Leviticus 9:16

Leviticus 9:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.
• New International Version (NIV)He brought the burnt offering and offered it in the prescribed way.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the rule.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he brought the burnt offering and offered it according to the prescribed manner.

Context of Leviticus 9:16

14He also washed the entrails and the legs, and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar. 15Then Aaron presented the people’s offering. He took the goat for the sin offering of the people, and killed it and offered it for sin, as he did the first. He also presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance. 17Next Aaron presented the grain offering and took a handful of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar in addition to the burnt offering of the morning. 18He also killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron’s sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar,

Leviticus 9:16 word by word

וַיַּקְרֵ֖ב אֶת־הָעֹלָ֑ה וַֽיַּעֲשֶׂ֖הָ כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he broughtקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• the burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• and offeredעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• it according to the mannerמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justice: judgementH4941

Cross-references for Leviticus 9:16

• Leviticus 9:12Then he killed the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar.
• Leviticus 1:3If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting so that he may be accepted before the Lord.
• Leviticus 8:18He brought the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
• Hebrews 10:1For since the Law has only a shadow [just a pale representation] of the good things to come—not the very image of those things—it can never, by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year, make perfect those who approach [its altars].

Commentaries on Leviticus 9:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 In this first complete series of offerings made by the high priest, the sacrifices take their appointed order; first, the sin-offering to make atonement; then the burnt-offering, to signify the surrender of the body, soul and spirit to Yahweh in heaven; and lastly the peace-offering, to show forth the communion vouchsafed to those who are justified and sanctified. See Leviticus 8:14 note.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-241-7. Moses called ... Take thee a young calf for a sin offering--The directions in these sacred things were still given by Moses, the circumstances being extraordinary. But he was only the medium of communicating the divine will to the newly made priests. The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering to atone for the defects of the inauguration services; and yet that sacrifice did not consist of a bullock--the sacrifice…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 9:16

• Israel
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Burnt offering
• Aaron
• Atonement
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Law of Moses

Commentaries on Leviticus 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings