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Leviticus 9

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The Glory of Our Father Appears

Chapter 9.

On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. He told Aaron, "Take a bull calf for yourself as a sin offering, a ram as a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before our Father." Tell the Israelites: Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a yearling calf and lamb, without defect, for a burnt offering. an ox and a ram for a peace offering, to sacrifice before our Father, plus a grain offering mixed with oil — for today our Father will appear to you.

They brought what Moses commanded to the tent of meeting's entrance; the whole assembly drew near and stood before our Father. Moses said, "Do what our Father commanded, so the glory of our Father will appear to you." Moses told Aaron, "Come to the altar. Offer your sin offering and burnt offering, atone for yourself and the people. Offer the people's offering and atone for them, as our Father commanded."

So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the sin-offering calf, which was for himself. Aaron's sons brought him the blood; he dipped his finger in it, put it on the altar's horns, and poured the rest at its base. But he burned the sin offering's fat, kidneys, and liver lobe on the altar, as our Father commanded Moses. He burned the flesh and the skin with fire outside the camp. He killed the burnt offering. Aaron's sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the altar's sides. They handed him the burnt offering in pieces, with the head, and he burned them on the altar. He washed the intestines and legs, burning them on the altar with the burnt offering. Then he brought the people's offering: took their sin-offering goat, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin, like the first. He presented the burnt offering and offered it as prescribed. He brought the grain offering, took a handful, and burned it on the altar, besides the morning burnt offering. He slaughtered the ox and the ram, the people's peace offering sacrifice, and Aaron's sons brought him the blood, which he threw against the altar's sides. But the fat of the ox and ram: the fat tail, fat covering, kidneys, and long liver lobe —they placed the fat portions on the breasts, and he burned the fat portions on the altar. But Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh before our Father, as Moses had commanded. Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them, then came down from making the sin, burnt, and peace offerings.

Moses and Aaron entered the tent of meeting, came out, and blessed the people; the glory of our Father appeared to all the people. Fire came from our Father's presence and consumed the burnt offering and fat on the altar. All the people saw it, shouted for joy, and fell facedown. a a v24 The fire that fell and consumed the offering was our Father's own answer — his visible acceptance of the atonement made on the people's behalf, drawing them near to him.

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