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

  9. 1 John 2:2Rank 9 from verse 4
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    2And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

  10. Exodus 29:19Rank 10 from verse 4
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    19¶ And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

  11. Leviticus 3:13Rank 11 from verse 4
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    13And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

  12. Leviticus 4:15Rank 12 from verse 4
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    15And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.

  13. Leviticus 4:31Rank 13 from verse 4
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    31And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the Lord; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.

  14. Philippians 4:18Rank 14 from verse 4
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    18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God.

  15. Isaiah 56:7Rank 15 from verse 4
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    7Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

  16. Leviticus 16:21Rank 16 from verse 4
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    21And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:

  17. Leviticus 16:24Rank 17 from verse 4
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    24And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people.

  18. Leviticus 4:24Rank 18 from verse 4
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    24And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord: it is a sin offering.

  19. Leviticus 4:29Rank 19 from verse 4
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    29And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

  20. Leviticus 4:35Rank 20 from verse 4
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    35And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the Lord: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.

  21. Leviticus 4:4Rank 21 from verse 4
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    4And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the Lord.

  22. Leviticus 8:14Rank 22 from verse 4
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    14And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.

  23. Leviticus 8:22Rank 23 from verse 4
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    22¶ And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

  24. Leviticus 9:7Rank 24 from verse 4
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    7And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.

  25. Numbers 15:25Rank 25 from verse 4
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    25And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord, for their ignorance:

  26. 2 Corinthians 5:20–21Rank 26 from verse 4
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    20Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.

    21For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

  27. Hebrews 10:4Rank 27 from verse 4
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    4For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

  28. Romans 3:25Rank 28 from verse 4
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    25Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

  29. Romans 5:11Rank 29 from verse 4
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    11And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

  30. Daniel 9:24Rank 30 from verse 4
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    24Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.

  31. Isaiah 53:4–6Rank 31 from verse 4
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    4¶ Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

    5But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

    6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  32. Leviticus 22:21Rank 32 from verse 4
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    21And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein.

  33. Leviticus 22:27Rank 33 from verse 4
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    27When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

  34. Leviticus 5:6Rank 34 from verse 4
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    6And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.

  35. Leviticus 6:7Rank 35 from verse 4
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    7And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the Lord: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein.

  36. Numbers 15:28Rank 36 from verse 4
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    28And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the Lord, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him.

  37. Numbers 25:13Rank 37 from verse 4
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    13And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.

  38. Numbers 8:12Rank 38 from verse 4
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    12And 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.

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Leviticus 1:4

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

put

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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

hand

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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

upon

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1. Marks the person, place, thing, or basis to which something is related: on or onto; above or over; toward or against as the target of action, speech, thought, attention, or force; resting on, assigned to, or affecting as a state, gift, burden, duty, guilt, or judgment; supported by or based on; or one placed, added, or repeated on or after another. 2. With a stated time or occasion, or a preceding event, at that time or point, or at or after that event: on, at, when, then, or following it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

head

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The upper part of the body; a chief, source, summit, or leading position.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

offering

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Sense 1: A gift, contribution, sacrifice, or other thing presented to God or another. Sense 2: The act of presenting, bringing, or giving something; also the present-participial form of offer.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

accepted

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1. Received, approved, or regarded with favour. 2. Of a time, favourable.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

make

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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

atonement

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Sense 1: The act or appointed means of making reconciliation for sin, uncleanness, or offense. Sense 2: Reconciliation received.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1:1AND the Lord called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying,

1:2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the Lord, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.

1:3If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.

1:4And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.

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1:5And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

1:6And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces.

1:7And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

1:8And the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

1:9But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

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