Leviticus 9New King James Version
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9 It came to pass on the(A)eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.2 And he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young(B)bull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, without blemish, and offerthembefore theLord.3 And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying,(C)‘Take a kid of the goats as a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb,bothof the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering,4 also a bull and a ram as peace offerings, to sacrifice before theLord, and(D)a grain offering mixed with oil; for(E)today theLordwill appear to you.’ ”
5 So they brought what Moses commanded before the tabernacle of meeting. And all the congregation drew near and stood[a]before theLord.6 Then Moses said, “Thisisthe thing which theLordcommanded you to do, and the glory of theLordwill appear to you.”7 And Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar,(F)offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people.(G)Offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as theLordcommanded.”
8 Aaron therefore went to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, whichwasfor himself.9 Then the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him. And he dipped his finger in the blood, putiton the horns of the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar.10 (H)But the fat, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe from the liver of the sin offering he burned on the altar, as theLordhad commanded Moses.11 (I)The flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp.
12 And he killed the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood,(J)which he sprinkled all around on the altar.13 (K)Then they presented the burnt offering to him, with its pieces and head, and he burnedthemon the altar.14 (L)And he washed the entrails and the legs, and burnedthemwith the burnt offering on the altar.
15 (M)Then he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, whichwasthe sin offering for the people, and killed it and offered it for sin, like the first one.16 And he brought the burnt offering and offered it(N)according to the[b]prescribed manner.17 Then he brought the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burnediton the altar,(O)besides the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
18 He also killed the bull and the ramas(P)sacrifices of peace offerings, whichwerefor the people. And Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all around on the altar,19 and the fat from the bull and the ram—the fatty tail, what coversthe entrailsand the kidneys, and the fatty lobeattached tothe liver;20 and they put the fat on the breasts.(Q)Then he burned the fat on the altar;21 but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved(R)asa wave offering before theLord, as Moses had commanded.
22 Then Aaron lifted his hand toward the people,(S)blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and peace offerings.23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the people. Then the glory of theLordappeared to all the people,24 and(T)fire came out from before theLordand consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people sawit, they(U)shouted and fell on their(V)faces.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 9:5in the presence of
- Leviticus 9:16ordinance
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