Leviticus 1:5
And he shall kill the bullock before the Lord: and the priests, Aaron’s sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Cross-references
In Leviticus 1:11, the identical blood-splashing ritual is prescribed for a sheep or goat offering.
In Leviticus 1:15, a different blood-handling for bird offerings — drained on altar side instead of splashed.
Leviticus 6:25 confirms that the sin offering is slaughtered in the same place as the burnt offering, linking the two rituals.
Leviticus 7:2 ties the guilt offering's slaughter site to that of the burnt offering, extending the same location pattern.
Leviticus 14:13 specifies the lamb for cleansing is killed in the same place as burnt and sin offerings, reinforcing the sacrificial location.
In Leviticus 3:2, the same slaughter and blood-splashing actions are used for a fellowship offering.
In Leviticus 3:8, the same procedure applies to a lamb fellowship offering.
In Leviticus 3:13, the same ritual actions are repeated for a goat fellowship offering.
Leviticus 4:24 specifies that the sin offering goat is killed in the same place as the burnt offering — linking the two sacrifices by location.
In Leviticus 5:9, the same blood-dashing action is prescribed for a sin offering, showing a common ritual pattern for different sacrifices.
In Leviticus 8:15, blood is applied to the altar horns and base during consecration, a different method than the dashing in the burnt offering.
1 Peter 1:2 applies the sprinkling of Christ's blood to believers' sanctification — echoing the OT blood sprinkling that set apart sacrifices.
Hebrews 12:24 refers to Jesus' sprinkled blood as the mediator of the new covenant — a direct contrast to the animal blood sprinkled here, which only foreshadowed.
Hebrews 10:11 contrasts the repeated daily sacrifices of the Levitical priests — like the burnt offering here — with Christ's single, effective sacrifice.
Isaiah 52:15 uses the same 'sprinkle' verb (yazzeh) in a Messianic prophecy — the servant's sprinkling of nations fulfills the OT sacrificial imagery.
In 2 Chronicles 29:22-24, Hezekiah's priests exactly follow this burnt offering blood ritual to restore temple worship.
Exodus 29:16 describes the same blood-sprinkling ritual for the ordination ram — an identical action in a different sacrificial context.
Ezekiel 43:18 describes throwing blood against the altar for burnt offerings, directly mirroring the blood-dashing ritual in Leviticus 1:5.
Exodus 29:11 also commands killing a bull at the tent of meeting entrance — the same location and procedure for the ordination sacrifice.
Ezekiel 36:25 describes God sprinkling clean water for purification — a different element but same ritual action of sprinkling for cleansing, foreshadowing spiritual renewal.
Exodus 24:6-8 records Moses sprinkling covenant blood on the altar — the same action of blood application seen here, but in a covenant-making context.
Deuteronomy 12:27 reiterates the blood-pouring ritual for burnt offerings, connecting to the same practice in Leviticus 1:5.
Numbers 18:17 prescribes sprinkling blood on the altar for firstborn animals — a parallel ritual but for a different category of offering.
Micah 6:6 references burnt offerings like this one, questioning their sufficiency apart from obedience.
In 2 Chronicles 30:16, priests throw blood during Passover, a related blood manipulation practice similar to the dashing in Leviticus 1:5.