Leviticus 8:18-21·~1 min
The Priests’ Burnt Offering
Aaron and his sons lay their hands on the ram for the burnt offering, and Moses slaughters it and applies its blood to the altar. He burns the whole animal there after washing its inner parts and legs.
T18hen Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 19Moses slaughtered the ram and splattered the blood on all sides of the altar. 20He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. 21He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Section summaryMoses then offers the ram for the burnt offering after Aaron and his sons lay their hands on it. Its blood is splattered on the altar, and the whole washed animal is burned there as a pleasing food offering to the LORD.
Role in the chapterThis section follows purification with complete offering. The movement from sin offering to burnt offering deepens the ordination by showing a sacrifice wholly given up on the altar before the LORD.