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Leviticus 9:7
Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to make atonement for yourself and for the people. And sacrifice the people’s offering to make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses instructs Aaron to approach the altar and perform the sin and burnt offerings at the moment the LORD commanded so His glory would appear to the people. The words — The imperative קְרַב (ke.Rav) commands Aaron to “draw near” to the altar, while וַ/עֲשֵׂה (va./'a.Seh) directs him to “offer” the prescribed sacrifices. The thread — This dual responsibility for priestly and communal atonement reappears in Hebrews 5:3 and is prefigured in the sin offering regulations of Leviticus 4:3. Why it lands — The text states Moses commands Aaron to offer sacrifices for himself and the people exactly as the LORD directed. A reader must recognize that priestly mediation requires prior personal atonement before representing the community.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Hebrews 5:1 Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
- Leviticus 4:3 If the anointed priest sins, bringing guilt on the people, he must bring to the LORD a young bull without blemish as a sin offering for the sin he has committed.
- Hebrews 9:7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
- Leviticus 4:16 Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the bull’s blood into the Tent of Meeting,
- 1 Samuel 3:14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
- Hebrews 7:27 Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
- Leviticus 8:34 What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf.
- Leviticus 9:2 He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before the LORD.