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Lev 8:15 — And he slew [it]; and Moses took the blood, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

he slew it		Lev 1:5,11; Lev 3:2,8; Exd 29:10,11
Moses		Lev 4:7,17,18,30; Exd 29:12,36,37; Eze 43:19-27; Hbr 9:18-23
to make		"Lev 6:30; Lev 16:20; 2Ch 29:24; Eze 45:20; Dan 9:24; Rom 5:10; 2Cr 5:18-21; Eph 2:16; Col 1:21,22; Hbr 2:17; The beginning of this verse may be rendered, ""And Moses slew it, and took the blood,"" etc. We find it expressly said in Exodus, that Moses slew the sacrifices.; Exd 29:11; Yet, in general, the offerer seems to have killed his own sacrifice."

Correlating Passages

he slew it

	Lev 1:5	And 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.
	Lev 1:11	And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.
	Lev 3:2	And 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.
	Lev 3:8	And 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.
	Exd 29:10	And 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.
	Exd 29:11	And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Moses

	Lev 4:7	And the priest shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which [is] in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
	Lev 4:17	And the priest shall dip his finger [in some] of the blood, and sprinkle [it] seven times before the LORD, [even] before the vail.
	Lev 4:18	And he shall put [some] of the blood upon the horns of the altar which [is] before the LORD, that [is] in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which [is at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
	Lev 4:30	And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar.
	Exd 29:12	And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
	Exd 29:36	And thou shalt offer every day a bullock [for] a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
	Exd 29:37	Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
	Eze 43:19	And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering.
	Eze 43:20	And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put [it] on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it.
	Eze 43:21	Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary.
	Eze 43:22	And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse [it] with the bullock.
	Eze 43:23	When thou hast made an end of cleansing [it], thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish.
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	Hbr 9:18	Whereupon neither the first [testament] was dedicated without blood.
	Hbr 9:19	For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,
	Hbr 9:20	Saying, This [is] the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
	Hbr 9:21	Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
	Hbr 9:22	And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
	Hbr 9:23	[It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

to make

	Lev 6:30	And no sin offering, whereof [any] of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile [withal] in the holy [place], shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
	Lev 16:20	And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy [place], and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat:
	2Ch 29:24	And 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.
	Eze 45:20	And so thou shalt do the seventh [day] of the month for every one that erreth, and for [him that is] simple: so shall ye reconcile the house.
	Dan 9:24	Seventy 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.
	Rom 5:10	For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
	2Cr 5:18	And all things [are] of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
	2Cr 5:19	To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
	2Cr 5:20	Now 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.
	2Cr 5:21	For he hath made him [to be] sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
	Eph 2:16	And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby:
	Col 1:21	And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in [your] mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled
	Col 1:22	In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
	Hbr 2:17	Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto [his] brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things [pertaining] to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
	Exd 29:11	And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Scott, Thomas. "Leviticus 8:15," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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