“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.”
You are to slaughter it at the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron's sons the priests shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar. The north side of the altar is the designated location for slaughtering burnt offerings from the flock — a specific spatial regulation that orders the courtyard's worship. The precision of the location communicates the ordered nature of the covenant's approach to God: not any place, but this place. Ezekiel 40:39–43 describes the future temple's slaughtering tables at the north gate, maintaining the same spatial orientation. The blood splashed against the altar's sides by the priests is the same act as in verse 5.
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