Leviticus 1:4-6

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⁴He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice], that it may be ^[a]accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.^(A) ⁵He shall kill the young bull before the Lord; and Aaron’s sons the priests shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting. ⁶Then he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces.

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Leviticus 1:4 By laying his hands on the head of the sacrifice the offerer identified himself with it and through its death it became an atonement or covering for his sin. Because the unblemished sacrifice “covered” his sin it placed the offerer in a right relationship with God, just as later under the new covenant the perfection and sacrifice of the Christ would cover the imperfection and sin of those who identified with Him and accepted Him as Savior.