Leviticus 8
8
The Rites of Ordination
1The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2Take Aaron and his sons with him, the vestments, the anointing oil, the bull of sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; 3and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting. 4And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting, 5Moses said to the congregation, “This is what the Lord has commanded to be done.”
6Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward, and washed them with water. 7He put the tunic on him, fastened the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He then put the decorated band of the ephod around him, tying the ephod to him with it. 8He placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9And he set the turban on his head, and on the turban, in front, he set the golden ornament, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.
10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. 11He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its base, to consecrate them. 12He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him, to consecrate him. 13And Moses brought forward Aaron's sons, and clothed them with tunics, and fastened sashes around them, and tied headdresses on them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
14He led forward the bull of sin offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bull of sin offering, 15and it was slaughtered. Moses took the blood and with his finger put some on each of the horns of the altar, purifying the altar; then he poured out the blood at the base of the altar. Thus he consecrated it, to make atonement for it. 16Moses took all the fat that was around the entrails, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and turned them into smoke on the altar. 17But the bull itself, its skin and flesh and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.
18Then he brought forward the ram of burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, 19and it was slaughtered. Moses dashed the blood against all sides of the altar. 20The ram was cut into its parts, and Moses turned into smoke the head and the parts and the suet. 21And after the entrails and the legs were washed with water, Moses turned into smoke the whole ram on the altar; it was a burnt offering for a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
22Then he brought forward the second ram, the ram of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, 23and it was slaughtered. Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 24After Aaron's sons were brought forward, Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet; and Moses dashed the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar. 25He took the fat—the broad tail, all the fat that was around the entrails, the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat—and the right thigh. 26From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread with oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh. 27He placed all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and raised them as an elevation offering before the Lord. 28Then Moses took them from their hands and turned them into smoke on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering for a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the Lord. 29Moses took the breast and raised it as an elevation offering before the Lord; it was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, as the Lord commanded Moses.
30Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his vestments, and also on his sons and their vestments. Thus he consecrated Aaron and his vestments, and also his sons and their vestments.
31And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I was commanded, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it’; 32and what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn with fire. 33You shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day when your period of ordination is completed. For it will take seven days to ordain you; 34as has been done today, the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. 35You shall remain at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, keeping the Lord's charge so that you do not die; for so I am commanded.” 36Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord commanded through Moses.
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Leviticus 8
8
Ordination of Aaron and His Sons
1The Lord spoke to Moses: 2“Take Aaron, his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil,#Ex 29:7 the bull of the sin#8:2 Or purification offering, the two rams, and the basket#Gn 40:16 of unleavened bread, 3and assemble the whole community#Ex 12:47 at the entrance to the tent of meeting.” 4So Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the community assembled at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 5Moses said to them, “This is what the Lord has commanded to be done.”
6Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7He put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod#Ex 28:4 on him. He put the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him. 8Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim#Ex 28:30; Nm 27:21; Dt 33:8; 1Sm 28:6; Ezr 2:63; Neh 7:65 into the breastpiece. 9He also put the turban#Lv 16:4 on his head and placed the gold medallion, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the Lord had commanded Moses.#Ex 28:1–43; 29:1–8; 39:1–31
10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it to consecrate#Ex 19:10,14,23; 20:11 them. 11He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar with all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.#Ex 30:18–28; 38:8; 40:7–11 12He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed and consecrated him.#Ex 29:7; 30:30; Lv 21:10–12 13Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, clothed them with tunics, wrapped sashes around them, and fastened headbands on them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
14Then he brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering. 15Then Moses slaughtered it,#8:14–15 Or offering, and he slaughtered it. 15 Then Moses took the blood, and applied it with his finger to the horns of the altar on all sides, purifying#Ex 29:36; Lv 14:49,52; Nm 19:19; Ps 51:7; Ezk 43:22–23; 45:18 the altar. He poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement can be made on it.#8:15 Or it by making atonement for it#Ex 29:10–12,36–37; Lv 4:7 16Moses took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys#Lv 7:4 with their fat, and he burned them on the altar.#Ex 29:13; Lv 4:7–10 17He burned the bull with its hide, flesh, and waste outside the camp,#Ex 29:14; 33:7; Lv 4:12,21; 6:4; 9:11; 10:4–5; 13:46; 14:3; 16:27; 17:3; 24:14,23 as the Lord had commanded Moses.
18Then he presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 19Moses slaughtered it and#8:18–19 Or ram, 19 and he slaughtered it. Moses splattered the blood on all sides of the altar. 20Moses cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat,#Lv 1:8 21but he washed the entrails and legs with water. He then burned the entire ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord as he had commanded Moses.
22Next he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination,#Ex 29:22,26–34; Lv 7:37; 8:28–33 and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23Moses slaughtered it,#8:22–23 Or ram, 23 and he slaughtered it. Moses took some of its blood, and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.#Ex 29:20; Lv 14:14,17,25,28 24Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then Moses splattered the blood on all sides of the altar. 25He took the fat — the fat tail,#Lv 3:9 all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat — as well as the right thigh. 26From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat portions and the right thigh.#Ex 29:3,23; Lv 7:32; Nm 6:15–19 27He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and presented them before the Lord as a presentation offering. 28Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. 29He also took the breast and presented it before the Lord as a presentation offering; it was Moses’s portion of the ordination ram as the Lord had commanded him.
30Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. In this way he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as his sons and their garments.#Ex 29:21; Is 6:6–7; Heb 10:22
31Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the tent of meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket for the ordination offering as I commanded:#8:31 LXX, Syr, Tg read was commanded; Ex 29:31–32 Aaron and his sons are to eat it.#Lv 6:16,18; 10:12; 1Co 9:13–14 32Burn up what remains of the meat and bread.#Ex 29:34 33Do not go outside the entrance to the tent of meeting for seven days, until the time your days of ordination are completed, because it will take seven days to ordain you.#8:33 Lit because he will fill your hands for seven days 34The Lord commanded what has been done today in order to make atonement for you.#Ex 29:35–37; Heb 7:28 35You must remain at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days and keep the Lord’s charge#Gn 26:5 so that you will not die,#Lv 10:1–2 for this is what I was commanded.” 36So Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord had commanded through Moses.
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