And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said unto Aaron,.... In the presence of the people of Israel:
take thee a young calf for a sin offering; one not exceeding a year old, as in Lev 9:3 but this was not for the sin of making the…
Lev 9:1 On the eighth day - i. e., on the first day after the week of consecration. Lev 9:2 A young calf - A bull calf, which might have been what we should call a yearling ox. Lev 9:3 A kid of the…
Adam Clarke
Take thee a young calf, etc. - As these sacrifices were for Aaron himself, they are furnished by himself and not by the people, for they were designed to make atonement for his own sin. See Lev 4:3.…
Orders are here given for another solemnity upon the eighth day; for the newly-ordained priests were set to work immediately after the days of their consecration were finished, to let them know that…
Cambridge Bible
a bull calf Only here is a calf appointed for a Sin-Offering. According to Jewish tradition, expressed in Targ. Jon., it was to remind Aaron of his sin in making the golden calf at Horeb (Exodus 32).
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