“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.”
The priest shall then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the Lord in the tent of meeting. The rest of the bull's blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting. The blood applied to the horns of the incense altar — the altar of prayer in the Holy Place — cleanses the altar of fragrant incense from the contamination that the high priest's sin has potentially introduced. The blood poured at the base of the burnt offering altar completes the blood application: from the incense altar in the Holy Place to the base of the burnt offering altar in the courtyard, the entire sacred complex is addressed by the blood of the high priest's sin offering.
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