Leviticus 9:14

Leviticus 9:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
• New International Version (NIV)He washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on top of the burnt offering on the altar.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And he washed the entrails and the legs, and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

Context of Leviticus 9:14

12Aaron brought the male sheep for the burnt offering to the altar. He killed it. His sons brought the blood to him. He threw the blood onto the sides of the altar. 13The priests gave the pieces of the animal, including the head, to Aaron. Aaron burnt them on the altar. He washed the inside parts and the legs. He burnt them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. 15Aaron brought the goat. This was the people's sacrifice to God. Aaron killed it and he burnt it on the altar. It was an offering to atone for the people's sin. He offered this sacrifice in the same way as the first sacrifice for sin. 16Aaron brought the other young cow. He killed it and he burnt it on the altar. He did it as Moses had told him.

Leviticus 9:14 word by word

וַיִּרְחַ֥ץ אֶת־הַקֶּ֖רֶב וְאֶת־הַכְּרָעָ֑יִם וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר עַל־הָעֹלָ֖ה הַמִּזְבֵּֽחָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he did washרָחַץrâchats · to wash: washH7364
• the inwardsקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: inner partsH7130
• and the legsכֶּ֫רַעkârâ‛ · legH3767
• and burntקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999
• upon the burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• on the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196

Cross-references for Leviticus 9:14

• Leviticus 8:21He washed the legs and the inside parts. He burnt them on the altar as an offering to the Lord. The smell of them while they were burning gave the Lord pleasure. The Lord had said that Moses must do this.

Commentaries on Leviticus 9:14

• 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 9:14

• Ablution
• Israel
• Offerings
• Purification

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