Exodus 29

CHAPTER 29

1But also thou shalt do this, that they be made sacred to me in priest-hood; take thou a calf of the drove, and two rams without wem,

2and therf loaves, and a cake with-out sourdough, which be sprinkled altogether with oil, and therf pastes sodden in water, balmed, either fried, with oil; thou shalt make all these things of pure wheat flour,

3and thou shalt offer them put in a basket. Forsooth thou shalt present the calf, and [the] two rams,

4and Aaron and his sons, at the door of the tabernacle of witnessing; and when thou hast washed the father and his sons in water,

5thou shalt clothe Aaron with his clothes, that is, the linen cloth, and coat, and the cloth on the shoulders [or cape], and the rational, which thou shalt bind with a girdle.

6And thou shalt set the mitre on his head, and the holy plate on the mitre,

7and thou shalt shed [or pour] the oil of anointing on his head; and by this custom he shall be made sacred.

8Also thou shalt present his sons, and thou shalt clothe them with linen clothes,

9and thou shalt gird Aaron and his sons with a girdle; and thou shalt set mitres on them; and they shall be my priests by everlasting religion. [And] After that thou hast hallowed their hands,

10also thou shalt present the calf before the tabernacle of witnessing; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the calf’s head;

11and thou shalt slay it in the sight of the Lord, beside the door of the tabernacle of witnessing.

12And thou shalt take the blood of the calf, and thou shalt put it with thy finger upon the corners of the altar. Forsooth thou shalt shed [or pour] the other blood that is left beside the foundament or base of the altar.

13And thou shalt take all the fatness that covereth the entrails, and the caul of the maw, and the two kidneys, and the fatness that is on them; and thou shalt offer them as incense upon the altar.

14Forsooth thou shalt burn without-forth the tents the flesh of the calf, and the skin, and the dung, for it is slain for sin.

15Also thou shalt take one ram, on whose head Aaron and his sons shall set hands;

16and when thou hast slain that ram, thou shalt take of his blood, and shalt shed [or pour] it about the altar.

17Forsooth thou shalt cut that ram into small gobbets, and thou shalt put his entrails washed, and his feet, upon his flesh carved, and upon his head;

18and thou shalt offer thus all the ram into incense on the altar; it is an offering to the Lord, the sweetest odour of the slain sacrifice of the Lord.

19And thou shalt take the tother ram, on whose head Aaron and his sons shall set their hands;

20and when thou hast offered that ram, thou shalt take of his blood, and thou shalt put it upon the last part of the right ear of Aaron, and of his sons, and upon the thumbs of their right hand, and the big toes of their right foot; and thou shalt shed [or pour] the blood on the altar by compass.

21And when thou hast taken of the blood, that is on the altar, and of the oil of anointing, thou shalt sprinkle Aaron and his clothes, [and] his sons and their clothes. And when they and their clothes be made sacred,

22thou shalt take the inner fatness of the ram, and the tail, and the fatness that covereth the entrails, and the caul of the maw, and the two kidneys, and the fatness that is on them; and thou shalt take the right shoulder, for it is the ram of consecration;

23and thou shalt take a tender cake of one loaf, sprinkled with oil, and the paste that is sodden in water, and after fried in oil, of the pannier of therf loaves, which is set in the sight of the Lord.

24And thou shalt put all these things upon the hands of Aaron, and of his sons, and thou shalt hallow them, and raise them [up] before the Lord.

25And thou shalt take all these things from their hands, and thou shalt burn them on the altar, into burnt sacrifice, [the] sweetest odour in the sight of the Lord, for it is the offering of the Lord.

26Also thou shalt take the breast of the ram, by which Aaron was hallowed, and thou shalt hallow it, raised [up] before the Lord; and it shall turn into thy part.

27And thou shalt hallow also the breast made sacred, and the shoulder which thou separatedest from the ram, by which Aaron was hallowed, and his sons;

28and they shall turn into the part of Aaron, and of his sons, by everlasting right, of the sons of Israel; for they be the first things, and the beginning/s of the peaceable sacrifices of them, which they offer to the Lord.

29Forsooth the sons of Aaron shall have after him the holy clothes, which Aaron shall use, that they be anointed therein, and that their hands be made sacred.

30That of his sons, that shall be made bishop for him, shall use that cloth seven days, and which son shall enter into the tabernacle of witnessing, that he minister in the saintuary.

31And soothly thou shalt take the wether of hallowing, that is, the ram of consecration, and thou shalt seethe his flesh in the holy place,

32which flesh Aaron and his sons shall eat, and they shall eat the loaves, that be in the basket, in the porch of the tabernacle of witnessing,

33that it be a pleasing sacrifice, and that the hands of the offerers be hallowed. An alien shall not eat of these things, for they be holy.

34That if anything leaveth of the flesh hallowed, either of the loaves, till to the morrowtide, thou shalt burn the remnants with fire; they shall not be eaten, for they be hallowed.

35Thou shalt do on Aaron, and on his sons, all things which I commanded to thee. Seven days thou shalt make sacred their hands,

36and thou shalt offer a calf for sin by each day to cleanse; and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast offered the sacrifice of cleansing, and thou shalt anoint the altar into [the] hallowing of it.

37Seven days thou shalt cleanse and hallow the altar, and it shall be the holy of holy things; each man that shall touch it shall be hallowed.

38This it is, that thou shalt do in the altar; two lambs of one year continually by each day,

39one lamb in the morrowtide, and the tother in the eventide;

40 thou shalt do in one lamb the tenth part of flour sprinkled with oil, pounded, that shall have a measure, the fourth part of hin, that is, of two pounds, and wine of the same measure, to make the flowing sacrifice.

41Soothly thou shalt offer the tother lamb at eventide, by the custom of the offering of the morrowtide, and by those things, which we said, into the odour of sweetness;

42it is a sacrifice to the Lord by everlasting offering into your gener-ations, at the door of the tabernacle of witnessing before the Lord, where I shall ordain that I speak to thee;

43and there I shall command to the sons of Israel; and the altar shall be hallowed in my glory.

44And I shall hallow also the tabernacle of witnessing with the altar, and Aaron and his sons, that they be set in priesthood to me.

45And I shall dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel, and I shall be God to them;

46and they shall know, that I am their Lord God, which led them out of the land of Egypt, that I should dwell among them; for I am their Lord God.

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Exodus 29

Instructions for Ordaining Priests

(Leviticus 8.1-36)

The Lord said to Moses:

1When you ordain Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests, choose a young bull and two rams that have nothing wrong with them. 2Then from your finest flour make three batches of dough without yeast. Shape some of it into larger loaves, some into smaller loaves mixed with olive oil, and the rest into thin wafers brushed with oil. 3Put all of this bread in a basket and bring it when you come to sacrifice the three animals to me.

4Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the sacred tent and tell them to wash themselves. 5Dress Aaron in the priestly shirt, the robe that goes under the sacred vest, the vest itself, the breastpiece, and the sash. 6Put on his turban with its narrow strip of engraved gold 7and then ordain him by pouring olive oil on his head.

8Next, dress Aaron's sons in their special shirts, 9caps, and sashes,#29.9 sashes: One ancient translation; Hebrew “the sashes of Aaron and his sons.” then ordain them, because they and their descendants will always be priests.

10Lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head. 11Kill the bull near my altar in front of the tent. 12Use a finger to smear some of its blood on each of the four corners of the altar and pour out the rest of the blood on the ground next to the altar. 13Then take the fat from the animal's insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and send them up as an offering to me in the smoke from the altar. 14But the meat, the skin, and the food still in the bull's stomach must be burned outside the camp as an offering to ask forgiveness for the sins of the priests.#29.14 for the sins of the priests: When a sacrifice for the forgiveness of sins was made for someone other than priests, the part that was not burned on the altar could be eaten by the priests (see Leviticus 5.13; 6.26).

15Bring one of the rams to Aaron and his sons and tell them to lay their hands on its head. 16Kill the ram and splatter its blood against all four sides of the altar. 17Cut up the ram, wash its insides and legs, and lay all of its parts on the altar, including the head. 18#Eph 5.2; Phil 4.18. Then make sure that the whole animal goes up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

19Bring the other ram to Aaron and his sons and tell them to lay their hands on its head. 20Kill the ram and place some of its blood on Aaron's right ear lobe, his right thumb, and the big toe of his right foot. Do the same for each of his sons and splatter the rest of the blood against the four sides of the altar. 21Then take some of the blood from the altar, mix it with the oil used for ordination, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes, and also on his sons and their clothes. This will show that they and their clothes have been dedicated to me.

22This ram is part of the ordination service. So remove its right hind leg,#29.22 right hind leg: This was usually given to the officiating priest (see Leviticus 7.33). its fat tail, the fat on its insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat. 23Take one loaf of each kind of bread#29.23 each kind of bread: See verses 2,3. from the basket, 24and put this bread, together with the meat, into the hands of Aaron and his sons. Then they will lift it all up#29.24 lift it all up: Or “wave it all.” to show that it is dedicated to me. 25After this, put the meat and bread on the altar and send them up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.

26You may eat the choice ribs from this second ram, but you must first lift them up#29.26 lift it all up: Or “wave it all.” to show that this meat is dedicated to me.

27-28In the future, when anyone from Israel offers the ribs and a hind leg of a ram either to ordain a priest or to ask for my blessing, the meat belongs to me, but it may be eaten by the priests. This law will never change.

29-30After Aaron's death, his priestly clothes are to be handed down to each descendant who succeeds him as high priest, and these clothes must be worn during the seven-day ceremony of ordination.

31Boil the meat of the ordination ram in a sacred place, 32then Aaron and his sons are to eat it together with the three kinds of bread#29.32 three kinds of bread: See verses 2,3. at the entrance to the sacred tent. 33At their ordination, a ceremony of forgiveness was performed for them with this sacred food, and only they have the right to eat it. 34If any of the sacred food is left until morning, it must be completely burned.

35Repeat this ordination ceremony for Aaron and his sons seven days in a row, just as I have instructed you. 36Each day you must offer a bull as a sacrifice for sin and as a way of purifying the altar. In addition, you must smear the altar with olive oil to make it completely holy. 37Do this for seven days, and the altar will become so holy that anyone who touches it will become holy.

Daily Sacrifices

(Leviticus 6.8-13; Numbers 28.1-8)

The Lord said:

38Each day you must sacrifice two lambs a year old, 39one in the morning and one in the evening. 40-41With each lamb offer one kilogram of your finest flour mixed with a liter of pure olive oil, and also pour out a liter of wine as an offering. The smell of this sacrifice on the fires of the altar will be pleasing to me. 42-43You and your descendants must always offer this sacrifice on the altar at the entrance to the sacred tent.

People of Israel, I will meet and speak with you there, and my shining glory will make the place holy. 44Because of who I am, the tent will become sacred, and Aaron and his sons will become worthy to serve as my priests. 45I will live among you as your God, 46and you will know that I am the Lord your God, the one who rescued you from Egypt, so that I could live among you.

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