Leviticus 8

Aaron and His Sons Consecrated

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, a bull as the sin offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;3 and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.4 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. And the congregation was gathered together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.5 And Moses said to the congregation, This is what the Lord commanded to be done.6 Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.7 And he put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the intricately woven band of the ephod, and with it tied the ephod on him.8 Then he put the breastplate on him, and he put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate.9 And he put the turban on his head. Also on the turban, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord had commanded Moses.10 Also Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.11 He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.12 And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aarons head and anointed him, to consecrate him.13 Then Moses brought Aarons sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes, and put hats on them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.14 And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering,15 and Moses killed it. Then he took the blood, and put some on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make atonement for it.16 Then he took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.17 But the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its offal, he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded Moses.18 Then he brought the ram as the burnt offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,19 and Moses killed it. Then he sprinkled the blood all around on the altar.20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.21 Then he washed the entrails and the legs in water. And Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.22 And he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,23 and Moses killed it. Also he took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aarons right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.24 Then he brought Aarons sons. And Moses put some of the blood on the tips of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses sprinkled the blood all around on the altar.25 Then he took the fat and the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh;26 and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened cake, a cake of bread anointed with oil, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and on the right thigh;27 and he put all these in Aarons hands and in his sons hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord.28 Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar, on the burnt offering. They were consecration offerings for a sweet aroma. That was an offering made by fire to the Lord.29 And Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord. It was Moses part of the ram of consecration, as the Lord had commanded Moses.30 Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration offerings, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.32 What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.33 And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For seven days he shall consecrate you.34 As he has done this day, so the Lord has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.35 Therefore you shall stay at the door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night for seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, so that you may not die; for so I have been commanded.36 So Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.

LEVITICUS 8

The Ceremony //for Ordaining Priests

(Exodus 29.1-37)

1 The [Lord] said to Moses:
2 Send 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.

3 Then bring the whole community of Israel together at the entrance to the sacred tent.
4 Moses obeyed the [Lord], and when everyone had come together,

5 he said, “We are here to follow the [Lord]'s instructions.”
6 After Moses told Aaron and his sons to step forward, he told them to wash themselves. 7 He 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. 8 Next, he put on Aaron the sacred breastpiece that was used in finding out what the [Lord] wanted his people to do.

9 He 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].
10 Moses then dedicated the sacred tent and everything in it to the [Lord] by sprinkling them with some of the oil for ordination. 11 He sprinkled the bronze altar seven times, and he sprinkled its equipment, as well as the large bronze bowl and its base. 12 He also poured some of the oil on Aaron's head to dedicate him to the [Lord].

13 Next, 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.
14 Moses led out the bull that was to be sacrificed for sin, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 15 After 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. 16 Moses 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.

17 Finally, 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.
18 Moses led out the ram for the sacrifice to please the [Lord].t After Aaron and his sons had laid their hands on its head, 19 Moses killed the ram and splattered its blood against the four sides of the altar.

20-21 Moses 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.
22 Moses led out the ram for the ceremony of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head, 23 and 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. 24 Moses did the same thing for Aaron's sons, before splattering the rest of the blood against the four sides of the altar. 25 He 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.

26 Then he took from a basket some of each of the three kinds of breadt that had been made without yeast and had been dedicated to the [Lord].
27 Moses placed the bread on top of the meat and gave it all to Aaron and his sons, who lifted it upt to show that it was dedicated to the [Lord]. 28 After 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.

29 Moses lifted upt 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.

30 Finally, 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].

31 Moses 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. 32 Burn what is left over 33 and stay near the entrance to the sacred tent until the ordination ceremony ends seven days from now. 34 We have obeyed the [Lord] in everything that has been done today, so that your sins may be forgiven.t

35 The [Lord] has told me that you must stay near the entrance to the tent for seven days and nights, or else you will die.
36 Aaron and his sons obeyed everything that the [Lord] had told Moses they must do.