Leviticus 9:1

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1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.

Leviticus 9:1 in Other Translations

1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;

1 On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,

1 After the ordination ceremony, on the eighth day, Moses called together Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.

1 On the eighth day, Moses called in Aaron and his sons and the leaders of Israel.

1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel.

Leviticus 9:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 9:1

And it came to pass on the eighth day
When the seven days of consecration were ended, as Ben Gersom, the day following them, so soon was Aaron called to the execution of his office; and so both the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi make it to be the eighth day of the consecration, or the day after the anointing of Aaron and his sons, and which they both say was the beginning, or first day of Nisan, the day the tabernacle was erected by Moses: but that seems to have been set up before the consecration; rather this was, as Aben Ezra says, the eighth day of the month Nisan or March, and was the eighth day of the consecration, which began at the first day, on which day the tabernacle was set up, ( Exodus 40:2 ) :

[that] Moses, called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
Aaron and his sons to enter upon their office, by offering sacrifices for themselves, and for the people, and the elders to be witnesses thereof.

Leviticus 9:1 In-Context

1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.

2 He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for your sin offering and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the LORD.

3 Then say to the Israelites: ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without defect—for a burnt offering,

4 and an ox and a ram for a fellowship offering to sacrifice before the LORD, together with a grain offering mixed with olive oil. For today the LORD will appear to you.’ ”

5 They took the things Moses commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the entire assembly came near and stood before the LORD.

Cross References

• 1. Ezekiel 43:27
• 2. S Leviticus 4:15