Leviticus 8:18

18 He offered also a ram for holocaust. And when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon its head:

Leviticus 8:18 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 8:18

And he brought the ram for the burnt offering
One of the two he was ordered to take, ( Leviticus 8:2 )

and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram;
as they had done before on the head of the bullock, see ( Leviticus 8:14 ) their right hands, as the Targum of Jonathan, and that at the same time; not first Aaron and then his sons, as a famous grammarian, Aben Ezra makes mention of, thought; but, as he himself says, they laid them on together.

Leviticus 8:18 In-Context

16 But the fat that was upon the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two little kidneys, with their fat, he burnt upon the altar.
17 And the calf with the skin, and the flesh and the dung, he burnt without the camp, as the Lord had commanded.
18 He offered also a ram for holocaust. And when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon its head:
19 He immolated it, and poured the blood thereof round about the altar.
20 And cutting the ram into pieces, the head thereof, and the joints, and the fat he burnt in the fire.
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