The Meaning of Leviticus 4:29 Explained

Leviticus 4:29

KJV: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.

YLT: and he hath laid his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and hath slaughtered the sin-offering in the place of the burnt-offering.

Darby: And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin-offering, and slaughter the sin-offering at the place of the burnt-offering.

ASV: And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin-offering, and kill the sin-offering in the place of burnt-offering.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And he shall lay  his hand  upon the head  of the sin offering,  and slay  the sin offering  in the place  of the burnt offering. 

What does Leviticus 4:29 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 4:22-35 - Sin-Offerings For Rulers And People
The character of the sin for which the sin-offering was presented is expressed by the words, repeated again and again, "through ignorance," or "unwittingly," or "through error." It is the word used of the unintentional man-slayer, who, without premeditation, might kill another. See Numbers 35:1-34. God's Word distinguishes deliberate, willful sin from that of which it may be said, "they know not what they do;" or, "I wot that through ignorance ye did it." See Luke 23:34; Acts 3:17. While the blood of the offering for the priest and the congregation was brought into the holy place and sprinkled seven times before the Lord, the blood of the offerings for the ruler or the individual was sprinkled only on the horns of the altar. The hue of the sin was not so dark in the latter case as where there was greater knowledge of God's will. In Luke 12:47-48, our Lord makes a similar distinction. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 4

1  The sin offering of ignorance
3  for the priest
13  for the congregation
22  for the ruler
27  for any of the people

What do the individual words in Leviticus 4:29 mean?

And he shall lay - his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering
וְסָמַךְ֙ אֶת־ יָד֔וֹ עַ֖ל רֹ֣אשׁ הַֽחַטָּ֑את וְשָׁחַט֙ הַ֣חַטָּ֔את בִּמְק֖וֹם הָעֹלָֽה

וְסָמַךְ֙  And  he  shall  lay 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: סָמַךְ  
Sense: to lean, lay, rest, support, put, uphold, lean upon.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
יָד֔וֹ  his  hand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
רֹ֣אשׁ  the  head 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
הַֽחַטָּ֑את  of  the  sin  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
וְשָׁחַט֙  and  kill 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁחַט 
Sense: to kill, slaughter, beat.
הַ֣חַטָּ֔את  the  sin  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
בִּמְק֖וֹם  at  the  place 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָקֹום  
Sense: standing place, place.
הָעֹלָֽה  of  the  burnt  offering 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֹלָה  
Sense: whole burnt offering.