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The Offerings for Consecration

14 Then[a] he brought forth the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering, 15 and he slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood and put[b] it with his finger on the altar’s horns all around and purified the altar; then[c] he poured the blood out on the altar’s base—thus[d] he consecrated it in order to make atonement for it.[e] 16 Then[f] he took all the fat that was on the inner parts[g] and the lobe on the liver and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses turned them into smoke on the altar,

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 8:14 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 8:15 Or “he put”
  3. Leviticus 8:15 Or “and”
  4. Leviticus 8:15 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 8:15 Or “to make atonement upon it” (see NET, Tanakh)
  6. Leviticus 8:16 Or “And”
  7. Leviticus 8:16 Or “entrails”

14 He then presented the bull(A) for the sin offering,(B) and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.(C) 15 Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood,(D) and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar(E) to purify the altar.(F) He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it.(G) 16 Moses also took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it on the altar.

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