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Leviticus chapter 9
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On the , Moses called Aaron and his sons and the of Israel.He said to Aaron, “Take a young bull calf for a and a ram for a , both , and present them before Yahweh.”Then tell the Israelites: ‘Take a male goat for a purification offering, a calf and a lamb — both a year old and without defect — for a whole burnt offering,and a bull and a ram for a to sacrifice before Yahweh, along with a mixed with oil. Because today, Yahweh is going to to you.’”They brought what Moses had ordered to the front of the , and the whole community came forward and stood before Yahweh.Moses said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do, so that Yahweh’s will appear to you.”Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and prepare your purification offering and your whole burnt offering, and for yourself and for the people. Then prepare the people’s offering and make things right for them, just as Yahweh commanded.”So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf for his own purification offering.Aaron’s sons brought the to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the . Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.The , the kidneys, and the covering over the liver from the purification offering — he burned these on the altar, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.The meat and the hide he burned outside the camp.Then he slaughtered the whole burnt offering. Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it on all sides of the altar.They handed him the whole burnt offering piece by piece, along with the head, and he burned each one on the altar.He washed the inner organs and the legs and burned them on top of the whole burnt offering on the altar.Then he brought the people’s offering. He took the goat for the people’s purification offering, slaughtered it, and prepared it as a purification offering just like the first one.He brought the whole burnt offering and prepared it according to the .He brought the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar — in addition to the morning’s whole burnt offering.He slaughtered the bull and the ram as the fellowship offering for the people. Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it on all sides of the altar.They also brought the fat portions from the bull and the ram — the , the layer of fat covering the organs, the kidneys, and the covering over the liver.They placed these fat portions on top of the breast pieces, and Aaron burned the fat on the altar.Aaron waved the breast pieces and the as a before Yahweh, just as Moses had commanded.Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and . Then he stepped down from preparing the purification offering, the whole burnt offering, and the fellowship offerings.Moses and Aaron went into the meeting tent. When they came out, they spoke God’s favor over the people — and Yahweh’s to everyone. and consumed the whole burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. When all the people saw it, they and .