Leviticus 9:8-18

8 Aaron went to the altar and killed the young bull which was for his own sin offering.

9 His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger in it, put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar, and poured out the rest of it at the base of the altar.

10 Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the best part of the liver, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

11 But he burned the meat and the skin outside the camp.

12 He killed the animal which was for his own burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he threw it on all four sides of the altar.

13 They handed him the head and the other pieces of the animal, and he burned them on the altar.

14 Then he washed the internal organs and the hind legs and burned them on the altar on top of the rest of the burnt offering.

15 After that, he presented the people's offerings. He took the goat that was to be offered for the people's sins, killed it, and offered it, as he had done with his own sin offering.

16 He also brought the animal for the burnt offering and offered it according to the regulations.

17 He presented the grain offering and took a handful of flour and burned it on the altar. (This was in addition to the daily burnt offering.)

18 He killed the bull and the ram as a fellowship offering for the people. His sons brought him the blood, and he threw it on all four sides of the altar. ¹

Leviticus 9:8-18 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.

Cross References

• 1. 9.18Leviticus 3.1-11.