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And having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering, he stepped down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />After that, Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. Then, after presenting the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down from the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Aaron lifted his hand toward the people, blessed them, and came down from offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them, and came down [from the altar of burnt offering] after presenting the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. He came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. He came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Aaron held out his hand and gave the people his blessing, before coming down from the bronze altar where he had offered the sacrifices. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. He sacrificed the offering for sin, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering. Then he came down [from the altar].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When Aaron had finished all the sacrifices, he raised his hands over the people and blessed them, and then stepped down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Aaron raised his hand toward the people and blessed them. Then he came down from the altar after offering the sin, whole burnt, and peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them and descended from making the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Aaron lifted up his hand towards the people, and blessed them; and came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and peace-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Aaron lifts up his hand toward the people, and blesses them, and comes down from making the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Aaron lifteth up his hand towards the people, and blesseth them, and cometh down from making the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Aaron will lift up his hand to the people, and bless them; and come down from the doing the sin, and the burnt-offering, and the peace.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And stretching forth his hands to the people, he blessed them. And so the victims for sin, and the holocausts, and the peace offerings being finished, he came down. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And extending his hands to the people, he blessed them. And so, the victims for sin, and the holocausts, and the peace offerings being completed, he descended.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Aaron then raised his hands over the people and blessed them. When he came down from offering the purification offering, the burnt offering, and the communion offering,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them; and he came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the offering of well-being.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Ahron lifted his hands over the people and he blessed them and he came down when he brought the sin and the burnt offering, the peace offering and the peace sacrifice.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people, and blessed them; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burnt-offering, and the peace-offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Aaron lifted up his hands on the people and blessed them; and after he had offered the sin-offering, and the whole-burnt-offerings, and the peace-offerings, he came down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/9-22.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=2140" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/9.htm">The Offerings for the People</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">21</span>but he waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses had commanded. <span class="reftext">22</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">Aaron</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: way·yiś·śā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">lifted up</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yå̄·ḏō (N-fdc:: 3ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">his hands</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">toward</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: way·ḇā·rə·ḵêm (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms:: 3mp) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">and blessed them.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: mê·‘ă·śōṯ (Prep-m:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">And having made</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ha·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">the sin offering,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: wə·hā·‘ō·lāh (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">the burnt offering,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8002.htm" title="8002: wə·haš·šə·lā·mîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering. From shalam; properly, requital, i.e. A sacrifice in thanks.">and the peace offering,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: way·yê·reḏ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To come or go down, descend. ">he stepped down.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/6-22.htm">Numbers 6:22-27</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: / ‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-7.htm">Hebrews 9:7</a></span><br />But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Hebrews 5:1</a></span><br />Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/6-23.htm">Numbers 6:23</a></span><br />“Tell Aaron and his sons: This is how you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a></span><br />‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; / may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; / may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/24-50.htm">Luke 24:50-51</a></span><br />When Jesus had led them out as far as Bethany, He lifted up His hands and blessed them. / While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a></span><br />Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/39-43.htm">Exodus 39:43</a></span><br />And Moses inspected all the work and saw that they had accomplished it just as the LORD had commanded. So Moses blessed them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-27.htm">2 Chronicles 30:27</a></span><br />Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/20-28.htm">Numbers 20:28</a></span><br />After Moses had removed Aaron’s garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on top of the mountain. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">Deuteronomy 10:8</a></span><br />At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-55.htm">1 Kings 8:55</a></span><br />And he stood and blessed the whole assembly of Israel in a loud voice, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/23-13.htm">1 Chronicles 23:13</a></span><br />The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-25.htm">Hebrews 9:25</a></span><br />Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-11.htm">Hebrews 10:11</a></span><br />Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.</p><p class="hdg">his hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-22.htm">Isaiah 49:22</a></b></br> Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in <i>their</i> arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon <i>their</i> shoulders.</p><p class="hdg">and particularly in swearing</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-22.htm">Genesis 14:22</a></b></br> And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,</p><p class="hdg">praying</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/28-2.htm">Psalm 28:2</a></b></br> Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.</p><p class="hdg">and blessing, either of God</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/134-2.htm">Psalm 134:2</a></b></br> Lift up your hands <i>in</i> the sanctuary, and bless the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">or of men, as in this place.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/14-18.htm">Genesis 14:18-20</a></b></br> And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he <i>was</i> the priest of the most high God… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/6-23.htm">Numbers 6:23-27</a></b></br> Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm">Deuteronomy 10:8</a></b></br> At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/9-21.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/39-43.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/genesis/49-28.htm">Blesseth</a> <a href="/exodus/39-43.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-20.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-17.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-18.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-17.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-28.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-14.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/genesis/43-34.htm">Lifteth</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-33.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-21.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-18.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-18.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-4.htm">Peace-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-18.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/4-10.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-15.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-15.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/john/5-4.htm">Stepped</a> <a href="/exodus/39-20.htm">Towards</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/9-23.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-23.htm">Blessed</a> <a href="/numbers/23-20.htm">Blesseth</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-23.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-14.htm">Fellowship</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-11.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/leviticus/15-11.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/numbers/9-17.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/numbers/14-1.htm">Lifteth</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-12.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-3.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-5.htm">Peace-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-14.htm">Peace-Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Sacrificed</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-16.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-16.htm">Sin-Offering</a> <a href="/numbers/12-5.htm">Stepped</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-41.htm">Towards</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/9-1.htm">The first offerings of Aaron, for himself and the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/9-8.htm">The sin offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/9-12.htm">and the burn offering for himself</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/9-15.htm">the offerings for the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/9-23.htm">Moses and Aaron bless the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/9-24.htm">Fire comes from the Lord, upon the altar</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 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valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/9.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them.</b><br>In the ancient Near Eastern context, lifting hands was a common gesture of blessing and prayer. Aaron, as the high priest, performed this act to convey God's favor and peace upon the Israelites. This blessing signifies the completion of the sacrificial rituals and the acceptance of the offerings by God. The act of blessing is reminiscent of the priestly blessing found in <a href="/numbers/6-22.htm">Numbers 6:22-27</a>, where God instructs Aaron and his sons on how to bless the Israelites. This moment foreshadows the role of Jesus Christ as the ultimate High Priest, who intercedes and blesses His people (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25-26</a>).<p><b>And having made the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering,</b><br>These offerings were central to the Levitical sacrificial system. The sin offering was for atonement and purification from sin, highlighting the need for repentance and forgiveness. The burnt offering symbolized complete dedication to God, as the entire animal was consumed by fire. The peace offering, also known as the fellowship offering, represented reconciliation and communion with God. Together, these offerings illustrate the comprehensive nature of atonement and worship in Israelite religion. They prefigure the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who fulfills all these offerings through His death and resurrection, providing complete atonement and peace with God (<a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10-14</a>).<p><b>he stepped down.</b><br>This phrase indicates the conclusion of the sacrificial ceremony. Aaron stepping down signifies the completion of his priestly duties at the altar. It also marks the transition from the sacrificial act to the reception of God's presence and blessing. In a broader theological sense, this act can be seen as a type of Christ, who, after offering Himself as the perfect sacrifice, ascended to the Father and now intercedes for believers (<a href="/hebrews/9-24.htm">Hebrews 9:24</a>). The stepping down also emphasizes the accessibility of God's presence to the people, as the high priest mediates between God and Israel, a role ultimately fulfilled by Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>The brother of Moses and the first high priest of Israel. In this passage, Aaron performs his priestly duties by offering sacrifices and blessing the people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_israel.htm">The People of Israel</a></b><br>The congregation of Israelites who are present to witness the offerings and receive the blessing from Aaron.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The sacred tent of meeting where the Israelites worshiped God and where the sacrifices were made.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacrifices.htm">Sacrifices</a></b><br>The sin offering, burnt offering, and peace offering are significant rituals in the Levitical system, each with its own purpose in atoning for sin, expressing devotion, and establishing fellowship with God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/blessing.htm">Blessing</a></b><br>Aaron's act of lifting his hands and blessing the people signifies the transmission of God's favor and peace upon them.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_priest.htm">The Role of the Priest</a></b><br>Aaron's actions as a priest foreshadow the ultimate priesthood of Jesus Christ. Just as Aaron mediated between God and the people, Jesus is our mediator who offers a perfect sacrifice for our sins.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_sacrifices.htm">The Significance of Sacrifices</a></b><br>The sin, burnt, and peace offerings each represent different aspects of our relationship with God: atonement, dedication, and fellowship. Reflect on how these are fulfilled in Christ's sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_blessing.htm">The Power of Blessing</a></b><br>Aaron's blessing of the people is a reminder of the power of spoken blessings. As believers, we are called to bless others, speaking life and encouragement into their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Aaron's obedience in performing the sacrifices as commanded by God is a model for us. We are called to obey God's instructions in our lives, trusting in His wisdom and provision.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_worship.htm">Community Worship</a></b><br>The gathering of the Israelites for worship and sacrifice highlights the importance of communal worship. As believers, we are encouraged to gather together to worship and seek God's presence.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_evidence_for_lev._9_22-23_events.htm">In Leviticus 9:22–23, is there any historical or archaeological evidence outside the Bible to support the account of Moses and Aaron’s miraculous blessing and the visible glory of God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_aaron_offer_for_his_sons.htm">Why did Aaron offer a sin offering for his sons?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_blood_of_christ_mean.htm">What is the meaning of the Blood of Christ?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_were_nadab_and_abihu_in_the_bible.htm">Who were Nadab and Abihu in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(22) <span class= "bld">And Aaron lifted up his hand.</span>--Having now completed the rites of the various sacrifices, and whilst still standing on the elevation leading to the altar, Aaron with uplifted hands solemnly pronounces upon the assembled people the priestly benediction prescribed in <a href="/context/numbers/6-24.htm" title="The LORD bless you, and keep you:">Numbers 6:24-26</a>. As the Lord separated the tribe of Levi to bless the people in His name (<a href="/deuteronomy/10-8.htm" title="At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.">Deuteronomy 10:8</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/21-5.htm" title="And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried:">Deuteronomy 21:5</a>), the descendants of Aaron to this day pronounce this benediction upon the congregation in the synagogue at certain periods of the year. In accordance with the remark in the passage before us, they are obliged to turn their faces to the people. In lifting up their hands above their shoulders, stretching them forward towards the worshippers, each priest joins his hands together by the thumbs and the two forefingers, separating the other two fingers so as to produce a triple division. (See <a href="/numbers/6-24.htm" title="The LORD bless you, and keep you:">Numbers 6:24</a>, &c.)<p><span class= "bld">And came down from offering.</span>--That is, from the elevated standing-place by the side of the altar, which was ascended by a gently sloping dam of earth, since no steps were allowed (see <a href="/exodus/20-3.htm" title="You shall have no other gods before me.">Exodus 20:3</a>), and which during the second Temple was three cubits high. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 22.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And Aaron lifted up his hand</span> or (according to the more probable reading) <span class="accented">hands.</span> This was the first priestly benediction by Aaron, given from the elevated standing-place which he occupied by the side of the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/9-22.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Aaron</span><br /><span class="heb">אַהֲרֹ֧ן</span> <span class="translit">(’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">lifted up</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשָּׂ֨א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his hands</span><br /><span class="heb">יָדָ֛יו</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">toward</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and blessed them.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(way·ḇā·rə·ḵêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">And having made</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵעֲשֹׂ֧ת</span> <span class="translit">(mê·‘ă·śōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sin offering,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽחַטָּ֛את</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the burnt offering,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָעֹלָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ō·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the peace offering,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַשְּׁלָמִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·haš·šə·lā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8002.htm">Strong's 8002: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacrifice for alliance or friendship, peace offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he stepped down.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֵּ֗רֶד</span> <span class="translit">(way·yê·reḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/9-22.htm">Leviticus 9:22 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/9-22.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 9:22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/9-21.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 9:21"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 9:21" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/9-23.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 9:23"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 9:23" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>