Leviticus 4:15

And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the Lord: and the bullock shall be killed before the Lord.

Cross-reference

Leviticus 4:24 applies the same hand-laying and killing ritual to the sin offering for a leader, mirroring the congregation's offering.

Leviticus 4:29 shows the same hand-laying and killing ritual for the common person's sin offering, consistent with the congregation's procedure.

Leviticus 4:4 describes the anointed priest laying his hand on the bull's head—same action but performed by a different person (priest vs. elders).

Leviticus 16:21 uses the same hand-laying ritual for the scapegoat, transferring the congregation's sins onto the goat.

Leviticus 1:4 has the offerer lay his hand on the burnt offering for acceptance—same gesture but for a different offering type.

Leviticus 3:8 also involves laying on of hands and killing for peace offerings, showing a common ritual pattern.

Deuteronomy 21:3-9 has elders of the town lay hands on a heifer for atonement—a parallel ritual of elders transferring guilt via hand-laying.

2 Chronicles 29:23 Historical context

2 Chronicles 29:23 records a later fulfillment where the assembly lays hands on sin offering goats during Hezekiah's reform.