FRAMEWORKS:
Leviticus 9: The
Priests Begin Their Ministry
v.1,2
Moses instructs the Priests to present a Sin Offering
v.3,4
In turn they are to instruct the people to bring 3 other offerings
v.5,6
The Assembly Gathers & Moses Addresses them
v.7-11
Moses instructs Aaron to now present his Sin Offering &
he does
v.12-14
Next they bring their Burnt Offering
v.15-21
Aaron presents five Offerings for the People
v.22-24
Following these Offerings the glory of the Lord & Fire comes
down
v.1,2
Moses instructs the Priests to present a Sin Offering
v.1
On
the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders
of Israel.
v.2
He
said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for your sin offering
and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect,
and present them before the Lord
.
[Notes:
The first day of the new week after the week of ordination,
Moses, still leading, calls Aaron, his sons AND the elders together
for Aaron to start this new ministry at the Tabernacle, starting
off getting ready to present a sin-offering for himself plus a
burnt offering indicating his desire and openness to the Lord.]
v.3,4
In turn they are to instruct the people to bring 3 other offerings
v.3
Then
say to the Israelites: ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a
calf and a lamb—both a year old and without defect—for a
burnt offering,
v.4
and
an ox and a ram for a fellowship offering to
sacrifice before the Lord
, together
with a grain offering mixed with olive oil.
For today the Lord
will appear
to you.'”
[Notes:
The call is next to the people (presumably the elders)
to bring two animals as burnt offerings and another two as a fellowship
offering plus a grain offering. These are, in a sense, to welcome
the Lord who will appear to them.
v.5,6
The Assembly Gathers & Moses Addresses them
v.5
They
took the things Moses commanded to the front of the tent of meeting,
and the entire assembly came near and stood before the Lord
.
v.6
Then
Moses said, “This is what the Lord
has commanded
you to do, so that the glory of the Lord
may appear
to you.”
[Notes:
The whole people are gathered to witness these events
– the sacrifices and the Lord making His presence known.]
v.7-11
Moses instructs Aaron to now present his Sin Offering & he
does
v.7
Moses
said to Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin
offering and your burnt offering and
make atonement for yourself and the people;
sacrifice the offering that is for the people and make
atonement for them, as the Lord
has commanded.”
v.8
So
Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a
sin offering for himself.
v.9
His
sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the
blood and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood
he poured out at the base of the altar.
v.10
On
the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys and the long lobe of
the liver from the sin offering, as the Lord
commanded
Moses;
v.11
the
flesh and the hide he burned up outside the camp.
[Notes:
The aforementioned sin offering and burnt offering are
made as instructed.]
v.12-14
Next they bring their Burnt Offering
v.12
Then
he slaughtered the burnt offering . His sons
handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of
the altar.
v.13
They
handed him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head,
and he burned them on the altar.
v.14
He
washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on top
of the burnt offering on the altar.
[Notes:
Ditto the burnt offering.]
v.15-21
Aaron presents five Offerings for the People
v.15
Aaron
then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the
goat for the people's sin offering and slaughtered
it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first
one.
v.16
He
brought the burnt offering and offered it in
the prescribed way.
v.17
He
also brought the grain offering, took a handful
of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning's
burnt offering.
v.18
He
slaughtered the ox and the ram as the fellowship offering
for the people. His sons handed him the blood, and he
splashed it against the sides of the altar.
v.19
But
the fat portions of the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the layer
of fat, the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver—
v.20
these
they laid on the breasts, and then Aaron burned the fat on the
altar.
v.21
Aaron
waved the breasts and the right thigh before the Lord
as a
wave offering, as Moses commanded.
[Notes:
Aaron then takes the animals brought from the people
(the elders?) and offers them as instructed.]
v.22-24
Following these Offerings the glory of the Lord & Fire comes
down
v.22
Then
Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them. And
having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the
fellowship offering, he stepped down.
v.23
Moses
and Aaron then went into the tent of meeting. When they came out,
they blessed the people; and the glory of the Lord
appeared to all the people.
v.24
Fire
came out from the presence of the Lord
and consumed
the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when
all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.
[Notes:
Aaron blesses the people having made the sacrifices
and perhaps as sign of being accepted by the Lord, both he and
Moses go into the Tabernacle and when they come out they both
blessed the people. At that moment the glory of God appears, and
fire came from heaven and burnt up the burnt offering – a clear
sign of the approval of God.]