He presented the ram of the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
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He presented the ram of the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
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And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
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And the ram of the burnt-offering was presented; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Leviticus 8:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 8:2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;
- Exodus 29:15-18 “You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar. You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head. You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 1:4-13 He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. He shall kill the bull before Yahweh. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall present the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. He shall skin the burnt offering, and cut it into pieces. The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay wood in order on the fire; and Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall lay the pieces, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar; but he shall wash its innards and its legs with water. The priest shall burn all of it on the altar, for a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh. “ ‘If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without defect. He shall kill it on the north side of the altar before Yahweh. Aaron’s sons, the priests, shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. He shall cut it into its pieces, with its head and its fat. The priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar, but the innards and the legs he shall wash with water. The priest shall offer the whole, and burn it on the altar. It is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he brought the ram for the burnt offering,....…
And he brought the ram for the burnt offering,.... One of the two he was ordered to take, Lev 8:2.
and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram; as they had done before on the head of the bullock, see Lev 8:14 their right hands, as the Targum of Jonathan, and that at the same time; not first Aaron and then his sons, as a famous grammarian, Aben Ezra makes mention of, thought; but, as he himself says, they laid them on together.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain He brought the ram - Hereby they gave to…
He brought the ram - Hereby they gave to God the glory of this great honour which was put upon them: and also signified the devoting themselves and all their service to God.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 8:18. He brought the ram — Hereby they…
Lev 8:18. He brought the ram — Hereby they gave God the glory of this great honour which was put upon them, and returned him praise for it; and also signified the devoting themselves and all their services to the honour of God. Thus Paul thanked Jesus Christ for putting him into the ministry, and devoted himself and all he had to his service.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain brought the ram, &c.--as a token of their entire…
brought the ram, &c.--as a token of their entire dedication to the service of God.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. Burnt offering — Lev_1:3, note.
18. Burnt offering — Lev_1:3, note.
Laid their hands upon the head — This act cannot here signify the transmission of sin to the victim, for this had already been done in the sin offering. Lev_8:14. It is rather a typical ascription of glory to the Lamb of God which taketh away the sins of the world. Whether the Hebrew confessed his sins, consecrated self, or gave thanks, he laid his hand upon the head of the victim. Thus, both in prayers and praises to God the Father, the believer lays his hand upon Jesus, the great Sacrifice. He is the medium through whom all acceptable worship is offered. “He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father.” See Lev_1:4, note.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain (ii) The Burnt-Offering (18–21)
(ii) The Burnt-Offering (18–21)
The Burnt-Offering indicating complete surrender on the part of Aaron and his sons follows the sacrifice of atonement and purification. The ram is offered here by Moses, by Aaron for himself (Lev_9:2; Lev_9:12-13, Lev_16:3), for the people (Lev_16:5), for the princes of the tribes at the dedication of the altar (Num_7:15 etc. where the ram is one of three animals constituting the Burnt-Offering) and on the occasions enumerated in Num_28:29. Balak’s offering prescribed by Balaam consisted of seven bullocks and seven rams (Num_23:1-2; Num_23:14; Num_23:29-30).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) And he brought the ram.—After their sins had…
(18) And he brought the ram.—After their sins had been expiated by the sin offering, Moses offered for the consecrated priests one of the two rams which he was ordered to take (see Lev_8:2) as a burnt offering. With the exception of performing the sacerdotal rites himself, the ritual here described is in accordance with rules laid down in Lev_1:3-9.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 18-21. There is no deviation on the present…
Vers. 18-21. There is no deviation on the present occasion from the ritual appointed for the burnt offering. After the sin offering, righteousness is symbolically imputed to Aaron; after the burnt offering, holiness; then follows the peace offering of the ram, which completes and sacrificially effects the consecration.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 laid their hands on the head
laid their hands on the head
This is a symbolic action that identifies Aaron and his sons with the animal they are offering. In this way they are offering themselves to Yahweh through the animal. See how you translated this in Leviticus 1:4. (See: Symbolic Action)
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burnt offering
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:18 ram for the burnt offering: See study note…
8:18 ram for the burnt offering: See study note on 1:10-13.
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