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A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | © A Dictionary of the Bible 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

laying on of hands A ritual gesture in the OT; it is the means by which a man could enable a sacrificed animal to be his representative (Lev. 1: 3–4); and the means by which God's authority is transmitted, as by Moses to Joshua (Num. 27: 18). In the NT Jesus laid his hands on the sick to heal them (Mark 6: 5). In the Church it was a ritual act within the rites of initiation (Acts 8: 14–17) conferring the gift of the Holy Spirit, or marking a new stage in the progress of the Gospel (Acts 13: 3; 19: 6).

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