Leviticus Chapter 9 verse 1 Holy Bible
And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
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And on the eighth day Moses sent for Aaron and his sons and the responsible men of Israel;
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And it came to pass on the eighth day, [that] Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel,
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And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
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And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
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It happened on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel;
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And it cometh to pass on the eighth day, Moses hath called for Aaron and for his sons, and for the elders of Israel,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerses 1-6. - 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 sin offering commanded for the high priest on ordinary occasions was a young bull, further advanced in age (Leviticus 4:3); and in presenting the blood he does not take it into the sanctuary according to the regulations in chapter Leviticus 4:6, but uses it as Moses had done in the sin offerings of the previous week, the purpose of the difference being to show that Aaron's full dignity had not yet devolved upon him. This did not take place until he had gone into the tabernacle with Moses (verse 23). A ram is again taken for the burnt offering, as had been the case in Moses' sacrifice of the previous week. The children of Israel now present a kid, the offering generally made by a prince, that for the congregation being a young bull. In the words for today the Lord will appear unto you, Moses promises the Divine appearance afterwards vouchsafed (verse 23).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersIX.(1) And it came to pass on the eighth day.--That is, the day following the seven days of consecration. (See Leviticus 8:33) According to ancient tradition this was the first of the month Nisan, or March.Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders.--That is, the same elders, the representatives of the people, who were called to attest the imposing ceremony of consecration (see Leviticus 8:3), are now also summoned to witness how the newly-installed priests entered upon the active duties of their ministrations. Like newly-born children who remain seven days in a state of uncleanness and enter into the covenant privileges of the congregation on the eighth day (see Leviticus 12:2-3), so the newly-created priests after a purging of seven days commenced their sacred duties and partook of their privileges on this symbolical day.
