Leviticus 9:2
Good News Translation
He said to Aaron, "Take a young bull and a ram without any defects and offer them to the LORD, the bull for a sin offering and the ram for a burnt offering.

New Revised Standard Version
He said to Aaron, “Take a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.

Contemporary English Version
Then he said to Aaron: Find a young bull and a ram that have nothing wrong with them. Offer the bull to the LORD as a sacrifice for sin and the ram as a sacrifice to please him.

New American Bible
and said to Aaron, “Take a calf of the herd for a purification offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.

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Leviticus 9:7,8 And he said to Aaron: Approach to the altar, and offer sacrifice for thy sin. Offer the holocaust, and pray for thyself and for the people: and when thou hast slain the people's victim, pray for them, as the Lord hath commanded. . . .

Leviticus 4:3 If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin a calf without blemish.

Leviticus 8:14 He offered also the calf for sin: and when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon the head thereof,

Exodus 29:1 And thou shalt also do this, that they may be consecrated to me in priesthood. Take a calf from the herd, and two rams without blemish,

2 Corinthians 5:21 Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us: that we might be made the justice of God in him.

Hebrews 5:3 And therefore he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

Hebrews 7:27 Who needeth not daily (as the other priests) to offer sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, in offering himself.

Hebrews 10:10-14 In the which will, we are sanctified by the oblation of the body of Jesus Christ once. . . .

and a ram

Leviticus 8:18 He offered also a ram for holocaust. And when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon its head:

Context
The First Offerings of Aaron
1And when the eighth day was come, Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the ancients of Israel, and said to Aaron: 2Take of the herd a calf for sin, and a ram for a holocaust, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord.3And to the children of Israel thou shalt say: Take ye a he goat for sin, and a calf, and a lamb, both of a year old, and without blemish for a holocaust.…
Cross References
Leviticus 4:3
If the priest that is anointed shall sin, making the people to offend, he shall offer to the Lord for his sin a calf without blemish.

Leviticus 9:3
And to the children of Israel thou shalt say: Take ye a he goat for sin, and a calf, and a lamb, both of a year old, and without blemish for a holocaust.

Ezekiel 29:1
In the tenth year, the tenth month, the eleventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

Leviticus 9:1
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