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James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:1-24

STRANGE FIRE AND CONSEQUENCES In an earlier lesson the present chapters were outlined as The Law of the Priests, though we might better have said, The Law of the Consecration of the Priests. And yet in either case the phrase must be used in an accommodated sense, since we are not here dealing with the law itself but with the initial execution of the law in the consecration of Aaron and his sons. The law itself was considered in the Book of Exodus, so we may pass over chapters 8 and 9 of the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Leviticus 9:9-21

The same observation meets us here. Though the people brought their offerings, yet it must be Aaron to present them. How sweetly doth it teach us, that it is JESUS, our almighty Aaron, that carrieth in the poor offerings of his people, sanctified by his oblation, his blood, and righteousness? Revelation 8:3-4 . And was not Job a type of JESUS to the same effect, when he prayed for his friends, and GOD declared that he would accept Job for them? Job 42:8 . read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:10

Burnt, or placed in order to be burnt by the fire sent by God, ver. 24. (Menochius) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 9:1-21

1-21 These many sacrifices, which were all done away by the death of Christ, teach us that our best services need washing in his blood, and that the guilt of our best sacrifices needs to be done away by one more pure and more noble than they. Let us be thankful that we have such a High Priest. The priests had not a day's respite from service allowed. God's spiritual priests have constant work, which the duty of every day requires; they that would give up their account with joy, must redeem... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Leviticus 9:8-24

The First Offerings v. 8. Aaron, therefore, went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself. v. 9. 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 blood at the bottom of the altar. He brought no blood into the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Leviticus 9:1-24

SECOND SECTIONEntrance of Aaron and his Sons on their OfficeLeviticus 9:1-241And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders1 of Israel; 2and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young [bull2] calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. 3And unto the children1 of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid [buck3] of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb [sheep4] both of the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Leviticus 9:1-21

Aaron’s Offerings for Himself and the People Leviticus 9:1-21 In the concluding verses of Leviticus 8:1-36 we read of Aaron and his sons feeding together on the flesh of the consecration-offering; and that for seven days, during which time they were not permitted to leave the Tabernacle-a striking figure of the present position of our Lord and His own, during this dispensation, shut in with God, and awaiting the manifestation of His glory. May not this eighth day, on which the glory of the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 9:1-24

Here we see the priests actually beginning their sacred work. After the gathering of the people, they stood in solemn silence in the presence of Jehovah. Aaron's first act was bringing the sin offering and the burnt offering for himself. He could not be the instrument of mediation between the people and God for worship save as he was brought into right relationship with God The first acts of the priests on behalf of the people are now recorded. The offerings brought were presented: first the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 9:1-24

Leviticus 9. The Installation Functions.— These take place at the end of the consecration “ octave.” Here Aaron, assisted by his sons, as now consecrated, is the officiator, and not Moses, as in Leviticus 8. Leviticus 9:1-Judges : . Preparation of Priests and People.— The ceremony and its purpose are closely similar to those of the Day of Atonement. For the priests themselves, a sin offering, a bull-calf, and a burnt offering, a ram; for the people, a sin offering, a he-goat, a burnt... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Leviticus 9:10

Either, 1. Disposed it for the burning, i.e. laid it upon the altar where it was to be burnt by the heavenly fire, Leviticus 9:24. Thus interpreters generally understand the word here, as also Leviticus 9:13,Leviticus 9:17,Leviticus 9:20, by an anticipation; or the consequent is put for the antecedent, of which there are examples in Scripture. Or, 2. Properly burnt by ordinary fire, which was used and allowed until the fire came down from heaven, Leviticus 9:24, though afterwards it was... read more

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