Leviticus 9:1-2 (ESV)
The LORD Accepts Aaron’s Offering
On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
To understand the above from Leviticus, we should read this below, from Hebrews:
Hebrews 7:26-28 (ESV)
For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever.
It was necessary for Aaron and his sons to offer sacrifices before they worshipped and became then intermediate for the sins of Israel to represent them before God. Moses made a sacrifice by the command of God to purify Aaron and his sons, so that they could come before God to offer sacrifices on behalf of the people. But Jesus became the final sacrifice to God, not by offering bulls and goats, but by offering His own body. That is the gospel. Most of the laws and rules and sacrifices in the book of Leviticus are just a shadow of what Jesus did on the cross for us. These laws and rules were pictures for the nation (and us) to know that there must be sacrifice for sin and a pure sacrifice was necessary. Jesus was our pure sacrifice for sin.
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