Leviticus 9

Instructions for Offerings Leviticus 9:3–4

³Verse 3. You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without defect, for a burnt offering; ⁴Verse 4. and a bull and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for today Yahweh appears to you.’”

Preparation for Sacrifices Leviticus 9:5–6

⁵Verse 5. They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting: and all the congregation came near and stood before Yahweh. ⁶Verse 6. Moses said, “This is the thing which Yahweh commanded that you should do: and Yahweh’s glory shall appear to you.”

Aaron's Sin Offering Leviticus 9:7–10

⁷Verse 7. Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as Yahweh commanded.” ⁸Verse 8. So Aaron came near to the altar, and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. ⁹Verse 9. The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar: ¹⁰Verse 10. but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from the liver of the sin offering, he burned upon the altar; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Burnt Offering Ritual Leviticus 9:11–14

¹¹Verse 11. The meat and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp. ¹²Verse 12. He killed the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons delivered the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar. ¹³Verse 13. They delivered the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head: and he burned them upon the altar. ¹⁴Verse 14. He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the burnt offering on the altar.

People's Sacrifices Leviticus 9:15–21

¹⁵Verse 15. He presented the people’s offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and killed it, and offered it for sin, like the first. ¹⁶Verse 16. He presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance. ¹⁷Verse 17. He presented the meal offering, and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning. ¹⁸Verse 18. He also killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron’s sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled around on the altar, ¹⁹Verse 19. and the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver:

²⁰Verse 20. and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar: ²¹Verse 21. and the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before Yahweh, as Moses commanded.

Divine Acceptance and Worship Leviticus 9:22–24

²²Verse 22. Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. ²³Verse 23. Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people: and Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the people. ²⁴Verse 24. Fire came out from before Yahweh, and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.