"And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement …" — Leviticus 9:7

Leviticus 9:7 · KJV

“And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.”

— Leviticus 9:7

Verse 6

And Moses said, This {is} the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.

Verse 8

Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which {was} for himself.

Leviticus 9 — Context

And they brought {that} which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

And Moses said, This {is} the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.

And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded.

Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which {was} for himself.

And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put {it} upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:

Cross References

Hebrews 5:3

And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

Hebrews 5:1

For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things {pertaining} to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins:

Hebrews 9:7

But into the second {went} the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and {for} the errors of the people:

Leviticus 4:3

If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

1 Samuel 3:14

And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

Leviticus 4:16-20

And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation:

Hebrews 7:27-28

Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

Leviticus 8:34

As he hath done this day, {so} the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.