Leviticus 3:2
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.
And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering,.... "His right hand with strength", the Targum of Jonathan says; perhaps both his hands were imposed; the Septuagint and Arabic versions read it in the plural number, "hands"; this same rite was used in the sacrifice of burnt offering, See Gill on "Leviticus 1:4"; which might be done in any place in the court where it was slain, only with this difference: according to Maimonides {d}, there was no confession of sin made at laying on of hands upon the peace offerings, but words of praise were spoken:
and kill it at the door of the congregation; it seems as if it was not the priest, but the owner that brought it, and laid his hands on it, that killed it; and so the last mentioned writer says, that slaying the peace offering by a stranger was right; and as he and others {e} say, it might be slain in any part of the court; it was not obliged to be slain in the north part of it, as the burnt offering was, Leviticus 1:11
and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about; in like manner as the blood of the burnt offering was, and it was done with two sprinklings, which were as four {f}; See Gill on "Leviticus 1:5" this was typical of the blood of Christ, called "the blood of sprinkling".
{d} Maaseh Hakorbanot, c. 3. sect. 15.
{e} Misn. Zebachim, c. 5. sect. 7.
{f} Misn. ib.