Leviticus 9:15
in Leviticus 9Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.
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ASV
And he presented the people’s oblation, and took the goat of the sin-offering which was for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
KJV
And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
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This verse in Leviticus 9
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
In this first complete series of offerings made by the high priest, the sacrifices take their appointed order; first, the sin-offering to make atonement; then the burnt-offering, to signify the surrender of the body, soul and spirit to Yahweh in heaven; and lastly the peace-offering, to show forth the communion vouchsafed to those who are justified and sanctified. See Lev 8:14 note.
This site's exposition
took the goat, which was the sin offering
on Leviticus 9:15-17
Aaron now repeats for the people what he did for himself, and the text says as the first instead of describing it again. The meat offering follows, a handful burnt on the altar, and verse 17 adds that all of it was beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. The daily offering of Exodus 29:38-42 kept its place on the greatest day the camp had seen, so the extraordinary service was laid on top of the ordinary one.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), the meaning is that he burnt them immediately with ordinary fire, as formerly, or that he laid them upon the altar ready to be burnt with the fire from heaven which they expected (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
And he brought the people's offering,.... To the altar, having offered his own first: and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it; where he had slain his own: and offered it for sin, as the first: the first offering he offered for himself, which was of the same sort.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיַּקְרֵ֕ב | vaiyakrev | and he presented | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קָרְבַּ֣ן | kareban | [the] present of | H7133 → | 82 times |
| הָעָ֑ם | haam | the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַיִּקַּ֞ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שְׂעִ֤יר | seir | [the] male goat of | H8163 → | 59 times |
| הַֽחַטָּאת֙ | hachatat | the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לָעָ֔ם | laam | [was] for the people | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֥הוּ | vaiyishchatehu | and he cut throat its | H7819 → | 81 times |
| וַֽיְחַטְּאֵ֖הוּ | vaychateehu | and he made a sin offering it | H2398 → | 238 times |
| כָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃ | karishon | like the first [offering] | H7223 → | 182 times |
וַיַּקְרֵ֕בand he presented
vaiyakrevH7126 →280 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
קָרְבַּ֣ן[the] present of
karebanH7133 →82 times
הָעָ֑םthe people
haamH5971 →1873 times
וַיִּקַּ֞חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שְׂעִ֤יר[the] male goat of
seirH8163 →59 times
הַֽחַטָּאת֙the sin offering
hachatatH2403 →295 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לָעָ֔ם[was] for the people
laamH5971 →1873 times
וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֥הוּand he cut throat its
vaiyishchatehuH7819 →81 times
וַֽיְחַטְּאֵ֖הוּand he made a sin offering it
vaychateehuH2398 →238 times
כָּרִאשֽׁוֹן׃like the first [offering]
karishonH7223 →182 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
it leads to
- Revelation 5:9
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
- 1 Peter 1:18
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Revelation 5:9
Through
Hebrews 2:17For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement…
it leads to
- Hebrews 4:14
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.
- Philippians 2:7–8
but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
- Hebrews 2:14
Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
- Hebrews 4:14
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.