God's Word Translation

Leviticus 9:4-15 God's Word Translation (GW)

4. a bull and a ram as a fellowship offering, and a grain offering mixed with olive oil to sacrifice in the Lord’s presence. The Lord will appear to you today.’ ”

5. So they took the things Moses commanded and brought them in front of the tent of meeting. The whole congregation came and stood in the Lord’s presence.

6. Moses said, “The Lord has commanded you to offer these sacrifices so that you may see the Lord’s glory.”

7. Moses told Aaron, “Come to the altar and sacrifice an offering for sin and a burnt offering to make peace with the Lord for your sins and the sins of the people. Also make an offering for the people, to make peace with the Lord for them as the Lord commanded.”

8. Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as his own offering for sin.

9. Aaron’s sons brought him the blood. He dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar. Then he poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar.

10. On the altar he burned the fat, kidneys, and lobe of the liver from the offering for sin as the Lord had commanded Moses.

11. He burned the meat and the skin outside the camp.

12. He slaughtered the animal for the burnt offering. Aaron’s sons gave him the blood, and he threw it against the altar on all sides.

13. They also gave him the burnt offering, which was cut in pieces and included the head. He burned it on the altar.

14. He washed the internal organs and the legs and laid them on top of the burnt offering on the altar.

15. He brought the people’s offerings. He took the male goat for the people’s offering for sin and slaughtered it. He sacrificed it to take away sins as he had done before.