“aNow this is 1what you shall do to them to consecrate them to serve as priests to Me: take one bull and two rams without blemish,Lit the thing whichLev 8:1-34 2 and aunleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers 1spread with oil; you shall make them of fine wheat flour.Or anointedLev 2:4; 6:19-23 3 And you shall put them in one basket, and present them in the basket along with the bull and the two rams. 4 Then ayou shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.Ex 40:12; Lev 8:6 5 And you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the atunic and bthe robe of the ephod, and cthe ephod and dthe 1breastpiece, and wrap his waist with the skillfully ewoven band of the ephod;Or pouchEx 28:39; Lev 8:7Ex 28:31Ex 28:6Ex 28:15Ex 28:8 6 and you shall set the aturban on his head and put bthe holy crown on the turban.Ex 28:4, 39Ex 28:36, 37; Lev 8:9 7 Then you shall take athe anointing oil and pour it on his head, and anoint him.Ex 30:25; Lev 8:12; 21:10; Num 35:25; Ps 133:2 8 You shall also bring his sons and put atunics on them.Ex 28:39, 40; Lev 8:13 9 And you shall wrap their waists with asashes, Aaron and his sons, and fit 1caps on them, and they shall have bthe priesthood by a permanent statute. So you shall 2cordain Aaron and his sons.Lit headgearLit fill the hand ofEx 28:40Ex 40:15; Num 3:10; 18:7; 25:13; Deut 18:5Ex 28:41; Lev 8:1-36
10 “Then you shall bring the bull in front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall alay their hands on the head of the bull.Lev 1:4; 8:14 11 And you shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 12 Then you shall atake some of the blood of the bull and put it on bthe horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.Lev 8:15Ex 27:2; 30:2 13 And you shall atake all the fat that covers the entrails, and the 1lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and offer them up in smoke on the altar.Or appendage onLev 3:3, 4 14 But athe flesh of the bull and its hide and its refuse, you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.Lev 4:11, 12, 21; Heb 13:11
15 “aYou shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram;Lev 8:18 16 and you shall slaughter the ram and take its blood and sprinkle it around on the altar. 17 Then you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them 1with its pieces and 2its head.Lit onLit on its 18 And you shall offer up in smoke the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD: ait is a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.Gen 8:21; Ex 29:25
19 “Then ayou shall take the 1other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.Lit secondLev 8:22f 20 And you shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the lobes of his sons’ right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet, and sprinkle the rest of the blood around on the altar. 21 Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the aanointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him; so he and his garments shall be consecrated, as well as his sons and his sons’ garments with him.Ex 30:25, 31; Lev 8:30
22 “You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails and the 1lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of 2ordination),Or appendage onLit filling 23 and one loaf of bread, and aone cake of bread mixed with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is set before the LORD;Lev 8:26 24 and you shall put 1all these 2in the 3hands of Aaron and 4in the 5hands of his sons, and shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.Lit the wholeLit onLit palms 25 Then ayou shall take them from their hands, and offer them up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering for a soothing aroma before the LORD; it is an offering by fire to the LORD.Lev 8:28
26 “Then you shall take athe breast of Aaron’s ram of 1ordination, and wave it as a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your portion.Lit fillingLev 7:31, 34; 8:29 27 You shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the 1contribution which was waved and which was 2offered from the ram of 3ordination, from the one which was for Aaron and from the one which was for his sons.Or uplifted offeringLit lifted upLit filling 28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the sons of Israel, for it is 1a contribution; and it shall be 2a contribution from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, their 3contribution to the LORD.Or uplifted offering
29 “aThe holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, 1so that they may be anointed and ordained in them.Lit for anointing in them and filling their hand in themNum 20:26, 28 30 For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his place shall put them on when he enters the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place.
31 “Now you shall take the ram of 1ordination and aboil its flesh in a holy place.Lit fillingLev 8:31 32 Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 33 So athey shall eat 1those things by which atonement was made 2at their ordination and consecration; but a 3blayman shall not eat them, because they are holy.Lit themLit to fill their hand to sanctify themLit strangerLev 10:14Lev 22:10, 13 34 And aif any of the flesh of 1ordination or any of the bread remains until morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.Lit fillingEx 12:10; 23:18; 34:25; Lev 8:32
35 “So you shall do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you shall 1ordain them for aseven days.Lit fill their handLev 8:33 36 aEach day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you shall 1purify the altar when you make atonement 2for it, and byou shall anoint it to consecrate it.Or offer a sin offering on the altarLit uponHeb 10:11Ex 40:10 37 For seven days you shall make atonement 1for the altar and consecrate it; then athe altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.Lit uponEx 30:28f
38 “Now athis is what you shall offer on the altar: two one-year-old lambs each day, continuously.Num 28:3-31; 29:6-38 39 The aone lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the 1other lamb you shall offer at 2twilight;Lit secondLit between the two eveningsEzek 46:13-15 40 and there shall be a 1tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a 2fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with one lamb.About 3 qt. or 2.8 litersAbout 0.95 qt. or 0.9 liter 41 The 1other lamb you shall offer at 2twilight, and shall offer with it 3the same grain offering and 4the same drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.Lit secondLit between the two eveningsLit according to the grain offering of the morningLit according to its 42 It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before the LORD, awhere I will meet with you, to speak to you there.Ex 25:22; Num 17:4 43 I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by My glory. 44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve as priests to Me. 45 And aI will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God.Ex 25:8; Lev 26:12; Num 5:3; Deut 12:11; Zech 2:10; 2 Cor 6:16; Rev 21:3 46 And they shall know that aI am the LORD their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might dwell among them; I am the LORD their God.Ex 20:2