Leviticus 9:3

“And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, etc.] That is, Aaron should speak to them, for being now high priest, Moses had no more to do with the sacrifices of the people, but it was incumbent on Aaron to call upon them to bring them to him such as the Lord by this law required of them: saying, take ye a kid of the goats for a sin [offering]; this creature fitly represented Christ as made sin, and an offering for sin, in the room of his people: and a calf, and a lamb; both of them, as before observed, were proper emblems of Christ in his strength and innocence, sometimes called the fatted calf, and frequently the Lamb of God, (<421523>Luke 15:23) (<430129>John 1:29,36): [both] of the…”

“Leviticus 9:1 On the eighth day - i. e., on the first day after the week of consecration. Leviticus 9:2 A young calf - A bull calf, which might have been what we should call a yearling ox. Leviticus 9:3 A kid of the goats - A shaggy he-goat. See Leviticus 4:23 note. Leviticus 9:6 The glory of the Lord - Compare Exodus 16:7. return to 'Top of Page'”

“A sin - offering - For the people, for whose sin a young bullock was required, Lev 4:15, but that was for some particular sin; this was more general for all their sins. Besides, there being an eye here to the priest's consecration and entrance into his office, it is no wonder if there be some difference in these Sacrifices from those before prescribed. Leviticus 9:4”

“Take ye: Lev 4:23, Lev 16:5, Lev 16:15; Ezr 6:17, Ezr 10:19; Isa 53:10; Rom 8:3; Co2 5:21; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:26-28; Pe1 2:24, Pe1 3:18; Rev 5:9 a kid: As the offering here is a kid, which was the sacrifice of the sin of the ruler, some think that the reading of the Samaritan and the LXX is to be preferred: "Speak unto the Elders of Israel." a calf: Lev 9:2 both: Lev 12:6, Lev 14:10, Lev 23:12; Exo 12:5 Leviticus 9:4”