“And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the Lord commanded.”
Moses said to Aaron, come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and the people; sacrifice the offering that is for the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded. Moses commissions Aaron for his first official act: offer for yourself first, then for the people. The order is fixed by divine command and reflects the theological requirement: the priest who is himself imperfect cannot offer for others without first being atoned for himself. Hebrews 7:27 says unlike the other high priests, Jesus does not need to offer sacrifices day after day, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people — the daily necessity that Aaron's pattern establishes is precisely what Christ's perfection eliminates.
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