Leviticus 8:14-36

14 Then he brought 1the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons 2laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
15 And he[a] killed it, and 3Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it.
16 4And he took all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.
17 But 5the bull and its skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the camp, as the LORD commanded Moses.
18 6Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
19 And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar.
20 He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned 7the head and the pieces and the fat.
21 He washed the entrails and the legs with water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering for the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses.
22 Then 8he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
23 And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and 9put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
24 Then he presented Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar.
25 Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat and the right thigh,
26 and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened loaf and one loaf of bread with oil and one wafer and placed them on the pieces of fat and on the right thigh.
27 And he put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering before the LORD.
28 Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
29 And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD. It was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, as the LORD commanded Moses.
30 Then 10Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'
32 And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire.
33 And you shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for it 11will take seven days to ordain you.
34 As has been done today, the LORD has commanded to be done to make atonement for you.
35 At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the LORD has 12charged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded."
36 And Aaron and his sons did all the things that the LORD commanded by Moses.

Leviticus 8:14-36 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 8

The order for the consecration of Aaron and his sons is renewed, Le 8:1-3 which accordingly was set about and performed by Moses, Le 8:4,5 who having first washed and clothed them, first Aaron, and then his sons, with the garments of the priesthood, anointing at the same time the tabernacle of the altar, and what appertained to them and Aaron also, Le 8:6-13 and then he slew the bullock for the sin offering, and the ram for the burnt offering, and the ram of consecration; and did with the blood, fat, shoulder, and breast, and the meat offering belonging thereunto, as he had been directed, Le 8:14-30 and the chapter is concluded with some instructions about boiling the flesh, and burning the remainder of it, and keeping the charge of the Lord night and day for seven days, Le 8:31-36.

Cross References 12

  • 1. Ezekiel 43:19
  • 2. Leviticus 4:4
  • 3. Leviticus 4:7; Ezekiel 43:20, 26; [Hebrews 9:22]
  • 4. Leviticus 3:4; Leviticus 4:8
  • 5. Leviticus 4:11, 12
  • 6. ver. 2
  • 7. Leviticus 1:8
  • 8. ver. 2
  • 9. See Leviticus 14:14-17
  • 10. Exodus 30:30; Numbers 3:3
  • 11. Ezekiel 43:25, 26
  • 12. Numbers 3:7; Numbers 9:19; Deuteronomy 11:1; 1 Kings 2:3; Zechariah 3:7

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Probably Aaron or his representative; possibly Moses; also verses 16-23
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