Leviticus 8:10-20

10 Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it to consecrate them.

11 He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.^[a]

12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed and consecrated him.^[b]

13 Then Moses presented Aaron's sons, clothed them with tunics, wrapped sashes around them, and fastened headbands on them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

14 Then he brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering.

15 Then Moses slaughtered [it],^[c] took the blood, and applied it with his finger to the horns of the altar on all sides, purifying the altar. He poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it by making atonement for it.^[d]

16 Moses took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and he burned them on the altar.^[e]

17 He burned up the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded Moses.^[f]

18 Then he presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

19 Moses slaughtered it^[g] and^[h] sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.

20 Moses cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the suet,

Leviticus 8:10-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 8

The order for the consecration of Aaron and his sons is renewed, Le 8:1-3 which accordingly was set about and performed by Moses, Le 8:4,5 who having first washed and clothed them, first Aaron, and then his sons, with the garments of the priesthood, anointing at the same time the tabernacle of the altar, and what appertained to them and Aaron also, Le 8:6-13 and then he slew the bullock for the sin offering, and the ram for the burnt offering, and the ram of consecration; and did with the blood, fat, shoulder, and breast, and the meat offering belonging thereunto, as he had been directed, Le 8:14-30 and the chapter is concluded with some instructions about boiling the flesh, and burning the remainder of it, and keeping the charge of the Lord night and day for seven days, Le 8:31-36.

Footnotes

• [a] Ex 30:18-28; 38:8; 40:7-11
• [b] Lv 21:10-12; Ex 29:7; 30:30
• [c] Or offering, and he slaughtered [it]. 15 Then Moses
• [d] Lv 4:7; Ex 29:10-12,36-37
• [e] Lv 4:7-10; Ex 29:13
• [f] Lv 4:12; Ex 29:14
• [g] Lv 8:14-15
• [h] Or ram, 19 and he slaughtered it. Moses