Discovery BoxLeviticus 8:7 
Context8:7 Then he 1 put the tunic 2 on Aaron, 3 wrapped the sash around him, 4 and clothed him with the robe. 5 Next he put the ephod on him 6 and placed on him 7 the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band. 8
Leviticus 8:15
Context8:15 and he slaughtered it. 9 Moses then took the blood and put it all around on the horns of the altar with his finger and decontaminated the altar, 10 and he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and so consecrated it to make atonement on it. 11
Leviticus 16:18
Context16:18 “Then 12 he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take 13 some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it all around on the horns of the altar.
1 sn Here Moses actually clothes Aaron (cf. v. 13 below for Aaron’s sons). Regarding the various articles of clothing see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 111-12 and esp. J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:501-13.
2 sn The term “tunic” refers to a shirt-like garment worn next to the skin and, therefore, put on first (cf. Exod 28:4, 39-40; 29:5, 8; 39:27). Traditionally this has been translated “coat” (so KJV, ASV), but that English word designates an outer garment.
3 tn Heb “on him”; the referent (Aaron) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “girded him with the sash” (so NASB); NCV “tied the cloth belt around him.”
sn The sash fastened the tunic around the waist (Exod 28:4, 39; 29:9; 39:29).
5 sn The robe was a long shirt-like over-garment that reached down below the knees. Its hem was embroidered with pomegranates and golden bells around the bottom (Exod 28:4, 31-35; 29:5; 39:22-26).
6 sn The ephod was an apron like garment suspended from shoulder straps. It draped over the robe and extended from the chest down to the thighs (Exod 28:4, 6-14, 25-28; 29:5; 39:2-7).
7 tn Heb “girded him with.”
8 sn The decorated band of the ephod served as a sort of belt around Aaron’s body that would hold the ephod closely to him rather than allowing it to hang loosely across his front (Exod 28:8, 27; 29:5; 39:5, 20).
9 sn Contrary to some English versions (e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NLT), Aaron (not Moses) most likely slaughtered the bull, possibly with the help of his sons, although the verb is singular, not plural. Moses then performed the ritual procedures that involved direct contact with the altar. Compare the pattern in Lev 1:5-9, where the offerer does the slaughtering and the priests perform the procedures that involve direct contact with the altar. In Lev 8 Moses is functioning as the priest in order to consecrate the priesthood. The explicit reintroduction of the name of Moses as the subject of the next verb seems to reinforce this understanding of the passage (cf. also vv. 19 and 23 below).
10 tn The verb is the Piel of חָטָא (khata’, “to sin”) and means “to de-sin” the altar. This verse is important for confirming the main purpose of the sin offering, which was to decontaminate the tabernacle and its furniture from any impurities. See the note on Lev 4:3.
11 tn Similar to v. 10 above, “and consecrated it” refers to the effect of the blood manipulation earlier in the verse. The goal here was to consecrate the altar in order that it might become a place on which it would be appropriate “to make atonement” before the
12 tn Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) indicates the sequence of events here.
13 tn Heb “And he shall take.”
