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Leviticus 9
1On the eighth day, Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
2and he said to Aaron, “Take a calf from the herd for a , and a ram for a burnt offering, without defect, and offer them before the LORD.
3You shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a ; and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without defect, for a burnt offering;
4and a bull and a ram for peace , to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meal offering mixed with : for today the LORD appears to you.’”
5They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting. All the congregation came near and stood before the LORD.
6Moses said, “This is the thing which the LORD commanded that you should do; and the LORD’s glory shall appear to you.”
7Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the , and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself, and for the people; and offer the offering of the people, and make atonement for them, as the LORD commanded.”
8So Aaron came near to the , and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
9The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the , and poured out the blood at the base of the altar;
10but the fat, and the kidneys, and the cover from the liver of the , he burned upon the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.
11The meat and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.
12He killed the ; and Aaron’s sons delivered the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar.
13They delivered the to him, piece by piece, and the head. He burned them upon the altar.
14He washed the innards and the legs, and burned them on the on the altar.
15He presented the people’s , and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and killed it, and offered it for sin, like the first.
16He presented the , and offered it according to the ordinance.
17He presented the meal , and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, in addition to the burnt offering of the morning.
18He also killed the bull and the ram, the of peace offerings, which was for the people. Aaron’s sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled around on the altar;
19and the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the innards, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver;
20and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the .
21Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh for a wave before the LORD, as Moses commanded.
22Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
23Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and came out, and blessed the people; and the LORD’s glory appeared to all the people.
24Fire came out from before the LORD, and consumed the and the fat upon the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted, and fell on their faces.
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