Topic
Hands; Hands, Imposition, Laying on of
36 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 48:14ISBE
And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim’s head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh’s head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Exodus 29:10ISBE
And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.
- Exodus 29:15ISBE
¶ Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
- Exodus 29:19ISBE
¶ And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
- Leviticus 1:4ISBE
And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him.
- Leviticus 3:2ISBE
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
- Leviticus 3:8ISBE
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron’s sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.
- Leviticus 3:13ISBE
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.
- Leviticus 4:4ISBE
And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock’s head, and kill the bullock before the LORD.
- Leviticus 4:24ISBE
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:29ISBE
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering.
- Leviticus 8:14ISBE
And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
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- Leviticus 16:21 ISBE
- Leviticus 24:14 ISBE
- Numbers 8:10 ISBE
- Numbers 27:18 ISBE
- Numbers 27:23 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 34:9 ISBE
- Matthew 9:18 ISBE
- Matthew 19:13 ISBE
- Matthew 19:15 ISBE
- Mark 6:5 ISBE
- Mark 10:16 ISBE
- Acts 6:6 ISBE
- Acts 8:15 ISBE
- Acts 8:17 ISBE
- Acts 8:18 ISBE
- Acts 8:19 ISBE
- Acts 12:17 ISBE
- Acts 13:3 ISBE
- Acts 19:6 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 1:14 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 4:14 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 5:22 ISBE
- 2 Timothy 1:6 ISBE
- Hebrews 6:2 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 42 references
im-po-zish'-un (epithesis cheiron, Ac 8:18; 1Ti 4:14; 2Ti 1:6; Heb 6:2): The act or ceremony of the imposition of hands appears in the Old Testament in various connections: in the act of blessing (Ge 48:14); in the ritual of sacrifice (hands of the offerer laid on head of victim, Ex 29:10,15,19; Le 1:4; 3:2,8,13; 4:4,24,29; 8:14; 16:21); in witness-bearing in capital offenses (Le 24:14). The tribe of Levi was set apart by solemn imposition of hands (Nu 8:10); Moses appointed Joshua to be his successor by a similar act (Nu 27:18,23; De 34:9). The idea in these cases varies with the purpose of the act. The primary idea seems to be that of conveyance or transference (compare Le 16:21), but, conjoined with this, in certain instances, are the ideas of identification and of devotion to God.
In the New Testament Jesus laid hands on the little children (Mt 19:13,15 parallel Mr 10:16) and on the sick (Mt 9:18; Mr 6:5, etc.), and the apostles laid hands on those whom they baptized that they might receive the Holy Spirit (Ac 8:17,19; 19:6), and in healing (Ac 12:17). Specially the imposition of hands was used in the setting apart of persons to a particular office or work in the church. This is noticed as taking place in the appointment of the Seven (Ac 6:6), in the sending out of Barnabas and Saul (Ac 13:3), at the ordination of Timothy (1Ti 4:14; 2Ti 1:6), but though not directly mentioned, it seems likely that it accompanied all acts of ordination of presbyters and deacons (compare 1Ti 5:22; Heb 6:2). The presbyters could hardly convey what they had not themselves received (1Ti 1:14). Here again the fundamental idea is communication. The act of laying on of hands was accompanied by prayer (Ac 6:6; 8:15; 13:3), and the blessing sought was imparted by God Himself. No ground is afforded by this symbolical action for a sacrament of "Orders."
See SACRIFICE; MINISTRY; ORDINATION.
James Orr
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.