Levitico 9:7

7 E Mosè disse ad Aaronne: "Accostati all’altare; offri il tuo sacrifizio per il peccato e il tuo olocausto, e fa’ l’espiazione per te e per il popolo; presenta anche l’offerta del popolo e fa’ l’espiazione per esso, come l’Eterno ha ordinato".

Levitico 9:7 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 9:7

And Moses said unto Aaron
This is only observed to show, that as Aaron did not take upon him this office of himself, but was called unto it, and invested with it, by the appointment of God, so neither did he enter upon it but through the call of God by Moses, in the sight of the congregation:

go unto the altar, and offer thy sin [offering], and thy burnt
offering;
the young calf and ram:

and make an atonement for thyself and for the people;
first for himself, and then for the people; for, as Aben Ezra says, a man cannot atone for another until he is pure from all sin; which is a character only to be found in Christ, our great High Priest, and so a proper person to atone for and take away the sins of others: hence the priests under the law, with their sacrifices, could never take away sin really, only typically; and this shows the imperfection of the Levitical priesthood, that the priests of that order were obliged to offer first for their own sins; this our high priest, of another order, needed not to do; see ( Hebrews 7:27 Hebrews 7:28 )

and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them;
typical of the true and full atonement made by Christ, when he offered himself without spot to God:

as the Lord commanded;
Aaron to do, and as he commanded Christ, his Son and our surety, the antitype of Aaron, ( John 10:18 ) ( 14:31 ) .

Levitico 9:7 In-Context

5 Essi dunque menarono davanti alla tenda di convegno le cose che Mosè aveva ordinate; e tutta la raunanza si accostò, e si tenne in piè davanti all’Eterno.

6 E Mosè disse: "Questo è quello che l’Eterno vi ha ordinato; fatelo, e la gloria dell’Eterno vi apparirà".

7 E Mosè disse ad Aaronne: "Accostati all’altare; offri il tuo sacrifizio per il peccato e il tuo olocausto, e fa’ l’espiazione per te e per il popolo; presenta anche l’offerta del popolo e fa’ l’espiazione per esso, come l’Eterno ha ordinato".

8 Aaronne dunque s’accostò all’altare e scannò il vitello del sacrifizio per il peccato, ch’era per sé.

9 E i suoi figliuoli gli porsero il sangue, ed egli intinse il dito nel sangue, ne mise sui corni dell’altare, e sparse il resto del sangue appiè dell’altare;