Leviticus 9 · Verse 15

Leviticus 9:15

And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
Leviticus 9:15, King James Version

Leviticus 9:15 in other translations

BSBAaron then presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it for sin like the first one.
WEBHe presented the people’s offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and killed it, and offered it for sin, like the first.
ASVAnd he presented the people’s oblation, and took the goat of the sin-offering which was for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
YLTAnd he bringeth near the offering of the people, and taketh the goat of the sin-offering which is for the people, and slaughtered it, and maketh it a sin-offering, like the first;
DARBYAnd he presented the people's offering, and took the goat of the sin-offering which was for the people and slaughtered it, and offered it for sin, as the first.
BBEAnd he made an offering for the people and took the goat of the sin-offering for the people and put it to death, offering it for sin, in the same way as the first.
WebsterAnd he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin-offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.

What does Leviticus 9:15 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 9:1-21

These many sacrifices, which were all done away by the death of Christ, teach us that our best services need washing in his blood, and that the guilt of our best sacrifices needs to be done away by one more pure and more noble than they. Let us be thankful that we have such a High Priest. The priests had not a day's respite from service allowed. God's spiritual priests have constant work, which the duty of every day…

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Leviticus 9:15 in the original Hebrew

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וַיַּקְרֵ֕בvai.yak.Revand he presentedH7126
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
קָרְבַּ֣ןka.re.Ban[the] present ofH7133
הָעָ֑םha.'Amthe peopleH5971
וַיִּקַּ֞חvai.yi.Kachand he tookH3947
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
שְׂעִ֤ירse.'Ir[the] male goat ofH8163
הַֽחַטָּאת֙ha.cha.taTthe sin offeringH2403
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
לָעָ֔םla.'Am[was] for the peopleH5971
וַיִּשְׁחָטֵ֥הוּvai.yish.cha.Te.huand he cut throat itsH7819
וַֽיְחַטְּאֵ֖הוּvay.cha.te.'E.huand he made a sin offering itH2398
כָּרִאשֽׁוֹן\׃ka.ri.Shonlike the first [offering]H7223

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Cross references for Leviticus 9:15

  • Leviticus 4:27-31

    And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the Lord concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. …

  • Leviticus 9:3

    And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;

  • Hebrews 2:17

    Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

  • Hebrews 5:3

    And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

  • Titus 2:14

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

  • Numbers 28:1-29

    And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; …

  • Isaiah 53:10

    Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:21

    For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
3; 4:27-31; 9:15; Nu 28:1-29:31; Isa 53:10; 2Co 5:21; Tit 2:14
Heb 2:17; 5:3

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Context

  • Leviticus 9:14

    And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.

  • Leviticus 9:15

    And he brought the people’s offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.

  • Leviticus 9:16

    And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner.

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Leviticus 9:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ofreció también la ofrenda del pueblo, y tomó el macho cabrío que era para la expiación del pueblo, y degollólo, y lo ofreció por el pecado como el primero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et il présenta l’offrande du peuple: il prit le bouc du sacrifice pour le péché qui était pour le peuple, et l’égorgea, et l’offrit pour le péché, comme précédemment le veau.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er brachte herzu die Opfergabe des Volkes und nahm den Bock des Sündopfers, der für das Volk war, und schlachtete ihn und opferte ihn als Sündopfer, wie das vorige.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et pro peccato populi offerens, mactavit hircum: expiatoque altari,