Leviticus 9:1-7
THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE SACRIFICES... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE SACRIFICES... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass on the eighth day, after the seven days of consecration, THAT MOSES CALLED AARON AND HIS SONS AND THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL, for it was necessary that the priesthood be in active exercise of its duties at once.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he said unto Aaron, take thee a young calf, a bull calf, or very young bullock, FOR A SIN-OFFERING, AND A RAM FOR A BURNT OFFERING, WITHOUT BLEMISH, AND OFFER THEM BEFORE THE LORD. These first offerings of Aaron were made altogether under the directions of Moses as the mouthpiece of God, for he... [ Continue Reading ]
And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, instructing them in the capacity of high priest, TAKE YE A KID OF THE GOATS FOR A SIN-OFFERING, which was otherwise the offering for a prince. Leviticus 4:23; AND A CALF, a young bullock, Leviticus 1:5, AND A LAMB, BOTH OF THE FIRST YEAR, WIT... [ Continue Reading ]
also a bullock and a ram for peace-offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord; and a meat-offering mingled with oil, representative sacrifices from every group; FOR TODAY THE LORD WILL APPEAR UNTO YOU, that solemn manifestation was to be the climax of the day's events.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the Tabernacle of the Congregation; and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord, in the court of the Tabernacle and in its immediate neighborhood.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do; they should now witness the formal beginning of the worship by sacrifices, the explanation of Moses serving to make them attentive and intelligent witnesses; AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHALL APPEAR UNTO YOU. This announceme... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar and offer thy sin-offering and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself and for the people, and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them, as the Lord commanded. That was the nucleus of the idea of the sacrifices, that... [ Continue Reading ]
Aaron, therefore, went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST OFFERINGS... [ Continue Reading ]
And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him, thus performing the work which was afterward assigned to the Levites in catching the blood of the slaughtered animal and keeping it from coagulating; AND HE DIPPED HIS FINGER IN THE BLOOD, AND PUT IT UPON THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR, AND POURED OUT THE BL... [ Continue Reading ]
But the fat and the kidneys and the caul above the liver of the sin-offering he burned upon the altar, as the Lord commanded Moses, Leviticus 4:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
And the flesh and the hide he burned with fire without the camp, Leviticus 4:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he slew the burnt offering, according to the ordinance, Leviticus 1:3; Leviticus 8:18; AND AARON'S SONS PRESENTED UNTO HIM THE BLOOD, passed it to him as before, WHICH HE SPRINKLED ROUND ABOUT UPON THE ALTAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they presented the burnt offering unto him with the pieces thereof and the head; they passed the single pieces to him as he had dissected the animal; AND HE BURNED THEM UPON THE ALTAR. This sacrifice expressed the complete and devout surrender of the worshipers to the Lord.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burned them upon the burnt offering on the altar. No mention is made of an oblation of meat-offering with this sacrifice, either because the special law referring to this rite was not yet given, Numbers 15:2 ff. or because it had already been made in con... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought the people's offering, which consisted of all three varieties of sacrifices, made in the usual order, AND TOOK THE GOAT, WHICH WAS THE SIN-OFFERING FOR THE PEOPLE, AND SLEW IT, AND OFFERED IT FOR SIN, AS THE FIRST. In this case also the blood was not brought into the Holy Place, for t... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought the burnt offering, the young bullock and the lamb, AND OFFERED IT ACCORDING TO THE MANNER, as the ordinance required it.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he brought the meat-offering, which accompanied the burnt offering, AND TOOK AN HANDFUL THEREOF, AND BURNED IT UPON THE ALTAR BESIDE, that is, in addition to, THE BURNT SACRIFICE OF THE MORNING; for the usual offerings had been made on this morning, as always.... [ Continue Reading ]
He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings, which was for the people, an act of thanksgiving for the grace received till now and a prayer for the maintenance of the merciful fellowship on the part of Jehovah. AND AARON'S SONS PRESENTED UNTO HIM THE BLOOD, WHICH HE SPRINK... [ Continue Reading ]
And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, that is, the heavy, fatty tail, AND THAT WHICH COVERETH THE INWARDS AND THE KIDNEYS AND THE CAUL ABOVE THE LIVER, all the loose fat of the abdominal cavities;... [ Continue Reading ]
and they put the fat upon the breasts, upon the wave-breasts of the two animals, and passed it to Aaron in this manner; AND HE BURNED THE FAT UPON THE ALTAR;... [ Continue Reading ]
and the breasts and the right shoulder, the wave-breasts and the heave-shoulders, AARON WAVED FOR A WAVE-OFFERING BEFORE THE LORD, Leviticus 7:30; AS MOSES COMMANDED.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Aaron, standing upon the elevated slope which led to the altar of burnt offering, LIFTED UP HIS HAND TOWARD THE PEOPLE, in a gesture transmitting the grace of the Lord, AND BLESSED THEM, AND CAME DOWN FROM OFFERING OF THE SIN-OFFERING AND THE BURNT OFFERING AND PEACE-OFFERINGS. The various anima... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle of the Congregation; for the latter had to be introduced to his future place of activity, as a part of the ceremony of installation; AND CAME OUT AND BLESSED THE PEOPLE. AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD APPEARED UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE; there was some glorious manif... [ Continue Reading ]
And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat. Either the entire cloud shone with a supernatural light, or there was a sudden flash of fire from the cloud, like a bolt of lightning, which in a moment completely devoured the sacrifices smol... [ Continue Reading ]