Leviticus 4:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

sprinkle. Hebrew throw, or splash.

seven times. The number of spiritual perfection. See App-10.

before. Not in the Hebrew. On vail or floor. Explanatory of previous sentence. Or, may. before the LORD, by Figure of speech Metonymy (App-6.)

vail. Type of the perfect humanity of Christ. No avail for purposes of atonement without blood. We are saved by His death, not by His life (Ephesians 2:13).

Leviticus 4:6

6 And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary.