Leviticus 9:9-19

9 1Aaron's sons presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood and 2put 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 3The 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 4goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first.
16 He also presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to 5the ordinance.
17 Next he presented 6the grain offering, and filled his hand with some of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar, 7besides * the burnt offering of the morning.
18 Then 8he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron's sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar.
19 As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, and the fat 9covering, and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver,

Leviticus 9:9-19 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 9

  • 1. Leviticus 9:12, 18
  • 2. Leviticus 4:7
  • 3. Leviticus 4:11, 12; Leviticus 8:17
  • 4. Leviticus 4:27-31
  • 5. Leviticus 1:1-13
  • 6. Leviticus 2:1-3
  • 7. Leviticus 3:5
  • 8. Leviticus 3:1-11
  • 9. Leviticus 3:9

Footnotes 5

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