Leviticus 8:20-22

20 When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses ¹offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

21 After he had washed the entrails and the legs with water, Moses ²offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

22 Then he presented the second ram, ³the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Leviticus 8:20-22 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.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 1:8
• 2. Exodus 29:18
• 3. Exodus 29:31; Leviticus 8:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "filling," and so throughout the ch