Leviticus 9

The Priestly Ministry Begins

9It came to pass on the ^aeighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. ²And he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young ^bbull as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. ³And 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, both of the first year, without blemish, as a burnt offering, ⁴also a bull and a ram as peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and ^da grain offering mixed with oil; for ^etoday the Lord will appear to you.’ ”

⁵So they brought what Moses commanded before the tabernacle of meeting. And all the congregation drew near and stood ¹before the Lord. ⁶Then Moses said, “This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you.” ⁷And Moses said to Aaron, “Go to the altar, ^foffer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. ^gOffer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.”

⁸Aaron therefore went to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. ⁹Then the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him. And he dipped his finger in the blood, put it on the horns of the altar, and poured the blood at the base of the altar. ^10hBut the fat, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe from the liver of the sin offering he burned on the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ¹¹ⁱThe flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp.

¹²And he killed the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, ^jwhich he sprinkled all around on the altar. ^13kThen they presented the burnt offering to him, with its pieces and head, and he burned them on the altar. ^14lAnd he washed the entrails and the legs, and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

^15mThen he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and killed it and offered it for sin, like the first one. ¹⁶And he brought the burnt offering and offered it ⁿaccording to the ²prescribed manner. ¹⁷Then he brought the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, ^obesides the burnt sacrifice of the morning.

¹⁸He also killed the bull and the ram as ^psacrifices of peace offerings, which were for the people. And Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all around on the altar, ¹⁹and the fat from the bull and the ram—the fatty tail, what covers the entrails and the kidneys, and the fatty lobe attached to the liver; ²⁰and they put the fat on the breasts. ^qThen he burned the fat on the altar; ²¹but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved ^ras a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.

²²Then Aaron lifted his hand toward the people, ^sblessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and peace offerings. ²³And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of meeting, and came out and blessed the people. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people, ²⁴and ^tfire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they ^ushouted and fell on their ^vfaces.