Exodus 29

1 Now this is how you are to proceed to dedicate them to serve me as priests. Take a young bull and two rams with no defects.

And this is the thing which thou shalt do to them to hallow them, that they may serve me as priests: take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

2 Then using the best wheat flour, make the following without yeast: bread, cakes mixed with olive oil, and wafers sprinkled with olive oil.

and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil — of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

3 Put them all in a basket, and bring them as an offering, along with the bull and the two rams.

And thou shalt put them into one basket, and present them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

4 Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water.

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring near the entrance of the tent of meeting, and shalt bathe them with water.

5 Take the clothes and put them on Aaron: the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastpiece. Tie the ephod on him with its waistband.

And thou shalt take the garments, and clothe Aaron with the vest, and the cloak of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and shalt gird him with the girdle of the ephod.

6 Wrap the turban on his head and attach the holy crown to the turban.

And thou shalt put the turban upon his head, and fasten the holy diadem to the turban,

7 Then use the anointing oil to anoint him by pouring it over his head.

and shalt take the anointing oil, and pour [it] on his head, and anoint him.

8 Then have his sons come and put the tunics on them.

And thou shalt bring his sons near, and clothe them with the vests.

9 Tie the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headdresses on them. The priesthood belongs to them forever. This is how you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.

And thou shalt gird them with the girdle — Aaron and his sons, and bind the high caps on them; and the priesthood shall be theirs for an everlasting statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

10 Take the bull to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to place their hands on its head.

And thou shalt present the bullock before the tent of meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock;

11 Then slaughter the bull in the Lord's presence at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

and thou shalt slaughter the bullock before Jehovah, at the entrance of the tent of meeting;

12 Take some of the bull's blood and smear it on the horns of the altar with your finger. Then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

and thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it on the horns of the altar with thy finger, and shalt pour all the blood at the bottom of the altar.

13 Take all the fat that covers the intestines, the best parts of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and burn them on the altar.

And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the net of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

14 But burn the bull's meat, its hide, and its excrement outside the camp—it is an offering for sin.

And the flesh of the bullock, and its skin, and its dung, shalt thou burn with fire outside the camp: it is a sin-offering.

15 Next have Aaron and his sons place their hands on the head of one of the rams.

And thou shalt take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram;

16 Slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splash it all around the altar.

and thou shalt slaughter the ram, and shalt take its blood, and sprinkle [it] on the altar round about.

17 Cut the ram in pieces, wash the intestines and legs, and put them with the other pieces and the head.

And thou shalt cut up the ram into its pieces, and wash its inwards, and its legs, and put [them] upon its pieces, and upon its head;

18 Then burn all of the ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord to be accepted by him.

and thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering to Jehovah — a sweet odour; it is an offering by fire to Jehovah.

19 Then have Aaron and his sons place their hands the head of the other ram.

And thou shalt take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram;

20 Slaughter the ram, and put some of its blood on the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Splash the rest of its blood all around the altar.

and thou shalt slaughter the ram, and take of its blood, and put [it] on the tip of the [right] ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and thou shalt sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

21 Take some of the blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes, and on his sons and their clothes. Then he and his clothes will be made holy, likewise his sons and their clothes.

And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

22 Take the fat from the ram, including the fat of its broad tail, the fat covering the intestines, the best parts of the liver, the two kidneys with their fat, as well as the right thigh (because this is a ram for ordination).

Also of the ram shalt thou take the fat, and the fat-tail, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the net of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder — for it is a ram of consecration —

23 Also take one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with olive oil, and one wafer from the basket of bread made without yeast that is in the Lord's presence.

and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened [bread] that is before Jehovah;

24 Give all of them to Aaron and his sons to wave before the Lord as a wave offering.

and thou shalt put all this in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons, and shalt wave them as a wave-offering before Jehovah.

25 Then take the different breads back and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering to the Lord to be accepted by him.

And thou shalt receive them of their hand and burn [them] upon the altar over the burnt-offering, for a sweet odour before Jehovah: it is an offering by fire to Jehovah.

26 Take the breast of the ram of Aaron's ordination and wave it before the Lord as a wave offering. This is the part you can keep.

And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of consecration which is for Aaron, and wave it as a wave-offering before Jehovah; and it shall be thy part.

27 Set apart for Aaron and his sons the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the offering that is lifted up, both taken from the ram of ordination.

And thou shalt hallow the breast of the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the heave-offering, that hath been waved and heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, of that which is for Aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons.

28 From now on whenever the Israelites lift up peace offerings to the Lord, these parts will belong to Aaron and his sons forever as a regular share from the Israelites.

And they shall be for Aaron and his sons, as an everlasting statute, on the part of the children of Israel; for it is a heave-offering; and it shall be a heave-offering on the part of the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace-offerings, [as] their heave-offering to Jehovah.

29 The holy garments that Aaron has will be passed down to his descendants, so they can wear them when they're anointed and ordained.

And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

30 The descendant who succeeds him as priest and enters the Tent of Meeting to serve in the Holy Place must wear them for the seven days of his ordination.

The son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tent of meeting to serve in the sanctuary.

31 Take the ram of ordination and boil its meat in a holy place.

And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.

32 Aaron and his sons are to eat the ram's meat, and the bread that is in the basket, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting,

And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

33 They are to eat the meat and the bread that were part of the offerings that symbolized the forgiveness required for their ordination and dedication. No one else may eat them, because they are holy.

They shall eat the things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to hallow them; but a stranger shall not eat [of them], for they are holy.

34 If any of the meat of ordination or any bread remains until the morning, burn what's left. It must not be eaten, because it's holy.

And if [any] of the flesh of the consecration, and of the bread, remain until the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, for it is holy.

35 This is the process you are to follow for Aaron and his sons, observing all the instructions I have given you. It will take seven days to ordain them.

And thus shalt thou do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

36 Every day you are to sacrifice a bull as a sin offering for forgiveness. When you do this the altar needs to be purified. Anoint it to make it holy.

And thou shalt offer every day a bullock as a sin-offering for atonement; and the altar shalt thou cleanse from sin, by making atonement for it, and shalt anoint it, to hallow it.

37 For seven days you shall purify the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become completely holy, and everything that touches the altar will become holy.

Seven days shalt thou make atonement for the altar and hallow it; and the altar shall be most holy: whatever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

38 You are to offer two lambs that are a year old on the altar, daily and continually.

And this is what thou shalt offer upon the altar — two lambs of the first year, day by day continually.

39 In the morning offer one lamb, and offer the other one in the evening before it gets dark.

The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer between the two evenings.

40 With the first lamb also offer a tenth of an ephah of best quality flour, mixed with a quarter of a hin of olive oil, and a drink offering of a quarter of a hin of wine.

And with the one lamb a tenth part of wheaten flour mingled with beaten oil, a fourth part of a hin; and a drink-offering, a fourth part of a hin of wine.

41 Then offer the second lamb in the evening, with the same grain and drink offerings as in the morning, a burnt offering to the Lord and accepted by him.

And the second lamb shalt thou offer between the two evenings; as the oblation in the morning, and as its drink-offering shalt thou offer with this, for a sweet odour, an offering by fire to Jehovah.

42 These burnt offerings will be made continually for all generations at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting in the Lord's presence. I will meet you there to speak with you.

It shall be a continual burnt-offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before Jehovah, where I will meet with you, to speak there with thee.

43 I will meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be made holy by my glory.

And there will I meet with the children of Israel; and it shall be hallowed by my glory.

44 In this way I will dedicate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will dedicate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.

And I will hallow the tent of meeting, and the altar; and I will hallow Aaron and his sons, that they may serve me as priests.

45 Then I will live with the Israelites and be their God.

And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will be their God.

46 They will know that I am the Lord their God, who led them out of Egypt, so that I could live with them. I am the Lord their God.

And they shall know that I am Jehovah their God, who have brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, to dwell in their midst: I am Jehovah their God.