Leviticus 9:3-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 9:1-7

Orders are here given for another solemnity upon the eighth day; for the newly-ordained priests were set to work immediately after the days of their consecration were finished, to let them know that they were not ordained to be idle: He that desires the office of a bishop desires a good work, which must be looked at with desire, more than the honour and benefit. The priests had not so much as one day's respite from service allowed them, that they might divert themselves, and receive the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 9:8-22

These being the first offerings that ever were offered by the levitical priesthood, according to the newly-enacted law of sacrifices, the manner of offering them is particularly related, that it might appear how exactly they agreed with the institution. 1. Aaron with his own hands slew the offering (Lev. 9:8), and did the work of the inferior priests; for, great as he was, he must not think any service below him which he could do for the honour of God: and, as Moses had shown him how to do... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:3

And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak ,.... That is, Aaron should speak to them, for being now high priest, Moses had no more to do with the sacrifices of the people, but it was incumbent on Aaron to call upon them to bring them to him such as the Lord by this law required of them: saying, take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering ; this creature fitly represented Christ as made sin, and an offering for sin, in the room of his people: and a calf, and a lamb ; both of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:4

Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord ,.... An offering being made for the atonement of sin, and the gift of a whole burnt offering accepted by the Lord upon that, peace offerings were to be sacrificed thereupon; one part of which belonged to the Lord, as the fat and the blood; another part to the priest, as the shoulder and the breast; and the rest to the owners to make a feast with, expressive of the peace and joy which arise from the expiation and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:5

And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation ,.... That is, Aaron and his sons, and all the children of Israel, as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it. All the above sacrifices they brought into the court of the tabernacle to be offered up: and all the congregation drew near, and stood before the Lord ; that is, the elders of Israel, who were called together, Leviticus 9:1 , the heads of the tribes who represented the people; as many as well... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:6

This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do ,.... Namely, what they had done, bring the creatures and things for sacrifice they had: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you ; either Christ, the brightness of his Father's glory, in an human form, as a presage of his future incarnation, as he frequently did; or some more than ordinary refulgence of glory breaking out of the holy of holies, where God had now taken up his dwelling between the cherubim; or, as Aben... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:7

And Moses said unto Aaron ,.... This is only observed to show, that as Aaron did not take upon him this office of himself, but was called unto it, and invested with it, by the appointment of God, so neither did he enter upon it but through the call of God by Moses, in the sight of the congregation: go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering , and thy burnt offering ; the young calf and ram: and make an atonement for thyself and for the people ; first for himself, and then for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:8

Aaron therefore went unto the altar ,.... Of burnt offering, freely and cheerfully, at the direction and introduction of Moses, who acted in this affair in the name of the Lord: and slew the calf of the sin offering , which was for himself ; which was to be offered first, as it was proper it should, that, atonement being made for his sins, his after burnt offering might be accepted with God, and he be fit to offer the sacrifices of the people: the calf he slew on the north side of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:9

And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him ,.... The blood of the calf of the sin offering, which they had received in a basin when it was slain: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar ; the four horns of it, as Moses had done at his consecration, which was an example to him, Leviticus 8:15 . This was typical of the blood of Christ, to which persons may have recourse from the four quarters of the world for atonement and pardon: and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 9:10

But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering , he burnt upon the altar ,.... The Septuagint version is, "he offered them": as the Lord commanded Moses ; see Leviticus 4:8 . read more

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