Leviticus 3:2
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He is to lay his hand on the head of the offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on all sides of the altar.
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You are to present the bull at the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
You killed the Author of life, but God raised Him from the dead, and we are witnesses of the fact.
When God raised up His Servant, He sent Him first to you to bless you by turning each of you from your wicked ways.”
Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.