Exodus 29:11

Exodus 29:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
• New International Version (NIV)Slaughter it in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

Context of Exodus 29:11

9And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. 10And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock. And thou shalt kill the bullock before Jehovah, at the door of the tent of meeting. 12And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. 13And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

Exodus 29:11 word by word

וְשָׁחַטְתָּ֥ אֶת־הַפָּ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃Read the interlinear

• doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• tentאֹ֫הֶל'ôhel · tentH168
• meetingמוֹעֵדmô‛êd mô‛êd mô‛âdâh · meetingH4150

Cross-references for Exodus 29:11

• Leviticus 1:4And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the burnt-offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
• Leviticus 8:15And 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 out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.
• Leviticus 9:8So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.
• Exodus 29:4And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water.
• Leviticus 1:3If his oblation be a burnt-offering of the herd, he shall offer it a male without blemish: he shall offer it at the door of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before Jehovah.

Commentaries on Exodus 29:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-37Verses 1-37 The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Exodus 29:4 Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3. Exodus 29:27 The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once. Exodus 29:33 A stranger - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10-34The consecration of Aaron's priesthood involved: a sin offering (29:10–14), a burnt offering (29:15–18), and an ordination offering (29:19–28). These patterns were later used for the people's regular offerings (see 29:38–46; Leviticus 1–5). In each case, Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the heads of the sacrificial animals (Exodus 29:10, 15, 19). This act showed that sin is a matter of life and death. God will only remove sin by a death. Because…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2210-22. And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle--This part of the ceremonial consisted of three sacrifices: (1) The sacrifice of a bullock, as a sin offering; and in rendering it, the priest was directed to put his hand upon the head of his sacrifice, expressing by that act a consciousness of personal guilt, and a wish that it might be accepted as a vicarious satisfaction. (2) The sacrifice of a ram as a burnt offering (Ex…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 29:11

• Bullock
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Anoint
• Burnt offering
• Consecrate
• Offer
• Perpetual
• Sinoffering
• Charge; Chargeable
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament

Commentaries on Exodus 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings