Leviticus 9:12

Leviticus 9:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.
• New International Version (NIV)Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then he killed the burnt offering, and Aaron's sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he killed the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled all around on the altar.

Context of Leviticus 9:12

10And the fat, and the kidneys, and the net above the liver, of the sin-offering, he burned on the altar, as Jehovah had commanded Moses. 11And the flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp. And he slaughtered the burnt-offering; and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar round about. 13And they delivered the burnt-offering to him, in the pieces thereof, and the head; and he burned [them] on the altar. 14And he washed the inwards and the legs, and burned [them] upon the burnt-offering, on the altar.

Leviticus 9:12 word by word

וַיִּשְׁחַ֖ט אֶת־הָעֹלָ֑ה וַ֠יַּמְצִאוּ בְּנֵ֨י אַהֲרֹ֤ן אֵלָיו֙ אֶת־הַדָּ֔ם וַיִּזְרְקֵ֥הוּ עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ סָבִֽיב׃Read the interlinear

• slaughteredשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
• sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• sprinkledזָרַקzâraq · to scatterH2236
• altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• roundסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439

Cross-references for Leviticus 9:12

• Leviticus 1:1And Jehovah called to Moses and spoke to him out of the tent of meeting, saying,
• Leviticus 8:18And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram;
• Ephesians 5:2and walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, an offering and sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.

Commentaries on Leviticus 9:12

• 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 9:12

• Blood
• 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