“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.”
Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it. Moses slaughters the ordination sin offering — not Aaron, because Aaron is not yet installed as priest. The blood applied to all the horns of the altar by Moses purifies and consecrates the altar through atonement. The altar that will receive Israel's offerings for generations requires atonement before it receives its first official sacrifice. The principle that the sacred place requires the same atonement as the sacred person is established at the outset of the priestly ministry.
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