¹² Take some of the bull’s blood and put it on the horns^(A) of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar.^(B)

² Make a horn^(A) at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze.

⁹ His sons brought the blood to him,^(A) and he dipped his finger into the blood and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.^(B)

¹⁵ Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood,^(A) and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar^(B) to purify the altar.^(C) He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it.^(D)

² It is to be square, a cubit long and a cubit wide, and two cubits high^[a]—its horns^(A) of one piece with it.