King James Version
Exodus 29:11 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.”
Exodus 29:11 · KJV
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. put: Heb. bind consecrate: Heb. fill the hand of
And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. the caul: it seemeth by anatomy, and the Hebrew doctors, to be the midriff
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properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the bullock”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“of the congregation”
H4150properly, an appointment, i.e., a fixed time or season; specifically, a festival; conventionally a year; by implication, an assembly (as convened for
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