Leviticus 9:1-8 ▼

1 On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons, together with the elders of Israel,

2 and said to Aaron, “Take a calf of the herd for a purification offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.

3 Tell the Israelites, too: Take a he-goat for a purification offering, a calf and a lamb, both unblemished yearlings, for a burnt offering,

4 and an ox and a ram for a communion sacrifice, to sacrifice before the LORD, along with a grain offering mixed with oil; for today the LORD will appear to you.”

5 So they brought what Moses had ordered before the tent of meeting. When the whole community had come forward and stood before the LORD,

6 Moses said, “This is what the LORD orders you to do, that the glory of the LORD may appear to you.

7 Approach the altar,” Moses then told Aaron, “and make your purification offering and your burnt offering in atonement for yourself and for your household; then make the offering of the people in atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded.”

8 Approaching the altar, Aaron first slaughtered the calf of the purification offering that was his own offering.