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

12He slaughtered the animal for the burnt offering. Aaron’s sons gave him the blood, and he threw it against the altar on all sides. 13They also gave him the burnt offering, which was cut in pieces and included the head. He burned it on the altar. He washed the internal organs and the legs and laid them on top of the burnt offering on the altar. 15He brought the people’s offerings. He took the male goat for the people’s offering for sin and slaughtered it. He sacrificed it to take away sins as he had done before. 16Following the proper procedures, he brought forward the burnt offering and sacrificed it.

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 internal organs and the legs. Then Moses burned the whole ram on the altar as the Lord commanded him. It was a burnt offering, a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.

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