Leviticus 9:13

13 They handed the burnt offering to him in pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar.

Leviticus 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 9:13

And they presented the burnt offering to him
After it was cut in pieces, as the ram of the burnt offering was by Moses, ( Leviticus 8:20 ) and so it was done to this, as appears by what follows: with the pieces thereof, and the head, and he burnt them upon the
altar;
the Septuagint version is, "he put them on the altar".

Leviticus 9:13 In-Context

11 The flesh and the skin, however, he burned with fire outside the camp.

12 Then he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar.

13 They handed the burnt offering to him in pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar.

14 He also washed the entrails and the legs, and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar.

15 Then he presented the people's offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "its pieces"