Leviticus 9:17

Leviticus 9:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
• New International Version (NIV)He also brought the grain offering, took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he brought the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt sacrifice of the morning.

Context of Leviticus 9:17

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. He 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. 19Aaron took the fat tail, the fat and the kidneys and the best piece of the liver.

Leviticus 9:17 word by word

וַיַּקְרֵב֮ אֶת־הַמִּנְחָה֒ וַיְמַלֵּ֤א כַפּוֹ֙ מִמֶּ֔נָּה וַיַּקְטֵ֖ר עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ מִלְּבַ֖ד עֹלַ֥ת הַבֹּֽקֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he broughtקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• the meat offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• and tookמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• an handfulכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• thereof, and burntקָטַרqâţar · to offer: burnH6999
• upon the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• besideבַּדbad · alone: besidesH905
• the burnt sacrificeעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• of the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242

Cross-references for Leviticus 9:17

• Leviticus 9:1On the eighth day, Moses told Aaron and his sons and the leaders of Israel that they must come.
• Leviticus 2:1A person may want to give grain as a gift to the Lord. He must make it into flour. He must put oil and incense on the flour.
• Exodus 29:38You must offer a regular gift on the altar each day. This offering must be two lambs that are one year old.
• John 6:53Jesus said to them, ‘I tell you this: You must eat the body of the Son of Man and you must drink his blood. Unless you do those things, you do not have true life.
• Galatians 2:20Christ died on the cross on my behalf. It is like I died there with him. So I do not live my own life any more. Instead, Christ lives in me. The life that I live now in my body, I live because I trust what he has done for me. He has loved me so much that he died on my behalf.

Commentaries on Leviticus 9:17

• 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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17the morning’s burnt offering: They offered a lamb as a whole burnt offering each morning and evening (Leviticus 6:9; Numbers 28:2–4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-2117-21. meat offering ... wave offering--It is observable that there is no notice taken of these in the offerings the priests made for themselves. They could not bear their own sins: and therefore, instead of eating any part of their own sin offering, as they were at liberty to do in the case of the people's offering, they had to carry the whole carcasses "without the camp and burn them with fire" [Ex 29:14; Le 4:12].Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 9:17

• Israel
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Burnt Sacrifice
• Meat Offering
• Aaron
• Atonement
• Handful
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Sacrifice
• 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