Leviticus 4:6
And having dipped his finger in the blood, he shall sprinkle with it seven times before the Lord, before the veil of the sanctuary.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Cumque intinxerit digitum in sanguine, asperget eo septies coram Domino contra velum sanctuarii.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ βάψει ὁ ἱερεὺς τὸν δάκτυλον εἰς τὸ αἷμα, καὶ προσρανεῖ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος ἑπτάκις ἔναντι Κυρίου κατὰ τὸ καταπέτασμα τὸ ἅγιον·
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְטָבַ֧ל הַכֹּהֵ֛ן אֶת אֶצְבָּע֖וֹ בַּדָּ֑ם וְהִזָּ֨ה מִן הַדָּ֜ם שֶׁ֤בַע פְּעָמִים֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה אֶת פְּנֵ֖י פָּרֹ֥כֶת הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ
Haydock's commentary
Seven. A number consecrated in Scripture, (Calmet) and not superstitious. (Worthington)
Apuleius (Met. xi.) mentions it. Septies submerso fluctibus capite. (Calmet)
Sanctuary, or most holy place. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.