Leviticus 9:15

15 Then offering for the sin of the people, he slew the he goat: and expiating the altar,

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 And the victim being cut into pieces, they brought to him the head and all the members: all which he burnt with fire upon the altar.
14 Having first washed the entrails and the feet with water.
15 Then offering for the sin of the people, he slew the he goat: and expiating the altar,
16 He offered the holocaust.
17 Adding in the sacrifice the libations, which are offered withal, and burning them upon the altar, besides the ceremonies of the morning holocaust.
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