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
Consecration of the Priests
1“Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. #Lev. 8:2Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, 2#Lev. 2:4; See Lev. 6:20-22and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. 3You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams. 4You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and #ch. 40:12; Lev. 8:6; [Heb. 10:22]wash them with water. 5Then #ch. 28:2-4 you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the #ch. 28:8skillfully woven band of the ephod. 6#ch. 28:36, 37; Lev. 8:9; [Num. 6:7]And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. 7You shall take #ver. 21; ch. 28:41; 30:25; Lev. 8:12, 30; 10:7; 21:10; Num. 35:25the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. 8Then you #Lev. 8:13shall bring his sons and put coats on them, 9and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with #ch. 28:4, 39 sashes and bind caps on them. And #ch. 27:21; Num. 18:7 the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall #ver. 29, 33; Lev. 8:33; 16:32; See ch. 28:41ordain Aaron and his sons.
10“Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. #ver. 15, 19; Lev. 1:4; 8:14Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. 11Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting, 12and #Lev. 8:15 shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the #See ch. 27:2horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of#29:12 Hebrew all the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar. 13And you shall take all #Lev. 3:3, 4the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. 14But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire #Lev. 4:11, 12, 21; Num. 19:3, 5; Heb. 13:11 outside the camp; #ver. 36; ch. 30:10it is a sin offering.
15“Then #ver. 1; Lev. 8:18 you shall take one of the rams, and #ver. 19; Lev. 1:4; 8:14Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, 16and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar. 17Then you shall #Lev. 8:20cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head, 18and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a #ver. 25, 41; See Gen. 8:21pleasing aroma, a food offering#29:18 Or an offering by fire; also verses 25, 41 to the Lord.
19 # ver. 1; Lev. 8:22 “You shall take the other ram, #[See ver. 15 above]and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, 20and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar. 21Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the #ver. 7anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.
22“You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the #ver. 13 fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of #Lev. 7:37; 8:28, 31, 33ordination), 23and #ver. 2, 3; Lev. 8:26one loaf of bread and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord. 24You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and #Lev. 7:30; 8:27, 29; Num. 5:25; 6:20wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25Then #Lev. 6:22; 8:28 you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a #ver. 18, 41pleasing aroma before the Lord. It is a food offering to the Lord.
26“You shall take the #Lev. 8:29 breast of the ram of Aaron’s #ver. 22 ordination and #ver. 24wave it for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be your portion. 27And you shall consecrate the #Lev. 7:31, 34; 10:14, 15; Num. 18:11, 18 breast of the wave offering that is waved and the #Lev. 7:32, 34; 10:15; Num. 18:11 thigh of the priests’ portion that is contributed from the ram of #[See ver. 26 above]ordination, from what was Aaron’s and his sons’. 28It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a #Lev. 10:15 perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a #[See ver. 26 above]contribution. It shall be a #[See ver. 26 above]contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord.
29“The holy garments of Aaron #Num. 18:8; [Num. 20:26, 28] shall be for his sons after him; they shall #ver. 9be anointed in them and ordained in them. 30The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them #Lev. 8:33, 35seven days.
31“You shall take the ram of ordination and #Lev. 8:31boil its flesh in a holy place. 32And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the #[Matt. 12:4]bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting. 33#Lev. 10:14, 15, 17 They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an #Lev. 22:10outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy. 34And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall #Lev. 8:32burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
35“Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through #Lev. 8:33-35seven days shall you ordain them, 36and every day you shall offer a #ver. 14; ch. 30:10 bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall #ch. 30:26, 28, 29; 40:10anoint it to consecrate it. 37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the #ch. 40:10 altar shall be most holy. #ch. 30:29; [Matt. 23:19]Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.
38“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: #Num. 28:3; 1 Chr. 16:40; 2 Chr. 2:4; 13:11; 31:3; Ezra 3:3 two lambs a year old #[Dan. 8:11-13; 9:27; 12:11]; Heb. 10:11day by day regularly. 39One lamb you shall offer #2 Kgs. 16:15; Ezek. 46:13-15 in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer #1 Kgs. 18:29, 36; Ezra 9:4, 5; Ps. 141:2; Dan. 9:21at twilight. 40And with the first lamb a tenth measure#29:40 Possibly an ephah (about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters) of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin#29:40 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering. 41The other lamb you shall offer #[See ver. 39 above] at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as #ch. 30:9; 40:29 in the morning, for a #ver. 18, 25pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. 42It shall be a #Num. 28:6 regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, #See ch. 25:22where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. 43There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be #ch. 40:34; [1 Kgs. 8:11; 2 Chr. 5:14; 7:1-3; Ezek. 43:5; Hag. 2:7, 9; Mal. 3:1]sanctified by my glory. 44I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. #Lev. 21:15; 22:9, 16Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests. 45#ch. 25:8; Lev. 26:12; Zech. 2:10; 2 Cor. 6:16; Rev. 21:3I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. 46And they shall know that #ch. 20:2I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.
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