The "eighth day" was the first day following the seven days of consecration of the priests that we read of in Leviticus 8:33, 35. The elders were called in to represent all of the congregation of the children of Israel.

Leviticus 9:2 "And he said unto Aaron, "Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, with out blemish, and offer them before the Lord."

The requirements for both of these offerings have eased up a little, for in the prior chapter, God required a bullock to be used as the sacrificial animal. So we will see in the rest of this chapter, there will be less of a requirement for each of the offerings. Remember that these priests had just been through an intense seven days of all the different offerings many times. So the point that is brought out here, is that even with all those others offerings, there was still some sin in the lives of the priests. No matter how perfect we think a person is or was, there is only one perfect person that every lived, Jesus the Christ, and He was the perfect sacrifice without blemish, that was crucified for all those that would believe on Him, and turn to Him in repentance.

Leviticus 9:3 "And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, `Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;"

Here in this verse we see the lesser offering being allowed. These animals were to be under a year of age, a male he goat, a male calf, and a male sheep, and without spot and blemish. Moses is speaking to Aaron, and it will be Aaron the high priest that gives the direct instruction to the children of Israel. This then will be part of the official duties of the priesthood to be responsible for instruction and the direction of giving the offering sacrifices for the people.

Leviticus 9:4 "Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the Lord will appear unto you.' "

We will see later in verse twenty three that God did appear before all the people of the children of Israel. By the people bringing their peace offering, put God's seal of approval of the sanctification of these priests, before the people. These elders from all the tribes that were there with Moses and Aaron, and they are going to see this happening in person, when God puts his seal of approval of the priesthood. So the orders went out to the elders to prepare for this meeting.

Leviticus 9:5 "And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord."

The elders brought those animals for sacrifice that Aaron the high priest told them, as Moses commanded, to bring with them, and the people came close to watch those offering and to witness the presence of the Lord. Keep in mind that when it states that "all the people drew near", in most cases it would be their elders representing their tribes that came near, for there were close to two million people in the congregation at the time, and it would not be possible for that many to draw near to the tent of the tabernacle. So I feel we could be save to say that it was the elders of the people that drew near at this time.

Leviticus 9:6 "And Moses said, "This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you."

Moses will give instructions through Aaron to the people, and the people followed those instructions because we will see that the Lord did appear to them before this chapter ends.

Leviticus 9:7 "And Moses said unto Aaron, "Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the People: and offer the offering of the People, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded."

the sin and burnt offerings for Aaron himself personally had to be given the first thing for his sins. Then the peace offering for Aaron was made before all the offerings could be made for the people. This had to be done, and this atonement for all their sins made before the Lord would appear to them in person.

Leviticus 9:8 "Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself."

The sin in this verse is "Chattah", for the sin offering is always first before the other offerings. This is so that the person can approach YHVH without sin between them and God. God would not accept any of the other offerings unless the sin was tended to first, and they were in good graces with God.

Leviticus 9:9 "And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him:" and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar:"

Remember that the blood could not go directly on the altar, for it represented sin, so the blood was poured out on the ground at the bottom of the altar. The only blood that reached the altar was that blood that was on the tip of the priest's finger, that touched the horns of the altar. This offering talked about here was for Aaron only, the other offerings would come later. Remember from the prior chapters, that if the sin sacrifice offering was for yourself, it was required that the priest took it inside the sanctuary, and sprinkle it seven times on the vail of the holy of holies, but here it was not taken inside the, but it was handled outside at the horns of the altar, and then poured on the ground around the altar. There are many commentaries as to why this sin offering had to be given here, as Aaron had just gone through seven days of sin offerings to make things right for the consecration on the eighth day. I feel it was done because God required it done for what ever the reason. If God commands it, then do it.

Leviticus 9:10 "But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the Lord commanded Moses."

This is the same instruction for sin and burnt offerings that we read of in the first three chapters of Leviticus.

Leviticus 9:11 "And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp."

This was taken outside the camp, specifically to a clean place, for all of the sin offerings that were taken out side the camp were considered holy, and had to be treated so. As they took these parts out of the camp to be burnt, some of the live coals of fire had to be brought with it, because it was considered a holy fire from the altar of God.

Leviticus 9:12 "And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar."

The "burnt offering" as give here, the "saraph", was the sign of a complete surrender to God. Normally there was a meat offering that followed, but there was no meat offering given at this time. This is done in all cases when there is a burnt offering for the people. The reason for this is because as we read in Leviticus 6:20 :"("This is the offering of Aaron and of his son, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.....") " This special offering for peace, the "Minchah", was to be made with flour and oil, baked and eaten in the morning and evening by the priests. Each day after his consecration his duties required that he had to do this, for it was a perpetual thing. This is the reason that upon this time with the elders there was no requirement of a meat offering also, with this offering with the flour for Aaron.

Leviticus 9:13 "And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar."

During the seven previous day there were a number of animals being sacrificed in the offerings. The other Levite offspring of Aaron were also allowed to assist in the sacrifice killings, besides those that were selected as priests.

Leviticus 9:14 "And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar."

Leviticus 9:15 "And he brought the People's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the People, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first."

This verse becomes important for chapter ten; for they must handle this sacrificed goat, just as these priests handled the first. In the first, the priest took the flesh and the hide, and all those things that were offered to God on the altar, and they took those things outside the camp to a clean place and burned them there. We will see in Chapter ten, that this was contrary to God's instructions to them.

Leviticus 9:16 "And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner."

Aaron took the sacrifices and he followed Moses instructions from God in the manner that God ordered it to be done. This manner was first ordered in Leviticus 1:3, 10.

Leviticus 9:17 "And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning."

This meat offering, the "Minchah" of the meat offering was burnt right along with the burnt offering also of that morning. This meat offering followed the sin and burnt offering of that eighth day, because it follow after those sin and burnt offering of that morning, that was given in Leviticus 6; pertaining to the day of Aaron's anointing.

Leviticus 9:18 "He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the People: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about,"

This peace offering spoken of here is the "Shelem", offered for the people. The Peace offering conveys the idea of peace on the ground of perfection of compensation or recompense. It represents a payment for vows or promises to God, for the peace that they had already received. Notice that the blood from this sacrifice was not taken into the Sanctuary, but splashed around on the ground by the altar. For if it was taken into the Sanctuary, the priest would have had to eat the meat that was not burnt on the altar.

Leviticus 9:19 "And the fat of the bullock and the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver:"

The "rump" on this ram sheep, was the fat tail on the sheep, where the tail of this animal weighs as much as 15 pounds by our standards.

Leviticus 9:20 "And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:"

Leviticus 9:21 "And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; as Moses commanded."

This right shoulder was the back right side of the animal, from the knee to the hip. That portion was waved from the direction of the holy of holies, to the priest and back. This motion is called the wave offering.

Leviticus 9:22 "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."

While up on mount Sinai, God gave the instructions of the offerings to Moses, and Moses brought those instructions to Aaron and his sons, the priests, and the priests carried out the ministering of the offerings to the Lord.

The sin offering is the Chattath, "chat'a" in the Hebrew tongue, which means to sin by coming short of, or by missing the mark in sins of commission. In the "piel" the sin offering was to purge the people from these sins of commission. In the "olah" [to cause to ascend], which comes from the Greek work "holocausta", conveys the message that the offering was completely burnt. This differed from the "chattath" which went downward and out ward, and completed outside the tabernacle and the camp. So the "Piel" offering went on the altar in the camp and was completely burnt up by fire, and the "Chattath" were those parts that were carried outside the camp and discarded to the ground.

The peace offering, "Shelem" in the Hebrew tongue, conveys the idea of peace on the ground of perfection, of compensation or recompense. Thus this offering of peace is offered to God in thanks for the peace that has already been enjoyed. It is a payment for the vows and praises that God has brought into your life. Many times the "Shelem" was combined with the "Zebach", or other offerings that require any offering slain. This peace offering is eucharistic [in remembrance of] rather than propitiatory [for sins committed].

So this blessing by Moses of the peace offering we find in Numbers 6:23-26: "Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, `On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, The Lord bless thee, and keep thee: The Lord make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The Lord lift up His countenance upon thee, and give thee peace."

This blessing is given in many churches at the close of each sermon, as God commanded his priests and ministers to do.

Leviticus 9: 23 "And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the People: and the glory of the Lord appeared unto all the People."

After the blessing took place of the people, Moses and Aaron went in the tabernacle and when they came out the blessed the people just as it was promised in verse four of this chapter. Remember this was on the eighth day after the seven days of consecration. The furniture of the tabernacle was just completed, and set in place, and Moses introduced this new tent with its furniture to the new priests for the first time. The description and construction of these items are discussed in Exodus 24, and the actual contents of their construction is given in Exodus 25. This is the start here of the form of worship that would be going on until Jesus Christ would come and become the perfect sacrifice for one and all times. They were offering their prayers to God, and seeking instructions for their priesthood. When they came out of the tent tabernacle, God appeared to all the people.

Leviticus 9:24 "And there came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces."

So in these first nine chapters of Leviticus we have read of God laying down the laws and commandments to Moses, Aaron and his sons, and to the people of the children of Israel. God's people now have the blueprint to follow to get right with God, to where they could receive His blessings, and please Him. This is a guide for us to follow in our lives, but it doesn't take much time to see that man living in the flesh will fall short of those standards that God has given to us, but that is why God has also given us a way back to Him when we do fall short. Romans 3:23: "For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God." In the time of Moses, and Old Testament time that way was through these ordinances and statutes of sacrifice, but after the death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, the only way was set, that of belief through our faith in Jesus Christ; and our repentance in Jesus name and turning from those sins.

Romans 6:23 "For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

When ever we do fall into sin, as believers in Christ, and seeing our short comings of sin, we confess them to the Father in Jesus name, and under the blood of Christ they are blotted out from the heavenly books. Sure we sinned, but the blood of Christ erases them from the record charges that are before the throne of God, and we stand before our Maker, guiltless before God. That is the victory we have in Christ, and our Heavenly Father offers that peace of mind to any person that will in faith, believe in His only Son Jesus Christ, and come to him in repentance in Jesus name. Father doesn't force Himself on anyone, you either come His way, or you don't come to Him.