Leviticus 8:18

18 Then he brought the ram of the burnt offering near, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the ram's 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 Then he took all the fat that [was] on the inner parts and the lobe on the liver and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses turned [them] into smoke on the altar,

17 but he burned the bull and its skin and its meat and its offal in the fire {outside the camp}, [just] as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

18 Then he brought the ram of the burnt offering near, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the ram's head,

19 and he slaughtered [it]. Then Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around.

20 Then he cut the ram into pieces, and Moses turned into smoke the head and the pieces and the suet,

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "And"