He presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance.
Parallel translations
- WEB He presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance.
- KJV And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.
- NKJV And he brought the burnt offering and offered it according to the prescribed manner.
- NASB He also presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance.
- NLT Then he presented the burnt offering and sacrificed it in the prescribed way.
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Quick answer
He presents the people's burnt offering according to the ordinance. Worship proceeds exactly as God prescribed.
Overview
The burnt offering for the people expresses their consecration to God following atonement for sin. The emphasis on doing it 'according to the ordinance' again stresses regulated, God-defined worship. This ordered approach finds its fulfillment in Christ, through whom believers are wholly consecrated to God.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Lev 9:12–14Then Aaron slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he sprinkled it on all sides of the altar.
- Lev 1:1–13Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
- Heb 10:1–22For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
- Lev 8:18–21Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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