Leviticus 9:1

_AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE EIGHTH DAY, THAT MOSES CALLED AARON AND HIS SONS, AND THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL;_ Moses called ... Take thee a young calf. The animals used in sacrifice were not only to be without blemish, but, excepting doves, not under eight days, nor over three years old. The directions in these sacred things were still given by Moses, the circumstances being extraordinary. But he was only the medium of communicating the divine will to the newly-made priests. The first of their official acts was the sacrifice of another sin offering, to atone for the defects of the inauguration services; and yet that sacrifice did not consist of a bullock-the sacrifice appointed for some particular transgression; but of a calf, perhaps not without a significant reference to Aaron's sin in the golden calf. Then followed a burnt offering, expressive of their voluntary and entire self-devotement...

1._And it came to pass on the eighth day _We have here related how Aaron and his sons, after the time of their consecration was fulfilled, began to execute their office. It was necessary that He should be his brother’s disciple, in order to follow the pattern laid down by God. And we must bear in mind that Moses, who was not appointed priest by a solemn rite, sanctified the others, in order that the authority and the efficacy of the outward sign should rest in God alone. This, therefore, is contained in the earlier portion of the chapter, how, after Aaron had been initiated in the priest’s office for seven days, He commenced the work entrusted to him by God’s command: the second part shews how the sacrifices were approved by a divine miracle, in ratification of the priesthood which God had instituted. But, first of all, He enumerates the ordinary kinds of sacrifice, viz., for sin, the bu...

1-21 These many sacrifices, which were all done away by the death of Christ, teach us that our best services need washing in his blood, and that the guilt of our best sacrifices needs to be done away by one more pure and more noble than they. Let us be thankful that we have such a High Priest. The priests had not a day's respite from service allowed. God's spiritual priests have constant work, which the duty of every day requires; they that would give up their account with joy, must redeem time. The glory of God appeared in the sight of the people, and owned what they had done. We are not now to expect such appearances, but God draws nigh to those who draw nigh to him, and the offerings of faith are acceptable to him; though the sacrifices being spiritual, the tokens of the acceptance are spiritual likewise. When Aaron had done all that was to be done about the sacrifices, he lifted up...

CHAPTER IX _Aaron is commanded to offer, on the eighth day, a sin-offering_ _and a burnt-offering_, 1, 2. _The people are commanded also to offer a sin-offering, a_ _burnt-offering, peace-offerings, and a meat-offering_, 3, 4. _They do as they were commanded; and Moses promises that God_ _shall appear among them_, 5, 6. _Aaron is commanded to make an atonement for the people_, 7. _He and his sons prepare and offer the different sacrifices_, 8-21. _Aaron and Moses bless the congregation_, 22, 23. And the fire of the Lord consumes

Leviticus 9:1 ON THE EIGHTH DAY - i. e., on the first day after the week of consecration. Leviticus 9:2 A YOUNG CALF - A bull calf, which might have been what we should call a yearling ox. Leviticus 9:3 A KID OF THE GOATS - A shaggy he-goat. See Leviticus 4:23 note. Leviticus 9:6 THE GLORY OF THE LORD - Compare...

EXPOSITION THE FIRST PRIESTLY ACTS OF AARON AND HIS SONS are recounted in the chapter following that which narrates their consecration. LEVITICUS 9:1 ON THE EIGHTH DAY. The seven days of consecration being now over, Aaron for the first time offers a sin offering and burnt offering for himself, and a sin offering, a burnt offering, a peace offering, and a meat offering for the congregation. He is still instructed by Moses as to what he is to do, but it is through him that the command is given to the people to present their offerings, and it is he that slays the victims and offers their blood. His own sin offering is a YOUNG CALF, or young bull calf, whereas the si

AND IT CAME TO PASS ON THE EIGHTH DAY,.... When the seven days of consecration were ended, as Ben Gersom, the day following them, so soon was Aaron called to the execution of his office; and so both the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi make it to be the eighth day of the consecration, or the day after the anointing of Aaron and his sons, and which they both say was the beginning, or first day of Nisan, the day the tabernacle was erected by Moses: but that seems to have been set up before the consecration; rather this was, as Aben Ezra says, the eighth day of the month Nisan or March, and was the eighth day of the consecration, which began at the first day, on which day the tabernacle was set up, Exodus 40:2: [THAT] MOSES, CALLED AARON AND HIS SONS, AND THE ELDERS OF ISRAEL; Aaron and his sons to enter upon their office, by offering sacrifices for themselves, and for the people,

2. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PRIESTHOOD EXERCISED CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The new offerings of the priests (Leviticus 9:1)_ 2. The people's offerings (Leviticus 9:15) 3. The fulness of blessing and glory (Leviticus 9:22) A service follows the consecration of the priests, in which they officiated; hitherto Moses had acted by divine command. The service ordered is of great significance. For seven days, during the days of their consecration, a bullock had been offered for Aaron and his sons, and yet at the beginning of the eighth day a young calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering are needed. This reminds us of...

LEVITICUS 9. THE INSTALLATION FUNCTIONS. These take place at the end of the consecration octave. Here Aaron, assisted by his sons, as now consecrated, is the officiator, and not Moses, as in Leviticus 8. LEVITICUS 9:1. PREPARATION OF PRIESTS AND PEOPLE. The ceremony and its purpose are closely similar to those of the Day of Atonement. For the priests themselves, a sin offering, a bull-calf, and a burnt offering, a ram; for the people, a sin offering, a he-goat, a burnt offering, calf and lamb, and also a peace offering, ox and ram. No choice of animals is given here, as in Leviticus 1, and in Leviticus 4 the goat is for the prince and the bullock for the whole people. The meal offering accompanies, as in Leviticus 2, etc. The altar is the altar of burnt offering, the only altar known to P (altar of incense,...

EIGHTH DAY: i.e. the day following the seven days of consecration (Leviticus 8:33; Leviticus 8:35)....