Lev 8:18-21 | NETfull | STEP | Then he presented the burnt offering ram and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,

Leviticus 8:18-21

18 Then he presented the burnt offering ram and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, 19 and he slaughtered it. ^{▼▼ Aaron probably did the slaughtering (cf. the notes on Lev 8:15–16 above).} Moses then splashed the blood against the altar’s sides. 20 Then he ^{▼▼ Again, Aaron probably cut the ram up into parts (v. 20a), but Moses presented them on the altar (v. 20b; cf. the note on v. 15 above).} cut the ram into parts, ^{▼▼ Heb “cut it into its parts.” One could translate here, “quartered it” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:133; cf. Lev 1:6, 12 above).} and Moses offered the head, the parts, and the suet up in smoke, 21 but the entrails and the legs he washed with water, ^{▼▼ Again, Aaron probably did the washing (v. 21a), but Moses presented the portions on the altar (v. 21b; cf. the note on v. 15 above).} and Moses offered the whole ram up in smoke on the altar – it was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma, a gift to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ^{▼▼ See Lev 1:9, 13.}