Exodus 29

Consecration of Priests

1-4 "This is the ceremony for consecrating them as priests. Take a young bull and two rams, healthy and without defects. Using fine wheat flour but no yeast make bread and cakes mixed with oil and wafers spread with oil. Place them in a basket and carry them along with the bull and the two rams. Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

5-9  "Then take the vestments and dress Aaron in the tunic, the robe of the Ephod, the Ephod, and the Breastpiece, belting the Ephod on him with the embroidered waistband. Set the turban on his head and place the sacred crown on the turban. Then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head, anointing him. Then bring his sons, put tunics on them and gird them with sashes, both Aaron and his sons, and set hats on them. Their priesthood is upheld by law and is permanent.

10-14  "This is how you will ordain Aaron and his sons: Bring the bull to the Tent of Meeting. Aaron and his sons will place their hands on the head of the bull. Then you will slaughter the bull in the presence of God at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. Take some of the bull's blood and smear it on the horns of the Altar with your finger; pour the rest of the blood on the base of the Altar. Next take all the fat that covers the innards, fat from around the liver and the two kidneys, and burn it on the Altar. But the flesh of the bull, including its hide and dung, you will burn up outside the camp. It is an Absolution-Offering.

15-18  "Then take one of the rams. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on the head of the ram. Slaughter the ram and take its blood and throw it against the Altar, all around. Cut the ram into pieces; wash its innards and legs, then gather the pieces and its head and burn the whole ram on the Altar. It is a Whole-Burnt-Offering to God, a pleasant fragrance, an offering by fire to God.

19-21  "Then take the second ram. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on the ram's head. Slaughter the ram. Take some of its blood and rub it on Aaron's right earlobe and on the right earlobes of his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the rest of the blood against all sides of the Altar. Then take some of the blood that is on the Altar, mix it with some of the anointing oil, and splash it on Aaron and his clothes and on his sons and their clothes so that Aaron and his clothes and his sons and his sons' clothes will be made holy.

22-23  "Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the long lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh: this is the ordination ram. Also take one loaf of bread, an oil cake, and a wafer from the breadbasket that is in the presence of God.

24-25  "Place all of these in the open hands of Aaron and his sons who will wave them before God, a Wave-Offering. Then take them from their hands and burn them on the Altar with the Whole-Burnt-Offering—a pleasing fragrance before God, a gift to God.

26  "Now take the breast from Aaron's ordination ram and wave it before God, a Wave-Offering. That will be your portion.

27-28  "Consecrate the Wave-Offering breast and the thigh that was held up. These are the parts of the ordination ram that are for Aaron and his sons. Aaron and his sons are always to get this offering from the Israelites; the Israelites are to make this offering regularly from their Peace-Offerings.

29-30  "Aaron's sacred garments are to be handed down to his descendants so they can be anointed and ordained in them. The son who succeeds him as priest is to wear them for seven days and enter the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place.

31-34  "Take the ordination ram and boil the meat in the Holy Place. At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons will eat the boiled ram and the bread that is in the basket. Atoned by these offerings, ordained and consecrated by them, they are the only ones who are to eat them. No outsiders are to eat them; they're holy. Anything from the ordination ram or from the bread that is left over until morning you are to burn up. Don't eat it; it's holy.

35-37  "Do everything for the ordination of Aaron and his sons exactly as I've commanded you throughout the seven days. Offer a bull as an Absolution-Offering for atonement each day. Offer it on the Altar when you make atonement for it: Anoint and consecrate it. Make atonement for the Altar and consecrate it for seven days; the Altar will become soaked in holiness—anyone who so much as touches the Altar will become holy.

38-41  "This is what you are to offer on the Altar: two year-old lambs each and every day, one lamb in the morning and the second lamb at evening. With the sacrifice of the first lamb offer two quarts of fine flour with a quart of virgin olive oil, plus a quart of wine for a Drink-Offering. The sacrifice of the second lamb, the one at evening, is also to be accompanied by the same Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering of the morning sacrifice to give a pleasing fragrance, a gift to God.

42-46  "This is to be your regular, daily Whole-Burnt-Offering before God, generation after generation, sacrificed at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. That's where I'll meet you; that's where I'll speak with you; that's where I'll meet the Israelites, at the place made holy by my Glory. I'll make the Tent of Meeting and the Altar holy. I'll make Aaron and his sons holy in order to serve me as priests. I'll move in and live with the Israelites. I'll be their God. They'll realize that I am their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could live with them. I am God, your God."

Exodus 29

The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

1 s “Now this is whatt you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a youngt bull and two rams without blemish;t2 ands bread made without yeast, and perforated cakes without yeast mixed with oil, and wafers without yeast spreadt with oil – you are to make them usingt fine wheat flour.

3 You are to put them in one basket and presentt them in the basket, along witht the bull and the two rams.
4 “You are to presentt Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the tent of meeting. You are to washs them with water5 and take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic,t the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece; you are to fasten the ephod on him by using the skillfully woven waistband.t6 You are to put the turban on his head and put the holy diadems on the turban.7 You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.s8 You are to present his sons and clothe them with tunics

9 and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sonss and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecratet Aaron and his sons.
10 “You are to present the bull at the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to putt their hands on the heads of the bull.11 You are to kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting12 and take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altars with your finger; all the rest oft the blood you are to pour out at the base of the altar.13 You are to take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the lobet that is above the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn themts on the altar.14 But the meat of the bull, its skin, and its dung you are to burn upt outside the camp.s It is the purification offering.s15 “You are to take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head,16 and you are to kill the ram and take its blood and splash it all around on the altar.17 Then you are to cut the ram into pieces and wash the entrails and its legs and put them on its pieces and on its head

18 and burnt the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offerings to the Lord, a soothing aroma; it is an offering made by firet to the Lord.s
19 “You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head,20 and you are to kill the ram and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot,s and then splash the blood all around on the altar.

21 You are to take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle itt on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him, so that he may be holy,t he and his garments along with his sons and his sons’ garments.
22 “You are to take from the ram the fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the lobet of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh – for it is the ram for consecrationt –23 and one round flat cake of bread, one perforated cake of oiled bread, and one wafer from the basket of bread made without yeast that is before the Lord.24 You are to put all theset in Aaron’s handst and in his sons’ hands, and you are to wave them as a wave offeringt before the Lord.25 Then you are to take them from their hands and burnt themt on the altar for a burnt offering, for a soothing aroma before the Lord. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord.26 You are to take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration; you are to wave it as a wave offering before the Lord, and it is to be your share.27 You are to sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution,s which were waved and lifted up as a contribution from the ram of consecration, from what belongs to Aaron and to his sons.

28 It is to belong to Aaron and to his sons from the Israelites, by a perpetual ordinance, for it is a contribution. It is to be a contribution from the Israelites from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord.
29 “The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointedt in them and consecratedt in them.

30 The priest who succeeds himt from his sons, when he first comest to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.t
31 “You are to take the ram of the consecration and cookt its meat in a holy place.s32 Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that was in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting.33 They are to eat those things by which atonement was madet to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one elset may eat them, for they are holy.

34 If any of the meat from the consecration offeringst or any of the bread is left overt until morning, then you are to burn upt what is left over. It must not be eaten,t because it is holy.
35 “Thus you are to do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you are to consecrate themt fort seven days.36 Every day you are to prepare a bull for a purification offeringt for atonement.s You are to purget the altar by making atonementt for it, and you are to anoint it to set it apart as holy.

37 For seven dayst you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy.t Anything that touches the altar will be holy.s
38 “Now this is what you are to preparet on the altar every day continually: two lambs a year old.39 The first lamb you are to prepare in the morning, and the second lamb you are to prepare around sundown.t40 With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephaht of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hint of oil from pressed olives, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

41 The second lamb you are to offer around sundown; you are to prepare for it the same meal offering as for the morning and the same drink offering, for a soothing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
42 “This will be a regulart burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meett with you to speak to you there.

43 There I will meett with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory.ts
44 “So I will set apart as holyt the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me.45 I will residet among the Israelites, and I will be their God,

46 and they will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, so that I may reside among them. I am the Lord their God.