Leviticus 8:28

He took them again from their hands, and burnt them upon the altar of holocaust, because it was the oblation of consecration, for a sweet odour of sacrifice to the Lord.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

In Context

27Delivering all to Aaron, and to his sons: wile having lifted them up before the Lord,

29And he took of the ram of consecration, the breast for his portion, elevating it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded him.

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Cross References

Exodus 29:25And thou shalt take all from their hands, and shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust, a most sweet savour in the sight of the Lord, because it is his oblation.

Psalms 22:13Many calves have surrounded me: fat bulls have besieged me.

Hebrews 10:14For by one oblation he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 8:15-31

14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering. 15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. 16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it… Read the whole commentary →

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