Consecration of the Priests

29 “Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. ^(A)Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, ^2 (B)and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. ³ You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams. ⁴ You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and ^(C)wash them with water. ⁵ Then ^(D)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 ^(E)skillfully woven band of the ephod. ^6 (F)And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. ⁷ You shall take ^(G)the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. ⁸ Then you ^(H)shall bring his sons and put coats on them, ⁹ and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with ^(I)sashes and bind caps on them. And ^(J)the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ^(K)ordain Aaron and his sons.

¹⁰ “Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. ^(L)Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. ¹¹ Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting, ¹² and ^(M)shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the ^(N)horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of^[a] the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar. ¹³ And you shall take all ^(O)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. ¹⁴ But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire ^(P)outside the camp; ^(Q)it is a sin offering.

¹⁵ “Then ^(R)you shall take one of the rams, and ^(S)Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, ¹⁶ and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar. ¹⁷ Then you shall ^(T)cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head, ¹⁸ and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a ^(U)pleasing aroma, a food offering^[b] to the Lord.

³⁵ “Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through ^(A)seven days shall you ordain them, ³⁶ and every day you shall offer a ^(B)bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall ^(C)anoint it to consecrate it. ³⁷ Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the ^(D)altar shall be most holy. ^(E)Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

³⁸ “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: ^(F)two lambs a year old ^(G)day by day regularly. ³⁹ One lamb you shall offer ^(H)in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer ^(I)at twilight. ⁴⁰ And with the first lamb a tenth measure^[a] of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin^[b] of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering. ⁴¹ The other lamb you shall offer ^(J)at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as ^(K)in the morning, for a ^(L)pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. ⁴² It shall be a ^(M)regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, ^(N)where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. ⁴³ There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be ^(O)sanctified by my glory. ⁴⁴ I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. ^(P)Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests. ^45 (Q)I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. ⁴⁶ And they shall know that ^(R)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.