Leviticus 9:8
in Leviticus 9So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.
KJV
Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
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This verse in Leviticus 9
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering
on Leviticus 9:7-8
Moses hands the work over, and Aaron goes to the altar for the first time. The order is fixed, atonement for yourself and for the people, and Hebrews 7:27 turns on it.
This site's exposition
slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself
Aaron kills the calf himself, so the first animal he slays in office is his own sin offering. Albert Barnes takes this sin offering as an acknowledgment of Aaron's sinful nature and of his future duty to offer for himself and the people.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Aaron therefore went unto the altar,....
Therefore as Moses before, so Aaron now offered some of each of the several sorts of sacrifices that were appointed, whose rites differed, that they might be thoroughly furnished for every good work. He offered these besides the burnt-sacrifice of the morning, which was every day offered first,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Aaron . . . went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering--Whether it had been enjoined the first time, or was unavoidable from the divisions of the priestly labor not being as yet completely arranged, Aaron, assisted by his sons, appears to have slain the victims with his own hands, as well as gone through all the prescribed ritual at the altar.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקְרַ֥ב | vaiyikrav | and he drew near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֖ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| וַיִּשְׁחַ֛ט | vaiyishchat | and he cut [the] throat of | H7819 → | 81 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֵ֥גֶל | ʾegel | [the] male calf of | H5695 → | 35 times |
| הַחַטָּ֖את | hachatat | the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֽוֹ׃ | lo | [was] for <the> himself |
וַיִּקְרַ֥בand he drew near
vaiyikravH7126 →280 times
אַהֲרֹ֖ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
וַיִּשְׁחַ֛טand he cut [the] throat of
vaiyishchatH7819 →81 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עֵ֥גֶל[the] male calf of
ʾegelH5695 →35 times
הַחַטָּ֖אתthe sin offering
hachatatH2403 →295 times
אֲשֶׁר־which
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
לֽוֹ׃[was] for <the> himself
lo
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
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Through
Leviticus 4:29He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering.
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:24
He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 4:4
He must bring the bull to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull’s head, and slaughter it before the LORD.
- Leviticus 4:15
The elders of the congregation are to lay their hands on the bull’s head before the LORD, and it shall be slaughtered before the LORD.
- Leviticus 1:4
He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.
- Hebrews 10:4–14
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
- Leviticus 4:24
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.