One ram. — Heb., the one ram: i.e., one of the two rams already mentioned in Exodus 29:1.
Put their hands upon the head of the ram.
— Again identifying themselves with the animal, as in Exodus 29:10, but with a different purpose from their former one. Then they transferred their sins to the victim; now they claimed a part in the victim’s dedication to God, offering themselves with it, and becoming, themselves, “a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord” (Exodus 29:18).