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Leviticus 9:15
Aaron 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Aaron performs this action at the midpoint of the consecration ceremony, immediately after washing sacrificial parts and before presenting the burnt offering. He acts on behalf of the Israelites during this specific ritual sequence.
The words — The Hebrew verbs וַיַּקְרֵב (va/yakrev) and וַיִּקַּח (va/yikkach) literally mean "and he presented" and "and he took." These terms describe Aaron's physical handling of the people's gift and the male goat designated for the sin offering.
The thread — This action fulfills the command in Leviticus 9:3 to take a male goat for a sin offering and parallels the sacrificial mediation later described in Hebrews 2:17. The ritual sequence also follows the pattern established in Leviticus 4:27 for handling sin offerings.
Why it lands — The text states that Aaron slaughtered and offered the goat exactly as he did the first sacrifice, establishing a strict procedural repetition. A reader must observe this exact replication of the ritual before inferring anything about priestly mediation or atonement mechanisms.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 4:27 And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt.
- Leviticus 9:3 Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,
- Hebrews 2:17 For 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 for the sins of the people.
- Hebrews 5:3 That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.
- Numbers 28:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Titus 2:14 He 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.