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He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt offering.
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Identifying with the Substitute
Commentators explain that the person who sinned, not the priest, would lay their hand on the animal's head. This physical act symbolized a personal confession and the transfer of their guilt to the sacrifice, which would then be killed in their place. This powerfully illustrates the concept of substitutionary atonement.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
And he shall lay. —The ritual prescribed in these verses is the same as that ordained in the case of the sin offering of the princ…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering His right hand, as the Ta…
Presbyterian
Here is the law of the sin-offering for a common person. To be able to plead, when charged with sin, that we did it ignorantly and through the surp…
