27 Sep 2025 – jeffersonvann

Leviticus 9

Leviticus 9:1 On the eighth day Moses invited Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,

Leviticus 9:2 and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a bull calf for a failure offering and a ram for an ascending offering both perfect and offer them to Yahveh’s face.

Leviticus 9:3 And speak to the people of Israel, and this is what you should say, ‘Take a male goat for a failure offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, perfect, for an ascending offering

Leviticus 9:4 and an ox and a ram for offerings for healthy relationships, to sacrifice to Yahveh’s face, and a tribute offering mixed with oil, because today Yahveh will appear among you.'”

Leviticus 9:5 And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the conference tent, and all the congregation drew near and stood at Yahveh’s face.

Leviticus 9:6 And Moses said, “This is the thing that Yahveh commanded you to do, that the impressive appearance[1] of Yahveh may appear to you.”

Leviticus 9:7 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar and offer your failure offering and your ascending offering and provide reconciliation for yourself and for the people and bring the offering of the people and provide reconciliation for them, as Yahveh has commanded.”

Leviticus 9:8 So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the failure offering, which was for himself.

Leviticus 9:9 And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.

Leviticus 9:10 But the fat and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the failure offering he burned on the altar, as Yahveh commanded Moses.

Leviticus 9:11 The flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp.

Leviticus 9:12 Then he killed the ascending offering and Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar.

Leviticus 9:13 And they handed the ascending offering to him, piece by piece, and the head, and he burned them on the altar.

Leviticus 9:14 And he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the ascending offering on the altar.

Leviticus 9:15 Then he presented the people’s offering and took the goat of the failure offering that was for the people and killed it and offered it as a failure offering, like the first one.

Leviticus 9:16 And he presented the ascending offering and offered it according to the judgment.

Leviticus 9:17 And he presented the tribute offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the ascending offering of the morning.

Leviticus 9:18 Then he killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice for healthy relationships for the people. And Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar.

Leviticus 9:19 But the fat pieces of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers the entrails and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver —

Leviticus 9:20 they put the fat pieces on the breasts, and he burned the fat pieces on the altar,

Leviticus 9:21 but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering in Yahveh’s sight, as Moses commanded.

Leviticus 9:22 Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the failure offering and the ascending offering and the offerings for healthy relationships.

Leviticus 9:23 And Moses and Aaron went into the conference tent, and when they came out, they blessed the people, and the impressive appearance of Yahveh appeared to all the people.

Leviticus 9:24 And fire came out from Yahveh’s sight and consumed the ascending offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces

[1] כָּבוֹד = impressive appearance. Leviticus 9:6, 23.

Leviticus 9 quotes:

“The Cloudy Pillar of Fire left Mt. Sinai and came and dwelt on the Blood-stained Mercy Seat, Divine fire came out from the Glory and burnt the sacrifice on the Brazen Altar, thus lighting the Fire which was to burn continually and never to go out, (Leviticus 9:22-24). From this Divinely-lit fire were taken the coals of fire for the Golden Altar of Incense, and the fire to light the Golden Candlestick.”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 44.

“After Moses and Aaron blessed the people, we read in Leviticus 9:24, “And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.” God is holy, and the purity of His presence manifests itself in fire. On the Day of Pentecost, God poured out tongues of fire on believers. The fire of the Holy Spirit is a real manifestation of God’s presence. “Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them” (Acts 2:3).”

Hayford, Jack W., and Paul McGuire. Milestones to Maturity : Growing in the Laws of Grace : A Study of the Wilderness Books (Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy). T. Nelson, 1994. p. 60.

“God was back! That could only mean that what had been wrong had finally been put right. Then the Lord gave evidence of his presence: “Fire blazed forth from the LORD’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground” (Leviticus 9:24).”

Smith, Colin S., and Tim Augustyn. The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional. Tyndale House Pub., 2012. p. 41.