Exodus 29

Revised Geneva Translation

29 You shall also do this thing to them when you consecrate them to be My Priests: Take a young calf and two rams, without blemish,

² “and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes (tempered with oil), and unleavened wafers (made from fine wheat flour and anointed with oil).

³ “Then you shall put them in one basket, and present them in the basket with the calf and the two rams,

⁴ “and shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation and wash them with water.

⁵ “Also, you shall take the garments and put the tunic upon Aaron, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate; and you shall fasten them to him with the ingenious band of the ephod.

⁶ “Then you shall put the turban upon his head and shall put the holy crown upon the turban.

⁷ “And you shall take the anointing oil and shall pour it upon his head and anoint him.

⁸ “And you shall bring his sons and put coats upon them,

⁹ “and shall bind them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and shall put the hats on them. And the Priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual Law. So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

¹⁰ “Afterward, you shall present the calf before the Tabernacle of the Congregation; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the calf.

¹¹ “So shall you kill the calf before the LORD, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

¹² “Then you shall take from the blood of the calf and put it upon the horns of the Altar with your finger and shall pour all of the blood out at the foot of the Altar.

¹³ “Also, you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the lobe upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shall burn them upon the Altar.

¹⁴ “But the flesh of the calf, and its skin, and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.

¹⁵ “You shall also take one ram. And Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

¹⁶ “Then you shall kill the ram and take its blood, and sprinkle it all around, upon the Altar,

¹⁷ “And you shall cut the ram in pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and shall put them upon its pieces, and upon its head.

¹⁸ “So you shall burn the whole ram upon the Altar. It is a burnt offering, for a sweet savor to the LORD. It is an offering made to the LORD by fire.

¹⁹ “And you shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

²⁰ “Then you shall kill the ram and take from its blood and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s ear, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot. And you shall sprinkle the blood upon the Altar, all around.

²¹ “And you shall take from the blood that is upon the Altar, and from the anointing oil, and shall sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him. So shall he be sanctified, and his clothes, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

²² “Also, you shall take the fat and the rump from the rams, even the fat that covers the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder (for it is the ram of consecration),

²³ “and one loaf of bread, and one cake of bread (tempered with oil), and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD.

²⁴ “And you shall put all this in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons, and shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

²⁵ “You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them upon the Altar as a burnt offering, for a sweet savor before the LORD. This is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

²⁶ “Likewise, you shall take the breast of the ram of the consecration which is for Aaron, and shall wave it as a wave offering before the LORD. And it shall be your portion.

²⁷ “And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering which was waved, and which was raised up from the ram of the consecration (which was for Aaron and which was for his sons).

²⁸ “And Aaron and his sons shall have it by a statute, forever, of the children of Israel. For it is a heave offering; and it shall be a heave offering of the children of Israel (from their peace offerings), their heave offering to the LORD.

²⁹ “And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated therein.

³⁰ “That son who shall become Priest in his place, shall put them on for seven days, whenever he comes into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to minister in the Holy Place.

³¹ “And you shall take the ram of the consecration and boil his flesh in the Holy Place.

³² “And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.

³³ “They shall eat these things by which their atonement was made, to consecrate them, and to sanctify them. But a stranger shall not eat of them, because they are holy things.

³⁴ “Now if nothing of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then you shall burn the rest with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is a holy thing.

³⁵ “You shall do to Aaron and to his sons according to all things which I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them for seven days.

³⁶ “And every day you shall offer a calf for a sin offering, for reconciliation. And you shall cleanse the Altar after you have offered upon it for reconciliation, and shall anoint it, to sanctify it.

³⁷ “Seven days shall you cleanse the Altar and sanctify it, so that the Altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the Altar, must be holy.

³⁸ “Now this is that which you shall present upon the altar: two lambs of one year old, day by day, continually.

³⁹ “You shall present one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall present at twilight.

⁴⁰ “And with one lamb, mingle one tenth of an ephah of fine flour with one fourth of a hin of beaten oil and one fourth of a hin of wine, for a drink offering.

⁴¹ “And the other lamb you shall present at twilight. You shall do so according to the offering of the morning and according to the drink offering, to be a burnt offering, for a sweet savor to the LORD.

⁴² “This shall be a continually burnt offering, in your generations, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the LORD, where I will meet with you, to speak to you.

⁴³ “There I will meet with the children of Israel, and the place shall be sanctified by My Glory.

⁴⁴ “And I will sanctify the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar. I will also sanctify Aaron and his sons, to be My Priests,

⁴⁵ “And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God.

⁴⁶ “Then they shall know that I 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.