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The First Sacrifices Offered by Aaron and His Sons

Eight days later Moses called together Aaron, his sons, and Israel's leaders. Then he said to Aaron:

Find a young bull and a ram that have nothing wrong with them. Offer the bull to the Lord as a sacrifice for sin and the ram as a sacrifice to please him.[a]

Tell the people of Israel that they must offer sacrifices as well. They must offer a goat[b] as a sacrifice for sin, and a bull and a ram as a sacrifice to please the Lord. The bull and the ram must be a year old and have nothing wrong with them.

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Footnotes

  1. 9.2 sacrifice to please him: See the note at 1.1-3.
  2. 9.3 goat: See the note at 1.1-3.

The Priests Begin Their Ministry

On the eighth day(A) Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders(B) of Israel. He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for your sin offering[a] and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the Lord. Then say to the Israelites: ‘Take a male goat(C) for a sin offering,(D) a calf(E) and a lamb(F)—both a year old and without defect—for a burnt offering,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 9:2 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter