Exodus 29:15

Thou shalt also take one ram— The one, or one of the rams. See Exodus 29:1; Exodus 29:19. This was to be sacrificed as a burnt-offering; the whole of it being to be burnt upon the altar, Exodus 29:18. All the blood of it was to be sprinkled round about upon the altar; Leviticus 5:11 in this and in other respects differing from the sin-offering. "Being in the nature of a gift presented in token of gratitude to God, and of devoting themselves wholly to his service," says Bishop Patrick, "the burnt-offering was to be entirely consumed upon the altar; to shew, that after penitent confession of sin, God is reconciled (through the Great Sin-offering) to sinners, and accepts of their gifts."