And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
These being the first offerings that ever were offered by the levitical priesthood, according to the newly-enacted law of sacrifices, the manner of offering them is particularly related, that it might appear how exactly they agreed with the institution. 1.
Commenting on Leviticus 9:8-22
And he did wash the inwards and the legs,.... As Moses also had done, Lev 8:21. and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar; upon the pieces, and the head, before mentioned, said to be burnt, or "after" the burnt offering, after they were burnt: the Septuagint version is as before.
Lev 9:12-14 The burnt-offering was presented according to the general rule (Lev 1:3-9), as in Lev 8:18-21. המציא (Lev 9:12): to cause to attain; here, and in Lev 9:18, to present, hand over. לנתחיה, according to its pieces, into which the burnt-offering was divided (Lev 1:6), and which they offered to Aaron one by one. No meat-offering was connected with Aaron’s burnt-offerings, partly because the law contained in Num 15:2.
Commenting on Leviticus 9:12-14