Leviticus 16:14 
Context| NET © | Then he is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the eastern face of the atonement plate, 1 and in front of the atonement plate he is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger. 2 |
| NIV © | He is to take some of the bull’s blood and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover. |
| NASB © | "Moreover, he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; also in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. |
| NLT © | Then he must dip his finger into the blood of the bull and sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover and then seven times against the front of the Ark. |
| MSG © | He will take some of the bull's blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the Atonement-Cover, then sprinkle the blood before the Atonement-Cover seven times. |
| BBE © | And let him take some of the blood of the ox, shaking drops of it from his finger on the cover of the ark on the east side, and before it, seven times. |
| NRSV © | He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the front of the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle the blood with his finger seven times. |
| NKJV © | "He shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side ; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. |
| KJV | |
| NASB © | "Moreover, he shall take <03947> some <04480> of the blood <01818> of the bull <06499> and sprinkle <05137> it with his finger <0676> on the mercy <03727> seat <03727> on the east <06924> side; also in front <06440> of the mercy <03727> seat <03727> he shall sprinkle <05137> some <04480> of the blood <01818> with his finger <0676> seven <07651> times .<06471> |
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| LXXM | |
| NET © [draft] ITL | Then he is to take <03947> some of the blood <01818> of the bull <06499> and sprinkle <05137> it with his finger <0676> on <05921> the eastern <06924> face <06440> <06440> of the atonement plate <03727> , and in front <06440> of the atonement plate <03727> he is to sprinkle <05137> some <04480> of the blood <01818> seven <07651> times <06471> with his finger .<0676> |
| NET © | Then he is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the eastern face of the atonement plate, 1 and in front of the atonement plate he is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger. 2 |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “on the faces of the atonement plate toward the east.” Some have taken this to mean that the ark was stationed just behind the veil-canopy on the eastern side of the most holy place. Thus, the high priest would need to enter and walk toward the west end of the most holy place and then turn eastward in order to face the ark and sprinkle the blood in an eastward direction. The rendering here, however, requires that the ark was stationed on the western end, or perhaps in the middle of the area, so that as the priest entered he was already facing the ark and would sprinkle the blood on the eastern face of the atonement plate, in a westward direction (see, e.g., J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 239 versus J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:1032). 2 sn Presumably in this case the blood was sprinkled seven times on the ground in front of the ark on which the atonement plate was mounted. |
