“Aaron will present his own bull as a sin offering to purify himself and his family, making them right with the Lord. After he has slaughtered the bull as a sin offering,
Parallel translations
- WEB “Aaron shall present the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.
- KJV And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
- BSB When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.
- NKJV “And Aaron shall bring the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house, and shall kill the bull as the sin offering which is for himself.
- NASB “Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself.
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Quick answer
Aaron offers his own sin-offering bull and kills it, making atonement for himself and his house. He is cleansed before proceeding to the people's atonement.
Overview
Aaron presents and slays the bull, atoning for himself and his household before entering the Most Holy Place. The repeated emphasis on his own need for atonement marks the limits of the old priesthood. By contrast, Christ, the sinless High Priest, needed no such offering and made one perfect sacrifice for all.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Lev 16:6“Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make atonement for himself and for his house.
- Heb 7:27who doesn’t need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices daily, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people. For he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.
- Heb 9:7but into the second the high priest alone, once in the year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and for the errors of the people.
- Lev 16:3“Aaron shall come into the sanctuary with a young bull for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.
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