Leviticus 1:4

4You are to lay your hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted on your behalf to make atonement for you.

4And he shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

4He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf.

4He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the sacrifice], that it may be 1:4 By laying his hands on the head of the sacrifice the offerer identified himself with it and through its death it became an atonement or covering for his sin. Because the unblemished sacrifice “covered” his sin it placed the offerer in a right relationship with God, just as later under the new covenant the perfection and sacrifice of the Christ would cover the imperfection and sin of those who identified with Him and accepted Him as Savior.accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf. [Heb 13:15, 16; 1 Pet 1:2]

4He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

4They must place their hand on the head of the burnt offering. Then the Lord will accept it in place of them. It will pay for their sin.