Leviticus 9:4-14

4 and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today 1the LORD will appear to you.' "
5 So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before the LORD.
6 Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded you to do, that 2the glory of the LORD may appear to you."
7 Moses then said to Aaron, "Come near to the altar and 3offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then make the offering for the people, that you may make atonement for them, just as the LORD has commanded."
8 4So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself.
9 5Aaron's sons presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood and 6put some on the horns of the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
10 The fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver of the sin offering, he then offered up in smoke on the altar just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
11 7The 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.

Leviticus 9:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 9

Aaron and his sons, being consecrated to and invested with the priest's office, are called upon to the exercise of it, to offer a sin offering and a burnt offering for themselves, and all sorts of offerings, a sin offering, a burnt offering, peace offerings, and a meat offering, for the people; and a promise is made for their encouragement, that the glory of the Lord would appear to them, Le 9:1-7 and which were in their course accordingly offered; first, Aaron's sin offering for himself, Le 9:8-11 then his burnt offering, Le 9:12-14 after that the several offerings of the people before mentioned, Le 9:15-21 when Aaron and Moses blessed the people, the one as soon as he had done offering, and both together when they came out of the tabernacle, Le 9:22,23 upon which a fire came forth from the Lord, and consumed the burnt offering upon the altar, Le 9:24.

Cross References 7

  • 1. Exodus 29:43
  • 2. Exodus 24:16; Leviticus 9:23
  • 3. Hebrews 5:3; Hebrews 7:27
  • 4. Leviticus 4:1-12
  • 5. Leviticus 9:12, 18
  • 6. Leviticus 4:7
  • 7. Leviticus 4:11, 12; Leviticus 8:17

Footnotes 4

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