Exodus 29
29
Make Aaron and His Sons Priests
(Leviticus 8:1–36)
1 ⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Now, this is what you must do in order to set Aaron and his sons apart to serve me as priests:
“Take a young bull that has no defects and two rams that have no defects. 2Use the finest wheat flour, but no yeast, and bake some loaves of bread, some rings of bread made with olive oil, and some wafers brushed with olive oil. 3Put the bread in a basket, and bring the basket along with the young bull and the two rams.
4“Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them. 5Take the clothes, and put them on Aaron—the linen robe, the ephod and the robe that is worn with it, and the breastplate. Use the belt to tie it on him tightly. 6Put his turban on him, and fasten the holy crown to it. 7Take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.
8“Have his sons come forward. Dress them in their linen robes, 9and put turbans on them. Tie belts around the waists of Aaron and his sons. They alone are to be priests; this is a permanent law. In this way you will ordain Aaron and his sons.
10“Then bring the young bull to the front of the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons will place their hands on its head. 11Slaughter the bull in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 12Take some of the bull’s blood, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger. Pour the rest of it out at the bottom of the altar.
13“Then take all the fat that covers the internal organs, the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar. 14But burn the bull’s meat, skin, and excrement outside the camp. It is an offering for sin.
15“Take one of the rams. Then Aaron and his sons will place their hands on its head. 16Slaughter it, take the blood, and throw it against the altar on all sides. 17Cut the ram into pieces, wash the internal organs and legs, and put them with the other pieces and the head. 18Then burn the whole ram on the altar. It’s a burnt offering, a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.
19“Take the other ram. Then Aaron and his sons will place their hands on its head. 20Slaughter it, take some of the blood, and put it on the right ear lobes of Aaron and his sons, on their right thumbs, and on the big toes of their right feet. Throw the ⌞rest of the⌟ blood against the altar on all sides. 21Take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes and on his sons and their clothes. In this way Aaron, his sons, and their clothes will be holy.
22“From this ⌞same⌟ ram take the fat, the fat from the tail, the fat that covers the internal organs, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh. (This is the ram for the ordination.) 23From the basket of unleavened bread which is in the Lord’s presence, take a round loaf of bread, a ring of bread made with olive oil, and a wafer. 24Put all of these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, who will offer them to the Lord. 25Then take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. It’s a soothing aroma in the Lord’s presence, an offering by fire to the Lord.
26“Take the breast from the ram used for Aaron’s ordination, and present it to the Lord. This will be your share. 27Set apart as holy the breast that is offered to the Lord and the thigh that is the contribution. Both will come from the ram used for the ordination. They both belong to Aaron and his sons. 28It is a permanent law that the Israelites give this portion to Aaron and his sons as a contribution. This will also be their contribution to the Lord from the fellowship offerings.
29“Aaron’s holy clothes will belong to his descendants so that they can be anointed and ordained in them. 30The son who succeeds him as priest—the one who goes into the tent of meeting to serve in the holy place—will wear them for seven days.
31“Take the ram used for the ordination, and boil its meat in a holy place. 32At the entrance to the tent of meeting, Aaron and his sons will eat the meat of the ram and the bread ⌞left⌟ in the basket. 33They will eat those offerings through which they made peace with the Lord at their ordination and installation. No one else may eat them because the offerings are holy. 34If any meat or bread from the ordination is left over until morning, burn it up. It must not be eaten because it is holy.
35“Do this with Aaron and his sons exactly as I have commanded you. Take seven days to ordain them. 36Each day sacrifice a young bull as an offering to make peace with the Lord. Sacrifice this offering for sin on the altar in order to pay for its sins. Then anoint it ⌞with olive oil⌟ in order to dedicate it. 37For seven days at the altar make peace with the Lord and set the altar apart for its holy purpose. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will become holy.
38“This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly every day: two one-year-old lambs. 39Offer one in the morning and the other at dusk. 40With the first lamb make an offering of eight cups of flour mixed with one quart of virgin olive oil. Make a wine offering of one quart of wine. 41Offer the other lamb at dusk, and with it make the same grain offering and wine offering as in the morning. This is a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.
42“For generations to come this will be the daily burnt offering ⌞made⌟ in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the tent of meeting. There I will meet with you to speak to you. 43I will also meet with the Israelites there, and my glory will make this place holy. 44I will dedicate the tent of meeting and the altar for their holy purposes. I will set Aaron and his sons apart for their holy duties of serving me as priests.
45“Then I will live among the Israelites and be their God. 46They will know that I am the Lord their God. I brought them out of Egypt so that I might live among them. I am the Lord their God.”
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Exodus 29
29
1And thou shalt also do this, that they may be consecrated to me in priesthood. Take a calf from the herd, and two rams without blemish,
2And unleavened bread, and a cake without leaven, tempered with oil: wafers also unleavened, anointed with oil. Thou shalt make them all of wheaten flour.
3And thou shalt put them in a basket and offer them: and the calf and the two rams.
4And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. And when thou hast washed the father and his sons with water,
5Thou shalt clothe Aaron with his vestments: that is, with the linen garment and the tunick, and the ephod and the rational, which thou shalt gird with the girdle.
6And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and the holy plate upon the mitre,
7And thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head: and by this rite shall he be consecrated.
8Thou shalt bring his sons also: and shalt put on them the linen tunicks, and gird them with a girdle:
9To wit, Aaron and his children: and thou shalt put mitres upon them. And they shall be priests to me by a perpetual ordinance. After thou shalt have consecrated their hands,
10Thou shalt present also the calf before the tabernacle of the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon his head,
11And thou shalt kill him in the sight of the Lord, beside the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.
12And taking some of the blood of the calf, thou shalt put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger: and the rest of the blood thou shalt pour at the bottom thereof.
13Thou shalt take also all the fat that covereth the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them: and shalt offer a burnt offering upon the altar.
14But the flesh of the calf and the hide and the dung thou shalt burn abroad, without the camp, because it is for sin.
15Thou shalt take also one ram; upon the head whereof Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands.
16And when thou hast killed him, thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and pour round about the altar.
17And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and having washed his entrails and feet, thou shalt put them upon the flesh that is cut in pieces, and upon his head.
18And thou shalt offer the whole ram for a burnt offering upon the altar: it is an oblation to the Lord: a most sweet savour of the victim of the Lord.
19Thou shalt take also the other ram, upon whose head Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands.
20And when thou hast sacrificed him, thou shalt take of his blood, and put upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and of his sons, and upon the thumbs and great toes of their right hand and foot: and thou shalt pour the blood upon the altar round about.
21And when thou hast taken of the blood, that is upon the altar, and of the oil of unction, thou shalt sprinkle Aaron and his vesture, his sons and their vestments. And after they and their vestments are consecrated,
22Thou shalt take the fat of the ram, and the rump, and the fat that covereth the lungs, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder: because it is the ram of consecration.
23And one roll of bread, a cake tempered with oil, a wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread, which is set in the sight of the Lord.
24And thou shalt put all upon the hands of Aaron and of his sons: and shalt sanctify them elevating before the Lord.
25And thou shalt take all from their hands, and shalt burn them upon the altar for a holocaust: a most sweet savour in the sight of the Lord, because it is his oblation.
26Thou shalt take also the breast of the ram, wherewith Aaron was consecrated, and elevating it thou shalt sanctify it before the Lord: and it shall fall to thy share.
27And thou shalt sanctify both the consecrated breast, and the shoulder that thou didst separate of the ram,
28Wherewith Aaron was consecrated and his sons; and they shall fall to Aaron's share and his sons' by a perpetual right from the children of Israel: because they are the choicest and the beginnings of their peace-victims which they offer to the Lord.
29And the holy vesture, which Aaron shall use, his sons shall have after him: that they may be anointed, and their hands consecrated in it.
30He of his sons that shall be appointed high priest in his stead, and that shall enter into the tabernacle of the testimony to minister in the sanctuary, shall wear it seven days.
31And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration: and shalt boil the flesh thereof in the holy place:
32And Aaron and his sons shall eat it. The loaves also, that are in the basket, they shall eat in the entry of the tabernacle of the testimony,
33That it may be an atoning sacrifice, and the hands of the offerers may be sanctified. A stranger shall not eat of them, because they are holy.
34And if there remain of the consecrated flesh, or of the bread till the morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with fire. They shall not be eaten, because they are sanctified.
35All that I have commanded thee thou shalt do unto Aaron and his sons. Seven days shalt thou consecrate their hands:
36And thou shalt offer a calf for sin every day for expiation: And thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou hast offered the victim of expiation, and shalt anoint it to sanctify it.
37Seven days shalt thou expiate the altar and sanctify it: and it shall be most holy. Every one that shall touch it shall be holy.
38This is what thou shalt sacrifice upon the altar: Two lambs of a year old, every day continually.
39One lamb in the morning and another in the evening.
40With one lamb a tenth part of flour tempered with beaten oil, of the fourth part of a hin: and wine for libation of the same measure.
41And the other lamb thou shalt offer in the evening, according to the rite of the morning oblation, and according to what we have said: for a savour of sweetness.
42It is a sacrifice to the Lord, by perpetual oblation unto your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the Lord, where I will appoint to speak unto thee.
43And there will I command the children of Israel: and the altar shall be sanctified by my glory.
44I will sanctify also the tabernacle of the testimony with the altar, and Aaron with his sons, to do the office of priesthood unto me.
45And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will be their God:
46And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who have brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might abide among them: I the Lord their God.
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