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 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. Aaron brought the other young cow. He killed it and he burnt it on the altar. He did it as Moses had told him. 17He also brought the grain offering. He took some of it and he burnt it on the altar. He burnt it with the morning sacrifice. 18Aaron killed the bull and the male sheep. These were friendship offerings from the people. The priests brought the blood to him. He threw it onto the sides of 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 9:12Aaron 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.
• Leviticus 1:3A person may want to give a gift to the Lord. That gift must be a male animal from his group of animals. It must be perfect. He must burn the whole animal as a gift to the Lord. The person must bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting. If he does, the Lord will accept his gift.
• Leviticus 8:18Moses brought a male sheep to burn as a gift to God. Aaron and his sons put their hands on the sheep's head.
• Hebrews 10:1God's laws which he gave to Moses are like a shadow of the good things that would come later. But those laws do not show exactly what those good things are like. They say that the priests must continue to offer the same sacrifices on behalf of the people, year after year. So those sacrifices can never make the people completely clean when they come to worship God.

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