Levitico 9:2

2 E disse ad Aaronne: Prenditi un vitello per sacrificio per lo peccato, e un montone per olocausto; amendue senza difetto; e presentali davanti al Signore.

Levitico 9:2 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 9:2

And he said unto Aaron
In the presence of the people of Israel:

take thee a young calf for a sin [offering];
one not exceeding a year old, as in ( Leviticus 9:3 ) but this was not for the sin of making the calf only, to which the Jewish writers restrain it, but for all other sins of his, which it was necessary should be expiated before he offered sacrifices for the sins of others:

and a ram for a burnt offering;
being a strong and innocent creature, was a proper emblem of Christ, the Lamb of God, that takes away by his sacrifice the sins of men:

without blemish;
this character belongs, as Aben Ezra observes, both to the calf and ram, which were both to be without spot, and so proper types of Christ the Lamb without spot and blemish, free both from original and actual sin:

and offer [them] before the Lord;
on the altar of burnt offering, which stood in the court of the tabernacle near where Jehovah was, to whom every sacrifice for sin was to be offered, being committed against him, and whose justice must be satisfied for it.

Levitico 9:2 In-Context

1 E L’OTTAVO giorno appresso, Mosè chiamò Aaronne e i suoi figliuoli, e gli Anziani d’Israele.

2 E disse ad Aaronne: Prenditi un vitello per sacrificio per lo peccato, e un montone per olocausto; amendue senza difetto; e presentali davanti al Signore.

3 E parla a’ figliuoli d’Israele, dicendo; Prendete un becco per sacrificio per lo peccato, e un vitello, e un agnello, amendue di un anno, senza difetto, per olocausto;

4 e un bue, e un montone, per sacrificio da render grazie, per sacrificarli davanti al Signore; e una offerta di panatica intrisa con olio; perchè oggi il Signore vi apparirà.

5 Essi adunque presero le cose che Mosè avea comandate, e le addussero davanti al Tabernacolo della convenenza; e tutta la raunanza si accostò, e stette in piè davanti al Signore.