Consecration of the Priests^(A)

29 “This is what you are to do to consecrate^(B) them, so they may serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without defect.^(C)

¹⁹ Aaron and his sons are to wash their hands and feet^(A) with water^(B) from it. ²⁰ Whenever they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water so that they will not die.^(C) Also, when they approach the altar to minister by presenting a food offering to the Lord, ²¹ they shall wash their hands and feet so that they will not die. This is to be a lasting ordinance^(D) for Aaron and his descendants for the generations to come.”^(E)

³⁰ “Anoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate^(A) them so they may serve me as priests.^(B)

³¹ and Moses and Aaron and his sons used it to wash^(A) their hands and feet. ³² They washed whenever they entered the tent of meeting or approached the altar,^(B) as the Lord commanded^(C) Moses.

⁴⁴ I am the Lord your God;^(A) consecrate yourselves^(B) and be holy,^(C) because I am holy.^(D) Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground.^(E)