Leviticus 1:4

1:4 He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him to make atonement ¹  on his behalf.

Leviticus 4:10

4:10 – just as it is taken from the ox of the peace offering sacrifice ²  – and the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering.

Leviticus 4:29

4:29 He must lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter ³  the sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered.

Leviticus 7:8

Priestly Portions of Burnt and Grain Offerings

7:8 “‘As for the priest who presents someone’s burnt offering, the hide of that burnt offering which he presented belongs to him.

Leviticus 8:18

8:18 Then he presented the burnt offering ram and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,

Leviticus 9:13-14

9:13 The burnt offering itself they handed ⁴  to him by its parts, including the head, ⁵  and he offered them up in smoke on the altar, 9:14 and he washed the entrails and the legs and offered them up in smoke on top of the burnt offering on the altar.

Leviticus 14:19-20

14:19 “The priest must then perform the sin offering ⁶  and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he ⁷  is to slaughter the burnt offering, 14:20 and the priest is to offer ⁸  the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest is to make atonement for him and he will be clean.

¹ tn “To make atonement” is the standard translation of the Hebrew term כִּפֶּר, (kipper); cf. however TEV “as a sacrifice to take away his sins” (CEV similar). The English word derives from a combination of “at” plus Middle English “one[ment],” referring primarily to reconciliation or reparation that is made in order to accomplish reconciliation. The primary meaning of the Hebrew verb, however, is “to wipe [something off (or on)]” (see esp. the goal of the sin offering, Lev 4, “to purge” the tabernacle from impurities), but in some cases it refers metaphorically to “wiping away” anything that might stand in the way of good relations by bringing a gift (see, e.g., Gen 32:20 [21 HT], “to appease; to pacify” as an illustration of this). The translation “make atonement” has been retained here because, ultimately, the goal of either purging or appeasing was to maintain a proper relationship between the Lord (who dwelt in the tabernacle) and Israelites in whose midst the tabernacle was pitched (see R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:689-710 for a full discussion of the Hebrew word meaning “to make atonement” and its theological significance).

² tn Heb “taken up from”; KJV, ASV “taken off from”; NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV “removed.” See the notes on Lev 3:3-4 above (cf. also 3:9-10, 14-15).

³ tc The LXX has a plural form here (see v. 24 above and the note on Lev 1:5a).

⁴ tn See the note on v. 12.

⁵ tn Heb “and the burnt offering they handed to him to its parts and the head.”

⁵ tn Heb “do [or “make”] the sin offering.”

⁶ tn Heb “And after[ward] he [i.e., the offerer] shall slaughter.” The LXX adds “the priest” as the subject of the verb (as do several English versions, e.g., NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT), but the offerer is normally the one who does the actually slaughtering of the sacrificial animal (cf. the notes on Lev 1:5a, 6a, and 9a).

⁶ tn Heb “cause to go up.”