“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.”
You are to lay your hand on its head and slaughter it in front of the tent of meeting. Then Aaron's sons shall splash its blood against the sides of the altar. The hand-laying, slaughter, and blood-splash for the lamb follow the pattern established for every sacrifice: the offerer identifies, kills, and the priests apply the blood. The consistency of the ritual pattern across the different animals communicates the consistency of the theological principle: every sacrifice, regardless of the species, mediates covenant relationship through the same acts of identification, death, and blood application. The pattern is the covenant's grammar.
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