Leviticus 9:15

15 Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first one.

Leviticus 9:15 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
15 And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
English Standard Version (ESV)
15 Then he presented the people's offering and took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and killed it and offered it as a sin offering, like the first one.
New Living Translation (NLT)
15 Next Aaron presented the offerings of the people. He slaughtered the people’s goat and presented it as an offering for their sin, just as he had first done with the offering for his own sin.
The Message Bible (MSG)
15 Next Aaron presented the offerings of the people. He took the male goat, the Absolution-Offering for the people, slaughtered it, and offered it as an Absolution-Offering just as he did with the first offering.
American Standard Version (ASV)
15 And he presented the people's oblation, and took the goat of the sin-offering which was for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
15 He brought the people's offerings. He took the male goat for the people's offering for sin and slaughtered it. He sacrificed it to take away sins as he had done before.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
15 Aaron presented the people's offering. He took the male goat for the people's sin offering, slaughtered it, and made a sin offering with it as he did before.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
15 Then Aaron brought the people's offering. He took the goat for their sin offering and killed it. He offered it for a sin offering. He did just as he had done with his own sin offering.

Leviticus 9:15 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 9:15

And he brought the people's offering
To the altar, having offered his own first: and took the goat, which [was] the sin [offering] for the people,
and slew it;
where he had slain his own: and offered it for sin, as the first:
the first offering he offered for himself, which was of the same sort.

Leviticus 9:15 In-Context

13 They handed him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar.
14 He washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on top of the burnt offering on the altar.
15 Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first one.
16 He brought the burnt offering and offered it in the prescribed way.
17 He also brought the grain offering, took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Leviticus 4:27-31
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