Leviticus 8
1 The LORD spoke to Moses:
2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread.
3 Gather the whole community at the entrance to the tent of meeting.”
4 Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the community gathered at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
5 Moses said to the community, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
6 Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water.
7 He put the tunic on Aaron, fastened the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He fastened the ephod’s woven band around him and secured it to him with it.
8 He placed the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.
9 He placed the turban on his head, and on the front of the turban he placed the gold plate, the sacred crown, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
10 Moses took the anointing oil, anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and consecrated them.
11 He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, the basin and its stand, and consecrated them.
12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
13 Moses brought Aaron’s sons forward, clothed them with tunics, fastened sashes around them, and tied caps on them, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
14 He brought forward the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering.
15 Moses slaughtered it, took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar all around, purifying the altar from sin. He poured the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it, making atonement for it.
16 He took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it on the altar.
17 But the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its dung he burned in the fire outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
18 He brought forward the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
19 Moses slaughtered it and splashed the blood all around on the altar.
20 He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
21 He washed the entrails and the legs with water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
22 He brought forward the second ram, the ram for ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
23 Moses slaughtered it, took some of its blood, and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
24 He brought Aaron’s sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet; and Moses splashed the blood all around on the altar.
25 He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.
26 From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened loaf, one loaf of bread made with oil, and one wafer. He placed them on the fat and the right thigh.
27 He put it all into the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved it as a wave offering before the LORD.
28 Then Moses took it from their hands and burned it on the altar, over the burnt offering. It was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.
29 Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the LORD. From the ram for ordination, this was Moses’ portion, as the LORD had commanded him.
30 Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. In this way he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and their garments.
31 Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Cook the meat at the entrance to the tent of meeting and eat it there, with the bread that is in the basket for ordination, as I commanded: ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’
32 What is left of the meat and the bread you must burn in the fire.
33 Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete, because your ordination will last seven days.
34 As was done today, so the LORD has commanded to be done, to make atonement for you.
35 Stay at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, and keep what the LORD has commanded you to keep, so that you do not die; for that is what I was commanded.”
36 Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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