{Then the Lord said to Moses,} “Now I will tell you what you must do to show that Aaron and his sons serve me in a special way as priests. Find one young bull and two young goats that have nothing wrong with them.
Leviticus 9:2 - Easy To Read Version Moses said to Aaron, “Take a bull and a ram. There must be nothing wrong with those animals. The bull will be a sin offering, and the ram will be a burnt offering. Offer those animals to the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he said to Aaron, Take a young calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, [each] without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. [Heb. 10:10-12.] American Standard Version (1901) and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a calf of the herd for a sin-offering, and a ram for a burnt-offering, without blemish, and offer them before Jehovah. Common English Bible He said to Aaron, “Take a young bull from the herd as a purification offering and a ram as an entirely burned offering, both flawless animals, and bring them before the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version "Take a calf for sin from the herd, and a ram as a holocaust, both immaculate, and offer them in the sight of the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. |
{Then the Lord said to Moses,} “Now I will tell you what you must do to show that Aaron and his sons serve me in a special way as priests. Find one young bull and two young goats that have nothing wrong with them.
On the twelfth day of the tenth month (January) of the tenth year \{of exile\}, {\cf2\super [239]} the word of the Lord my Master came to me. He said,
“When a person offers a sheep or a goat as a burnt offering, then that animal must be a male animal that has nothing wrong with it.
“When a person offers one of his cows as a burnt offering, then that animal must be a bull that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [2] Then the Lord will accept the offering.
“Before Aaron enters the {Most} Holy Place {on the Day of Atonement}, he must offer a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
“Aaron must take from the people of Israel two male goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering.
“If the anointed priest [23] makes a mistake in a way that leaves the people guilty for their sin, then the priest must make an offering to the Lord for his sin. The priest must offer a young bull that has nothing wrong with it. He must offer the young bull to the Lord as a sin offering.
Then Moses brought the bull of the sin offering. Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
Then Moses brought the ram of the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons put their hands on the ram’s head.
Tell the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering. And take a calf and a lamb for a burnt offering. The calf and the lamb must each be one year old. There must be nothing wrong with those animals.
The high priest offers sacrifices for the sins of the people. But the high priest has weaknesses himself. So he also must offer sacrifices for his own sins.
He is not like those other priests. Those other priests had to offer (give) sacrifices {\cf2\super [75]} every day. They had to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people. But Christ doesn’t need to do that. Christ offered only one sacrifice for all time. Christ offered himself.