People’s Open Bible
Leviticus 9
Fire Consumes Sacrifice Shown
Open in the reader →1And it happened on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
2And he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a calf, a son of the herd, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and present them before Yahweh.”
3And to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, each a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering.’
4and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today Yahweh will appear to you.
5So they brought what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation came near and stood before Yahweh.
6And Moses said, “This is the thing that Yahweh has commanded you to do, that the glory of Yahweh may appear to you.”
7And Moses said to Aaron, “Come near to the altar, and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. Then offer the people's offering, and make atonement for them, just as Yahweh commanded.”
8Then Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering that was for himself.
9And Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and he poured out the blood at the base of the altar.
10And the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering he turned into smoke on the altar, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
11But the flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp.
12Then he slaughtered the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he splashed it against the altar on all sides.
13And they brought the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head; and he burned them on the altar.
14He washed the entrails and the lower legs, and he burned them on the altar, on top of the burnt offering.
15Then he presented the people's offering, and he took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, as with the first one.
16And he presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance.
17Then he presented the grain offering, filled his hand from it, and burned it on the altar, besides the morning burnt offering.
18Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings that was for the people. Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he splashed it on the altar all around.
19and the fat pieces from the ox and from the ram: the fat tail, the covering fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver.
20They placed the fat pieces on the breasts, and he burned the fat pieces on the altar.
21And Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before Yahweh, just as Moses had commanded.
22Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.
23Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out, they blessed the people. Then the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people.
24And fire came out from before Yahweh and consumed on the altar the burnt offering and the fat portions. And all the people saw, and they shouted for joy and fell on their faces.
Composed from original Hebrew, Greek, Latin, and Ge’ez manuscripts, rendered in multiple passes to stay as close to the originals as possible. About this project