Lev 8:15 | HCSB | STEP | Then Moses slaughtered it, took the blood , and applied it with his finger to the horns of the altar on all sides , purifying the altar . He poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement can be made on it.

b Ex 29:36; Lv 14:49,52; Nm 19:19; Ps 51:7; Ezk 43:22-23; 45:18

Leviticus 8:15

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