Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 7000 God's people » 7300 Institutions and culture of OT » 7454 sprinkling In the OT, the blood of a sacrificial animal was sprinkled against the altar as a sign of atonement or consecration to the LORD. The NT uses the same image to refer to the gaining of forgiveness through the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ. Sprinkling of an animal's blood as a sign of atonement On the altar Leviticus 7:2 See also Exodus 24:6; Leviticus 1:5,11; Leviticus 3:2,8,13; Leviticus 5:9; Leviticus 9:12,18; Leviticus 17:6; Numbers 18:17; 2 Kings 16:13,15; 2 Chronicles 29:22-24; 2 C 16; 2 C 11; Ezekiel 43:18,20; Hebrews 9:21 In front of the inner curtain in the tabernacle Leviticus 4:6 See also Leviticus 4:17 Towards the front of the Tent of Meeting On the front of the atonement cover On the door-frames of the houses where the Passover lamb was eaten Exodus 12:7 See also Exodus 12:22; Hebrews 11:28 Sprinkling of blood as a sign of consecration The consecration of people Exodus 24:8 See also Exodus 29:20-21; Leviticus 8:23; Hebrews 9:19 The consecration of the altar Sprinkling of oil as a sign of consecration Leviticus 8:11 See also Leviticus 8:30; Leviticus 14:15-16,27 Sprinkling (usually with water) as a sign of cleansing Numbers 8:7; Ezekiel 36:25 See also Leviticus 14:7,51; Numbers 19:13,18-21; Isaiah 52:15; Hebrews 9:13 Sprinkling as an image of forgiveness in Christ 1 Peter 1:2 See also Hebrews 9:11-14,18-28; Hebrews 10:22; Hebrews 12:24 Sprinkling of dust as a visible sign of mourning Joshua 7:6 See also Job 2:12; Lamentations 2:10; Ezekiel 27:30 See also
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