Leviticus 8:23

23 and he slaughtered [it]. Then Moses took {some of} its blood and put [it] on Aaron's right ear lobe and on his right hand's thumb and on his right foot's big toe.

Leviticus 8:23 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 8:23

(See Gill on Leviticus 8:22).

Leviticus 8:23 In-Context

21 but he washed the inner parts and the lower leg bones with water, and Moses turned into smoke all of the ram on the altar; it [was] a burnt offering as an appeasing fragrance, an offering made by fire for Yahweh, [just] as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

22 Then he brought the second ram near, the ram of the consecration, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the ram's head,

23 and he slaughtered [it]. Then Moses took {some of} its blood and put [it] on Aaron's right ear lobe and on his right hand's thumb and on his right foot's big toe.

24 Then he brought Aaron's sons near, and Moses put {some of} the blood on their right ear lobe and on their right hand's thumb and on their right foot's big toe, and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around.

25 Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all of the fat that [was] on the inner parts and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and their fat and the right upper thigh;

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "And"
• [b]. Literally "from"
• [c]. Or "he put"