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14 Next Moses brought forward the bull for the purification offering. Aaron and his sons pressed their hands on its head. 15 Moses slaughtered it, then took the blood and, using his finger, put it on all of the altar’s horns, purifying the altar. He poured the rest of the blood out at the altar’s base. Then he made the altar holy so that reconciliation could be performed on it.[a] 16 Moses removed all the fat that was around the insides, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and he completely burned it on the altar.

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  1. Leviticus 8:15 Or to make reconciliation for it (i.e., the altar)

14 He then presented the bull(A) for the sin offering,(B) and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.(C) 15 Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood,(D) and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar(E) to purify the altar.(F) He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it.(G) 16 Moses also took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it on the altar.

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