Moses: as in verse 15 above, the text actually says “he killed it and Moses sprinkled….” But most versions see Moses as the subject of both verbs (see the remarks on verse 15).

Killed it: see verse 15.

Threw the blood … round about: see 1.5.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .