A moment in scripture
Leviticus 9:7
And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.
The surrounding passage
- Leviticus 9:5
And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
- Leviticus 9:6
And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you.
- Leviticus 9:8
Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
- Leviticus 9:9
And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.