Leviticus 9:2

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.

Cross-references

In Leviticus 9:7, Moses directs Aaron to approach the altar and offer the sin and burnt offerings, moving from the command in 9:2 to its execution.

Leviticus 9:8 shows Aaron immediately obeying: he kills the calf of the sin offering as instructed in 9:2.

Leviticus 9:3 immediately follows, instructing the people to bring a male goat and other offerings for the same ceremony.

Leviticus 4:3 provides the legal requirement for a priest's sin offering—a bull without blemish—which Aaron follows in 9:2.

Leviticus 8:14 records a similar sin offering during the ordination week; 9:2 repeats this pattern on the first day of service.

Leviticus 8:18 describes the ram for burnt offering during ordination — the same type of offering Aaron is now told to present here.

2 Corinthians 5:21 presents Christ as the sinless sin offering, contrasting with Aaron's need to offer for his own sin in 9:2.

Hebrews 5:3 Allusion

Hebrews 5:3 explains that every high priest must offer for his own sins, the very reason Aaron offers the bull calf in 9:2.

Hebrews 7:27 contrasts Christ, who needed no offering for his own sins, with the repeated priestly offerings like Aaron's in 9:2.

Hebrews 10:14 proclaims Christ's once-for-all sacrifice, in contrast to the repeated sin offerings such as Aaron's in 9:2.

Exodus 29:1 Allusion

Exodus 29:1 gives the original consecration command involving a bull and rams, which the offerings in 9:2 echo.