Leviticus 9:8-14

How does Aaron carry out the offerings made for himself?

Berean Standard Bible

8 So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. 9 The sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. And he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 10 On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the LORD had commanded Moses. 11 But he burned up the flesh and the hide outside the camp. 12 Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar. 13 They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14 He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them atop the burnt offering on the altar.

What is the context?

Aaron begins with the calf of the sin offering. His sons assist with the blood, while he applies it to the altar and burns the specified fat. The flesh and hide are burned outside the camp.

The ram for the burnt offering follows, with its parts and blood handled as directed. The account shows priestly service enacted in a particular setting, not merely described in a list of laws. Aaron acts as one who also needs atonement.

How is this passage commonly understood?

Wesley distinguishes this inaugural case from chapter 4’s offering for a specific sin of an established priest. That is his explanation of the differing blood procedures. The written account is clear about what Aaron does here; it does not itself name one particular past offense as the only reason for the offering.

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