Leviticus 8
8
The Ceremony for Ordaining Priests
(Exodus 29.1-37)
1The Lord said to Moses:
2Send for Aaron and his sons, as well as their priestly clothes, the oil for ordination, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and a basket of bread made without yeast. 3Then bring the whole community of Israel together at the entrance to the sacred tent.
4Moses obeyed the Lord, and when everyone had come together, 5he said, “We are here to follow the Lord's instructions.”
6After Moses told Aaron and his sons to step forward, he told them to wash themselves. 7He put the priestly shirt and robe on Aaron and wrapped the sash around his waist. Then he put the sacred vest on Aaron and fastened it with the finely woven belt. 8Next, he put on Aaron the sacred breastpiece that was used in finding out what the Lord wanted his people to do. 9He placed the turban on Aaron's head, and on the front of the turban was the narrow strip of thin gold as a sign of his dedication to the Lord.
10Moses then dedicated the sacred tent and everything in it to the Lord by sprinkling them with some of the oil for ordination. 11He sprinkled the bronze altar seven times, and he sprinkled its equipment, as well as the large bronze bowl and its base. 12He also poured some of the oil on Aaron's head to dedicate him to the Lord. 13Next, Moses dressed Aaron's sons in their shirts, then tied sashes around them and put special caps on them, just as the Lord had commanded.
14Moses led out the bull that was to be sacrificed for sin, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 15After it was killed, Moses dipped a finger in the blood and smeared some of it on each of the four corners of the bronze altar, before pouring out the rest at the foot of the altar. This purified the altar and made it a fit place for offering the sacrifice for sin. 16Moses then took the fat on the bull's insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and sent them up in smoke on the altar fire. 17Finally, he took the skin and the flesh of the bull, together with the food still in its stomach, and burned them outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded.
18Moses led out the ram for the sacrifice to please the Lord.#8.18 sacrifice to please the Lord: See the note at 1.1-3. After Aaron and his sons had laid their hands on its head, 19Moses killed the ram and splattered its blood against the four sides of the altar. 20-21Moses had the animal cut up, and he washed its insides and hind legs. Then he laid the head, the fat, and the rest of the ram on the altar and sent them up in smoke with a smell that pleased the Lord. All this was done just as the Lord had commanded.
22Moses led out the ram for the ceremony of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head, 23and it was killed. Moses smeared some of its blood on Aaron's right earlobe, some on his right thumb, and some on the big toe of his right foot. 24Moses did the same thing for Aaron's sons, before splattering the rest of the blood against the four sides of the altar. 25He took the animal's fat tail, the fat on its insides, and the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and the right hind leg. 26Then he took from a basket some of each of the three kinds of bread#8.26 three kinds of bread: Made from the finest wheat flour; olive oil was mixed into part of the dough, and some of it was made into thin wafers brushed with oil (see Exodus 29.2,3). that had been made without yeast and had been dedicated to the Lord.
27Moses placed the bread on top of the meat and gave it all to Aaron and his sons, who lifted it up#8.27 lifted it up: See the note at 7.29,30. to show that it was dedicated to the Lord. 28After this, Moses placed it on the fires of the altar and sent it up in smoke with a smell that pleased the Lord. This was part of the ordination ceremony. 29Moses lifted up#8.29 lifted it up: See the note at 7.29,30. the choice ribs of the ram to show that they were dedicated to the Lord. This was the part that the Lord had said Moses could have.
30Finally, Moses sprinkled the priestly clothes of Aaron and his sons with some of the oil for ordination and with some of the blood from the altar. So Aaron and his sons, together with their priestly clothes, were dedicated to the Lord.
31Moses said to Aaron and his sons:
The Lord told me that you must boil this meat at the entrance to the sacred tent and eat it there with the bread. 32Burn what is left over 33and stay near the entrance to the sacred tent until the ordination ceremony ends seven days from now. 34We have obeyed the Lord in everything that has been done today, so that your sins may be forgiven.#8.34 forgiven: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 34. 35The Lord has told me that you must stay near the entrance to the tent for seven days and nights, or else you will die.
36Aaron and his sons obeyed everything that the Lord had told Moses they must do.
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Leviticus 8
8
Installing the Priests
1Then#Or “And” Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of the unleavened bread, 3and summon all of the community to the entrance to#Or “of” the tent of assembly.” 4So#Or “And” Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him, and the community gathered by the entrance to#Or “of” the tent of assembly.
5Then#Or “And” Moses said to the community, “This is the word that Yahweh has commanded to be done.”#Or “to do” or “me to do”
6So#Or “And” Moses brought Aaron and his sons near, and he washed them with water. 7Then#Or “And” he put the tunic on him and tied#Or “he tied” the sash around him; then#Or “and” he clothed him with the robe and put#Or “he put” the ephod on him; then#Or “and” he tied the ephod’s waistband around him and fastened#Or “he fastened” the ephod#Understood by context to him with it. 8Then#Or “And” he placed the breastpiece on him and put#Or “he put” the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece; 9and he placed the turban on his head, and on the front of#Literally “to the front of his faces” the turban he placed the gold rosette, the holy diadem, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
10Then#Or “And” Moses took the anointing oil and anointed#Or “he anointed” the tabernacle and all that was in it, and he consecrated them. 11And he spattered part of#Literally “from” it on the altar seven times—thus#Or “and” he anointed the altar and all of its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them. 12Then#Or “And” he poured out part of#Literally “from” the anointing oil on Aaron’s head—thus#Or “and” he anointed him in order to consecrate him. 13Then#Or “And” Moses brought Aaron’s sons near and clothed#Or “he clothed” them with tunics and tied#Or “he tied” a sash around each one,#Literally “them” and he bound headbands on#Or “to” them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
The Offerings for Consecration
14Then#Or “And” he brought forth the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering, 15and he slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood and put#Or “he put” it with his finger on the altar’s horns all around and purified the altar; then#Or “and” he poured the blood out on the altar’s base—thus#Or “and” he consecrated it in order to make atonement for it.#Or “to make atonement upon it” (see NET, Tanakh) 16Then#Or “And” he took all the fat that was on the inner parts#Or “entrails” and the lobe on the liver and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses turned them into smoke on the altar, 17but#Or “and” he burned the bull and its skin and its meat and its offal in the fire outside the camp,#Literally “from an outside place of the camp” just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
18Then#Or “And” he brought the ram of the burnt offering near, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the ram’s head, 19and he slaughtered it. Then#Or “And” Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around. 20Then#Or “And” he cut the ram into pieces, and Moses turned into smoke the head and the pieces and the suet, 21but#Or “and” he washed the inner parts#Or “entrails” and the lower leg bones with water, and Moses turned into smoke all of the ram on the altar; it was a burnt offering as an appeasing fragrance, an offering made by fire for#Or “to” Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
22Then#Or “And” he brought the second ram near, the ram of the consecration, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the ram’s head, 23and he slaughtered it. Then#Or “And” Moses took some of#Literally “from” its blood and put#Or “he put” it on Aaron’s right ear lobe and on his right hand’s thumb and on his right foot’s big toe. 24Then#Or “And” he brought Aaron’s sons near, and Moses put some of#Literally “from” the blood on their right ear lobe and on their right hand’s thumb and on their right foot’s big toe, and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar all around.
25Then#Or “And” he took the fat and the fat tail and all of the fat that was on the inner parts#Or “entrails” and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and their fat and the right upper thigh; 26and from the basket of the unleavened bread that was before Yahweh he took one ring-shaped unleavened bread and one ring-shaped bread with#Or “of” oil and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat parts#Literally “fats” and on the right upper thigh. 27Then#Or “And” he put all of these#Literally “the all” on Aaron’s palms and on his sons’ palms, and he waved them as a wave offering before#Literally “to the faces of” Yahweh. 28Then#Or “And” Moses took them from upon their palms, and he turned them into smoke upon the burnt offering on the altar; they were a consecration offering as an appeasing fragrance—it was an offering made by fire for#Or “to” Yahweh. 29Then#Or “And” Moses took the breast section, and he waved it as a wave offering before#Literally “to the faces of” Yahweh from the ram of the consecration offering; it was Moses’ share, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.
Anointing the Priests and Their Garments
30Then#Or “And” Moses took some of#Literally “from” the anointing oil and some of#Literally “from” the blood that was on the altar, and he spattered them on Aaron, on his garments, and on Aaron’s sons and on his sons’ garments with him—thus#Or “and” he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.
31Then#Or “And” Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the meat in the entrance to#Or “of” the tent of assembly, and there you must eat it and the bread that is in the basket of the consecration offering, just as I have commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons must eat it,’ 32but#Or “and” the remainder of the meat and the bread you#Plural must burn in the fire. 33And you must not go out from the entrance to#Or “of” the tent of assembly for seven days, until the day of fulfilling the days of your#Plural consecration, because it will take seven days to ordain you.#Literally “seven of days it will fill your (plural) hand” 34Just as was done#Or “he did” on this day, Yahweh commanded to be done#Or “to do” in order to make atonement for you.#Plural 35And you#Plural must stay at the entrance to#Or “of” the tent of assembly day and night for seven days, and you#Plural shall keep the obligation from#Or “of” Yahweh, so you#Plural might not die, for thus I have been commanded.” 36So#Or “And” Aaron and his sons did all the things that Yahweh had commanded through#Literally “by the hand of” Moses.
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