Leviticus 4:15 records elders laying hands on a bull for the community's sin offering; here the king and assembly lay hands on goats, mirroring the communal sin ritual.

Leviticus 4:24 prescribes laying a hand on a goat for a leader's sin offering; here the same gesture is performed on goats for all Israel, extending the rite.

Leviticus 1:4 describes laying a hand on the burnt offering for acceptance; here the same act is done on sin offering goats, showing hand-laying for atonement.