Leviticus 9:15-21

How does the service move from the priest to the people?

Berean Standard Bible

15 Aaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one. 16 He presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance. 17 Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering. 18 Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar. 19 They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram—the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver— 20 and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar, 21 but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded.

What is the context?

Aaron next presents the people’s sin offering, burnt offering, grain offering, and peace offerings. His sons continue assisting, and the portions are handled according to the instructions already given.

The grain offering is added alongside the regular morning burnt offering. The public occasion does not erase the ongoing service. The repeated obedience prepares the blessing and appearance of God’s glory in the following verses.

How is this passage commonly understood?

Wesley observes that the special occasion does not swallow up the regular offering. The USCCB notes emphasize Aaron and his sons now performing the rites previously performed by Moses. The offering types work together here while retaining their different portions and actions.

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