Leviticus 9:15

“And he brought the people’s offering, etc.] To the altar, having offered his own first: and took the goat, which [was] the sin [offering] for the people, and slew it; where he had slain his own: and offered it for sin, as the first: the first offering he offered for himself, which was of the same sort.”

“In this first complete series of offerings made by the high priest, the sacrifices take their appointed order; first, the sin-offering to make atonement; then the burnt-offering, to signify the surrender of the body, soul and spirit to Yahweh in heaven; and lastly the peace-offering, to show forth the communion vouchsafed to those who are justified and sanctified. See Leviticus 8:14 note. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Lev 9:3, Lev 4:27-31, Lev 9:15; Num. 28:1-29:31; Isa 53:10; Co2 5:21; Tit 2:14; Heb 2:17, Heb 5:3 Leviticus 9:16”

“Of the sacrifices of the nation, Aaron presented the sin-offering in the same manner as the first, i.e., the one offered for himself ( Lev 9:8.). The blood of this sin-offering, which was presented for the congregation, was not brought into the holy place according to the rule laid down in Lev 7:16., but only applied to the horns of the altar of burnt-offering; for the same reason as in the previous case ( Lev 9:8.), viz., because the object was not to expiate any particular sin, or the sins of the congregation that had been committed in the course of time and remained unatoned for, but simply to place the sacrificial service of the congregation in its proper relation to the Lord. Aaron was…”