Leviticus Chapter 9

                           1 On the eighth day, Moses called Aaron, his sons, and the elders in Israel. 2 He told Aaron,

“Take a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering—both without defect—and offer them to Yahveh. 3 Then tell the Israelites,

                        ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering,

a year-old calf and lamb without defect for a burnt offering,

4 an ox and ram for peace offerings, and

a grain offering mixed with olive oil

                                                because Yahveh is going to appear to you today.’”

5 They took what Moses commanded to the front of the Tent of Meeting. The whole community came and stood in front of Yahveh. 6 Moses said, “Yahveh has told you to do that so his glory can appear to you.” 7 He told Aaron, “Come to the altar and offer your sin offering and burnt offering so you can atone for yourself. Then make the offerings to atone for the people.”              

Lev 9:1-7

8 Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf for the sin offering for himself. 9 His sons handed him the blood. He dipped his finger in it, put it on the horns of the altar, and poured the rest at the base of the altar. 10 Then he offered up in smoke the fat, kidneys, and lobe of the liver; 11 but he burned the meat and skin outside the camp.

12 He slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons handed him the blood, and he sprinkled it around on the altar. 13 They handed him the burnt offering in pieces with the head, and he offered them up in smoke. 14 He washed the entrails and legs and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering.

Lev 9:8-14

                  15 He presented the people’s offering. He slaughtered the goat for the sin offering and offered it like the first. 16 He also presented the burnt offering as required by the Law. 17 Next, he offered up in smoke a handful of the grain offering on the altar—in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.

18 Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, peace offerings for the people. Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he sprinkled it around on the altar. 19-20 On the breasts they placed the fat from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, fat covering, kidneys, and lobe of the liver. He offered them up in smoke. 21 But Aaron presented the breasts and right thigh as a wave offering to Yahveh—like Moses had commanded.

22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. After he made the sin offering, burnt offering, and peace offerings, he stepped down. 23 He and Moses went into the Tent of Meeting. When they came out and blessed the people, the glory of Yahveh appeared to them. 24 Fire came out from Yahveh and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar. When the people saw it, they cried out and fell on their faces.

Lev 9:15-24

From the CYV translation by Virgil Warren, PhD