9 8 The first offerings of Aaron. 12 Aaron blesseth the people. 23 The glory of the Lord is showed. 24 The fire cometh from the Lord.
1 And in the [a]eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the Elders of Israel:
2 (A)Then he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a [b]sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and bring them before the Lord.
3 And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye an he goat for a sin offering, and a calf, and a lamb, both of a year old, without blemish for a burnt offering:
4 Also a bullock, and a ram for peace offerings, to offer before the Lord, and a meat offering mingled with oil: for today the Lord will appear unto you.
5 ¶ Then they brought that which Moses commanded before the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and all the assembly drew near, and stood before the [c]Lord.
6 (For Moses had said, This is the thing, which the Lord commanded that ye should do, and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you.)
7 Then Moses said unto Aaron, Draw near to the Altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for [d]thee and for the people: offer also the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them, as the Lord hath commanded.
8 ¶ Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and killed 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 the rest of the blood at the foot of the Altar.
10 But the fat and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver of the sin offering, he [e]burnt unto the Altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
11 The flesh also and the hide he burnt with fire without the host.
12 After, he slew the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons brought unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about the Altar.
13 Also they brought the burnt offering unto him with the pieces thereof, and the head, and he burnt them upon the Altar.
14 Likewise he did wash the inwards and the legs, and [f]burnt them upon the burnt offering on the Altar.
15 ¶ Then he offered the people’s offering and took a goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it: and offered it for sin, as the first:
16 So he offered the burnt offering, and prepared it, according to the manner.
17 He presented also the meat offering, and filled his hand thereof, and (B)beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning he burnt this upon the altar.
18 He slew also the bullock, and the ram for the peace offerings, that was for the people, and Aaron’s sons brought unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the Altar round about.
19 With the fat of the bullock, and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul of the liver.
20 So they laid the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the Altar.
21 But the [g]breasts and the right shoulder Aaron shook to and fro before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22 So Aaron lift up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and [h]came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
23 After, Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and came out, and [i]blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.
24 (C)And there came a fire out from the Lord, and consumed upon the Altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they [j]gave thanks, and fell on their faces.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 9:1 After their consecration: for the seven days before, the Priests were consecrated.
- Leviticus 9:2 Aaron entereth into the possession of the Priesthood: and offereth the four principal sacrifices, the burnt offering, the sin offering, the peace offerings, and the meat offering.
- Leviticus 9:5 Before the Altar where his glory appeared.
- Leviticus 9:7 Read for the understanding of this peace, Heb. 4:5 and 7:27.
- Leviticus 9:10 That is, he laid them in order, and so they were burnt when the Lord sent down fire.
- Leviticus 9:14 All this must be understood of the preparation of the sacrifices which were burnt after, verse 24.
- Leviticus 9:21 Of the bullock and the ram.
- Leviticus 9:22 Because the altar was near the Sanctuary, which was the upper end, therefore he is said to come down.
- Leviticus 9:23 Or prayed for the people.
- Leviticus 9:24 Or, gave a shout for joy.