Leviticus 9:4-14

4 also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before the LORD, and a meat offering mingled with oil; for today the LORD will appear unto you.'"

5 And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

6 And Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do, and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you."

7 And Moses said unto Aaron, "Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself and for the people; and offer the offering of the people and make an atonement for them, as the LORD commanded."

8 Aaron therefore went unto the altar and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

9 And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar;

10 but the fat, and the kidneys and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.

11 And the flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp.

12 And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.

13 And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof and the head; and he burned them upon the altar.

14 And he washed the inwards and the legs, and burned them upon the burnt offering on the altar.

Leviticus 9:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 9

Aaron and his sons, being consecrated to and invested with the priest's office, are called upon to the exercise of it, to offer a sin offering and a burnt offering for themselves, and all sorts of offerings, a sin offering, a burnt offering, peace offerings, and a meat offering, for the people; and a promise is made for their encouragement, that the glory of the Lord would appear to them, Le 9:1-7 and which were in their course accordingly offered; first, Aaron's sin offering for himself, Le 9:8-11 then his burnt offering, Le 9:12-14 after that the several offerings of the people before mentioned, Le 9:15-21 when Aaron and Moses blessed the people, the one as soon as he had done offering, and both together when they came out of the tabernacle, Le 9:22,23 upon which a fire came forth from the Lord, and consumed the burnt offering upon the altar, Le 9:24.