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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then he presented the burnt offering and sacrificed it in the prescribed way.

Context of Leviticus 9:16

14He washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on top of the burnt offering on the altar. 15Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first one. He brought the burnt offering and offered it in the prescribed way. 17He also brought the grain offering, took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering. 18He slaughtered the ox and the ram as the fellowship offering for the people. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against 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 9:12Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar.
• Leviticus 1:3“ ‘If the offering is a burnt offering from the herd, you are to offer a male without defect. You must present it at the entrance to the tent of meeting so that it will be acceptable to the Lord.
• Leviticus 8:18He then presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
• Hebrews 10:1The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

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