< 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 you will do to them to consecrate them to serve as priests me take a young bull one a son of [the] herd and rams two unblemished.
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 bread of unleavened bread and cakes of unleavened bread mixed with oil and wafers of unleavened bread smeared with oil fine flour of wheat you will make them.
3 Put them all in a basket, and bring them as an offering, along with the bull and the two rams.
And you will put them on a basket one and you will bring near them in the basket and the young bull and [the] two the rams.
4 Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water.
And Aaron and sons his you will bring near to [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting and you will wash 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 you will take the garments and you will clothe Aaron the tunic and [the] robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastpiece and you will gird [the] ephod to him with [the] girdle of the ephod.
6 Wrap the turban on his head and attach the holy crown to the turban.
And you will put the turban on head his and you will put [the] crown of holiness on the turban.
7 Then use the anointing oil to anoint him by pouring it over his head.
And you will take [the] oil of anointing and you will pour [it] on head his and you will anoint him.
8 Then have his sons come and put the tunics on them.
And sons his you will bring near and you will clothe them tunics.
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 you will gird them a sash Aaron and sons his and you will bind on to them headdresses and it will be[long] to them priesthood to a statute of perpetuity and you will fill [the] hand of Aaron and [the] hand of sons his.
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 you will bring near the young bull before [the] tent of meeting and he will lay Aaron and sons his hands their on [the] head of the young bull.
11 Then slaughter the bull in the Lord's presence at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
And you will slaughter the young bull before Yahweh [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 you will take some of [the] blood of the young bull and you will put [it] on [the] horns of the altar with finger your and all the blood you will pour out to [the] base 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 you will take all the fat which covers the entrails and the lobe on the liver and [the] two the kidneys and the fat which [is] on them and you will make [them] smoke the altar towards.
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 young bull and hide its and offal its you will burn with fire from [the] outside of the camp [is] a sin offering it.
15 Next have Aaron and his sons place their hands on the head of one of the rams.
And the ram one you will take and they will lay Aaron and sons his hands their on [the] head of the ram.
16 Slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splash it all around the altar.
And you will slaughter the ram and you will take blood its and you will sprinkle [it] on the altar all around.
17 Cut the ram in pieces, wash the intestines and legs, and put them with the other pieces and the head.
And the ram you will cut in pieces into pieces its and you will wash entrails its and legs its and you will put [them] with pieces its and with head its.
18 Then burn all of the ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord to be accepted by him.
And you will make smoke all the ram the altar towards [is] a burnt offering it to Yahweh [is] an odor of soothing a fire offering to Yahweh it.
19 Then have Aaron and his sons place their hands the head of the other ram.
And you will take the ram second and he will lay Aaron and sons his hands their on [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 you will slaughter the ram and you will take some of blood its and you will put [it] on [the] lobe of [the] ear of Aaron and on [the] lobe of [the] ear of sons his right and on [the] thumb of hand their right and on [the] big toe of foot their right and you will sprinkle the blood on the altar all around.
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 you will take some of the blood which [is] on the altar and some of [the] oil of anointing and you will spatter [it] on Aaron and on garments his and on sons his and on [the] garments of sons his with him and he will be holy he and garments his and sons his and [the] garments of sons his 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).
And you will take from the ram the fat and the fat tail and the fat - which covers the entrails and [the] lobe of the liver and - [the] two the kidneys and the fat which [is] on them and [the] thigh of the right for [is] a ram of installation offering it.
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 a round loaf of bread one and a cake of bread of oil one and a wafer one from [the] basket of the unleavened bread which [will be] before Yahweh.
24 Give all of them to Aaron and his sons to wave before the Lord as a wave offering.
And you will put everything on [the] hands of Aaron and on [the] hands of sons his and you will wave them a wave-offering before Yahweh.
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 you will take them from hand their and you will make [them] smoke the altar towards on the burnt offering to an odor of soothing before Yahweh [is] a fire offering it to Yahweh.
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 you will take the breast from [the] ram of installation offering which [belongs] to Aaron and you will wave it a wave-offering before Yahweh and it will be[long] to you to a portion.
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 you will consecrate - [the] breast of the wave-offering and [the] thigh of the contribution which it was waved and which it was raised from [the] ram of installation offering from [that] which [belongs] to Aaron from [that] which [belongs] to sons his.
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 it will belong to Aaron and to sons his to a prescribed portion of perpetuity from with [the] people of Israel for [is] a contribution it and a contribution it will be from with [the] people of Israel from [the] sacrifices of peace offerings their contribution their to Yahweh.
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] garments of holiness which [belong] to Aaron they will belong to sons his after him for anointing in them and to fill in them hand their.
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.
Seven days he will wear them the priest in place of him one of sons his who he will come into [the] tent of meeting to serve in the holy place.
31 Take the ram of ordination and boil its meat in a holy place.
And [the] ram of installation offering you will take and you will boil meat its in a place holy.
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 he will eat Aaron and sons his [the] meat of the ram and the bread which [is] in the basket [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.
And they will eat them which it was atoned by them to fill hand their to consecrate them and a stranger not he will eat [them] for [are] a holy thing they.
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 it will be left over some of [the] meat of installation offering and some of the bread until the morning and you will burn what is left over with fire not it will be eaten for [is] a holy thing it.
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 you will do to Aaron and to sons his thus according to all that I have commanded you seven days you will fill hand their.
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 a young bull of a sin offering you will offer to the day on atonement and you will make a sin offering on the altar when making atonement you on it and you will anoint it to consecrate 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 you will make atonement on the altar and you will consecrate it and it will be the altar holiness of holiness every [thing which] touches the altar it will be holy.
38 You are to offer two lambs that are a year old on the altar, daily and continually.
And this [is that] which you will offer on the altar lambs sons of a year two to the day continually.
39 In the morning offer one lamb, and offer the other one in the evening before it gets dark.
The lamb one you will offer in the morning and the lamb second you will offer between the 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 a tenth of fine flour mixed with oil pressed fourth part of hin and a drink offering fourth of hin wine for the lamb one.
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 lamb second you will offer between the evenings like [the] grain offering of the morning and like drink offering its you will offer it to an odor of soothing a fire offering to Yahweh.
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.
A burnt offering of continuity to generations your [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting before Yahweh where I will meet you there to speak to you there.
43 I will meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be made holy by my glory.
And I will meet there [the] people of Israel and it will be shown as holy by glory my.
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 consecrate [the] tent of meeting and the altar and Aaron and sons his I will consecrate to serve as priests me.
45 Then I will live with the Israelites and be their God.
And I will dwell in among [the] people of Israel and I will become for them 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 will know that I [am] Yahweh God their who I brought out them from [the] land of Egypt to dwell I in midst of them I [am] Yahweh God their.