Leviticus 9:8

8 So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.

Leviticus 9:8 in Other Translations

8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

8 So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

8 So Aaron went to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.

8 Aaron approached the Altar and slaughtered the calf as an Absolution-Offering for himself.

8 So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.

Leviticus 9:8 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 9:8

Aaron therefore went unto the altar
Of burnt offering, freely and cheerfully, at the direction and introduction of Moses, who acted in this affair in the name of the Lord:

and slew the calf of the sin [offering], which [was] for himself;
which was to be offered first, as it was proper it should, that, atonement being made for his sins, his after burnt offering might be accepted with God, and he be fit to offer the sacrifices of the people: the calf he slew on the north side of the altar, where all the sin offerings and burnt offerings were slain; see ( Leviticus 1:11 ) ( 6:25 ) .

Leviticus 9:8 In-Context

6 Then Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.”

7 Moses said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and the people; sacrifice the offering that is for the people and make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”

8 So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.

9 His sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.

10 On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD commanded Moses;

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 4:1-12; Leviticus 10:19