1‘Here is what you must do to set apart Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. Get a young bull and two rams. They must not have any flaws.2Get the finest wheat flour. Make round loaves of bread that do not have yeast in them. Make thick loaves of bread that do not have yeast in them. Mix olive oil into the thick loaves of bread. Also make thin loaves of bread that do not have yeast in them. Brush the thin loaves with olive oil.3Put everything in a basket. Offer them along with the bull and the two rams.4Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting. Wash them with water.5Take the inner robe, the outer robe of the linen apron, the apron itself and the chest cloth. Dress Aaron in them. Take the skilfully made waistband and tie the apron on him with it.6Put the turban on his head. Connect the sacred plate to the turban.7Take the anointing oil and pour it on his head.8Bring his sons and dress them in their inner robes.9Put caps on their heads. Tie belts on Aaron and his sons. The work of the priests belongs to them. This is my law that will last for all time to come. ‘Then you must prepare Aaron and his sons to serve me.10‘Bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on its head.11Kill it in front of the LORD at the entrance to the tent of meeting.12Dip your finger into some of the bull’s blood. Put it on the horns that stick out from the upper four corners of the altar. Pour the rest of it out at the base of the altar.13Then take all the fat on the inside parts. Take the long part of the liver. Get both kidneys with the fat on them. And burn all of it on the altar.14But burn the bull’s meat, hide and guts outside the camp. It is a sin offering.15‘Get one of the rams. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on its head.16Kill it. Take the blood and splash it against the sides of the altar.17Cut the ram into pieces. Wash the inside parts and the legs. Put them with the head and the other pieces.18Then burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to me. It has a pleasant smell. It is a food offering presented to the LORD.19‘Get the other ram. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on its head.20Kill it. Put some of its blood on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons. Put some on the thumbs of their right hands. Also put some on the big toes of their right feet. Then splash the blood against the sides of the altar.21Get some of the blood from the altar. Also get some of the anointing oil. Sprinkle both of them on Aaron and his clothes and on his sons and their clothes. Then he and his sons and their clothes will be set apart to serve the LORD.22‘Here is what you must take from this second ram. Take the fat, the fat tail and the fat around the inside parts. Take the long part of the liver. Also take both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh. It is the ram you must use when you prepare the priests to serve the LORD.23Get one round loaf of bread and one thick loaf of bread with olive oil mixed in. Also get one thin loaf of bread. Take them from the basket of bread made without yeast. It is the one in front of the LORD.24Put all these things in the hands of Aaron and his sons. Tell them to lift them up and wave them in front of the LORD as a wave offering.25Then take all these things from their hands. Burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. Its smell pleases the LORD. It is a food offering presented to the LORD.26Get the breast of the ram used when you prepare Aaron to serve the LORD. Wave it in front of the LORD as a wave offering. It will be your share of the meat.27‘Here are the parts of the second ram that belong to Aaron and his sons. You must set apart the breast that was waved and the thigh that was offered.28It will be the regular share from the Israelites for Aaron and his sons. The people must give it to the LORD from their friendship offerings.29‘Aaron’s sacred clothes will belong to his sons who will come after him. Then they can wear them when you anoint them and prepare them to serve the LORD.30The son who comes after Aaron as priest must wear them seven days. He will come and serve in the Holy Room in the tent of meeting.31‘Get the ram sacrificed when you prepare Aaron and his sons to serve the LORD. Cook the meat in a sacred place.32Aaron and his sons must eat the ram’s meat. And they must eat the bread in the basket. They must eat all of it at the entrance to the tent of meeting.33These are the offerings to pay for their sins. They must eat them. The offerings must be made when Aaron and his sons are set apart and prepared to serve the LORD. No one else can eat them. They are sacred.34When you prepare Aaron and his sons to serve me, you will sacrifice the ram and the bread. If any parts of the ram or bread are left until morning, burn them up. They must not be eaten. They are sacred.35‘Do everything I have commanded you to do for Aaron and his sons. Take seven days when you prepare them to serve the LORD.36Sacrifice a bull each day. It is a sin offering to pay for their sins. Make the altar pure. Pour olive oil on it to set it apart.37Take seven days to make the altar pure. Set it apart. Then the altar will be a very holy place. Anything that touches it will be holy.38‘Every day sacrifice on the altar two lambs that are a year old.39Sacrifice one in the morning and the other one when the sun goes down.40Along with the first lamb, offer 1.5 kilograms of fine flour. Mix it with a litre of oil made from pressed olives. Along with that, sacrifice a litre of wine as a drink offering.41Sacrifice the other lamb when the sun goes down. Sacrifice it along with the same grain offering and its drink offering as you do in the morning. It has a pleasant smell. It is a food offering presented to the LORD.42‘For all time to come, this burnt offering must be sacrificed regularly. Sacrifice it at the entrance to the tent of meeting in front of the LORD. There I will meet with you and speak to you.43There I will also meet with the people of Israel. My glory will make the place holy.44‘So I will set apart the tent of meeting and the altar. And I will set apart Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.45Then I will live among the people of Israel. And I will be their God.46They will know that I am the LORD their God. They will know that I brought them out of Egypt so I could live among them. I am the LORD their God.
Exodus 29
English Standard Version
Consecration of the Priests
1“Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, (Le 8:2)2and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. (Le 2:4; Le 6:20)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 wash them with water. (Ex 40:12; Le 8:6; Heb 10:22)5Then 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 skillfully woven band of the ephod. (Ex 28:2; Ex 28:8)6And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. (Ex 28:36; Le 8:9; Nu 6:7)7You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. (Ex 28:41; Ex 29:21; Ex 30:25; Le 8:12; Le 8:30; Le 10:7; Le 21:10; Nu 35:25)8Then you shall bring his sons and put coats on them, (Le 8:13)9and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons. (Ex 27:21; Ex 28:4; Ex 28:39; Ex 28:41; Ex 29:29; Ex 29:33; Le 8:33; Le 16:32; Nu 18:7)10“Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. (Ex 29:15; Ex 29:19; Le 1:4; Le 8:14)11Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting,12and shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of[1] the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar. (Ex 27:2; Le 8:15)13And you shall take all the 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. (Le 3:3)14But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering. (Ex 29:36; Ex 30:10; Le 4:11; Le 4:21; Nu 19:3; Nu 19:5; Heb 13:11)15“Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, (Ex 29:1; Ex 29:19; Le 1:4; Le 8:14; Le 8:18)16and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar.17Then you shall cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head, (Le 8:20)18and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a pleasing aroma, a food offering[2] to the Lord. (Ge 8:21; Ex 29:25; Ex 29:41)19“You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, (Ex 29:1; Ex 29:15; Le 8:22)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 anointing 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. (Ex 29:7)22“You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the 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 ordination), (Ex 29:13; Le 7:37; Le 8:28; Le 8:31; Le 8:33)23and one 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. (Ex 29:2; Le 8:26)24You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. (Le 7:30; Le 8:27; Le 8:29; Nu 5:25; Nu 6:20)25Then you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma before the Lord. It is a food offering to the Lord. (Ex 29:18; Ex 29:41; Le 6:22; Le 8:28)26“You shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be your portion. (Ex 29:22; Ex 29:24; Le 8:29)27And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the priests’ portion that is contributed from the ram of ordination, from what was Aaron’s and his sons’. (Ex 29:26; Le 7:31; Le 7:32; Le 7:34; Le 10:14; Le 10:15; Nu 18:11; Nu 18:18)28It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a contribution. It shall be a contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord. (Ex 29:26; Le 10:15)29“The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them. (Ex 29:9; Nu 18:8; Nu 20:26; Nu 20:28)30The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them seven days. (Le 8:33; Le 8:35)31“You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. (Le 8:31)32And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting. (Mt 12:4)33They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy. (Le 10:14; Le 10:17; Le 22:10)34And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy. (Le 8:32)35“Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through seven days shall you ordain them, (Le 8:33)36and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it to consecrate it. (Ex 29:14; Ex 30:10; Ex 30:26; Ex 30:28; Ex 40:10)37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy. (Ex 30:29; Ex 40:10; Mt 23:19)38“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly. (Nu 28:3; 1Ch 16:40; 2Ch 2:4; 2Ch 13:11; 2Ch 31:3; Ezr 3:3; Da 8:11; Da 9:27; Da 12:11; Heb 10:11)39One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight. (1Ki 18:29; 1Ki 18:36; 2Ki 16:15; Ezr 9:4; Ps 141:2; Eze 46:13; Da 9:21)40And with the first lamb a tenth measure[3] of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin[4] of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.41The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as in the morning, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. (Ex 29:18; Ex 29:25; Ex 29:39; Ex 30:9; Ex 40:29)42It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. (Ex 25:22; Nu 28:6)43There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory. (Ex 40:34; 1Ki 8:11; 2Ch 5:14; 2Ch 7:1; Eze 43:5; Hag 2:7; Hag 2:9; Mal 3:1)44I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests. (Le 21:15; Le 22:9; Le 22:16)45I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. (Ex 25:8; Le 26:12; Zec 2:10; 2Co 6:16; Re 21:3)46And they shall know that I 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. (Ex 20:2)