< Exodus 29 >

1 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.
Now this is what you must do to set them apart to me so that they may serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,
2 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.
bread without yeast, and cakes without yeast mixed with oil. Also take wafers without yeast rubbed with oil. Make the wafers using fine wheat flour.
3 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.
You must put them into a single basket, bring them in the basket, and present them with the bull and the two rams.
4 And Aaron and sons his you will bring near to [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting and you will wash them with water.
You must present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the tent of meeting. You must wash Aaron and his sons in water.
5 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.
You must take the garments and clothe Aaron with the coat, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece, fastening the finely-woven waistband of the ephod around him.
6 And you will put the turban on head his and you will put [the] crown of holiness on the turban.
You must set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban.
7 And you will take [the] oil of anointing and you will pour [it] on head his and you will anoint him.
Then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head, and in this way anoint him.
8 And sons his you will bring near and you will clothe them tunics.
You must bring his sons and put coats on them.
9 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.
You must clothe Aaron and his sons with sashes and put headbands on them. The work of the priesthood will belong to them by permanent law. In this way you must consecrate Aaron and his sons for them to serve me.
10 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.
You must all bring the bull before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on its head.
11 And you will slaughter the young bull before Yahweh [the] entrance of [the] tent of meeting.
You must kill the bull before Yahweh at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
12 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.
You must take some of the bull's blood and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and you must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
13 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.
You must take all the fat that covers the inner parts, and also take the covering of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them; burn it all on the altar.
14 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.
But as for the bull's flesh, as well as its skin and dung, you must burn it up outside the camp. It will be a sin offering.
15 And the ram one you will take and they will lay Aaron and sons his hands their on [the] head of the ram.
You must also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on its head.
16 And you will slaughter the ram and you will take blood its and you will sprinkle [it] on the altar all around.
You must kill the ram, then take its blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar.
17 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.
You must cut the ram into pieces and wash its inner parts and its legs, and you must put the inner parts, together with its pieces and with its head,
18 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.
on the altar. Then burn the whole ram. It will be a burnt offering to Yahweh, a sweet aroma, an offering made to Yahweh by fire.
19 And you will take the ram second and he will lay Aaron and sons his hands their on [the] head of the ram.
You must then take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on its head.
20 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.
Then you must kill the ram and take some of its blood. Put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the tip of his sons' right ears, on the thumb of their right hands, and on the great toe of their right feet. Then you must sprinkle the blood against the altar on every side.
21 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.
You must take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it all on Aaron and on his garments, and also on his sons and on their garments. Aaron will then be set apart for me, as well as his garments, his sons and his sons' garments with him.
22 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.
You must take the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inner parts, the covering of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh—for this ram is for the priests' consecration to me.
23 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.
Take one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of bread without yeast that is before Yahweh.
24 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.
You must put these in Aaron's hands and in the hands of his sons and wave them before me for a wave offering before Yahweh.
25 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.
You must then take the food from their hands and burn it on the altar with the burnt offering. It will produce a sweet aroma for me; it will be an offering made to me by fire.
26 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.
You must take the breast of Aaron's ram of dedication and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh, and it will be your share.
27 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.
You must set apart to me the breast of the wave offering that is waved, and the thigh that is the contribution for the priests—both the breast that was waved and the thigh that was contributed for Aaron and his sons.
28 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.
This will be a perpetual ordinance for Aaron and his sons. It will be a contribution from the people of Israel to give to Yahweh from their peace offerings.
29 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.
The holy garments of Aaron must also be reserved for his sons after him. They are to be anointed in them and ordained to me in them.
30 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.
The priest who succeeds him from among his sons, who comes into the tent of meeting to serve me in the holy place, is to wear those garments for seven days.
31 And [the] ram of installation offering you will take and you will boil meat its in a place holy.
You must take the ram for the installation of the priests to me and boil its meat in a holy place.
32 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.
Aaron and his sons must eat the ram's meat and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
33 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.
They must eat the meat and bread that were given to atone for them and to ordain them, to be set apart to me. No one else may eat that food, because they must treat it as consecrated to me, reserved for me.
34 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.
If any of the meat of the ordination offering, or any of the bread, remains to the next morning, then you must burn it. It must not be eaten because it has been set apart to me.
35 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.
In this way, by following all that I have commanded you to do, you must treat Aaron and his sons. For seven days you must prepare them.
36 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.
Every day you must offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. You must purify the altar by making atonement for it, and you must anoint it in order to set it apart to me.
37 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.
For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and set it apart it to Yahweh. Then the altar will be completely set apart to me. Whatever touches the altar will be set apart to Yahweh.
38 And this [is that] which you will offer on the altar lambs sons of a year two to the day continually.
You must regularly offer on the altar every day two lambs a year old.
39 The lamb one you will offer in the morning and the lamb second you will offer between the evenings.
One lamb you must offer in the morning, and the other lamb you must offer about sundown.
40 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.
With the first lamb, offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and the fourth part of a hin of wine as a drink offering.
41 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.
You must offer the second lamb about sunset. You must offer the same grain offering as in the morning, and the same drink offering. These will produce a sweet aroma for me; it will be an offering made to me by fire.
42 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.
These must be regular burnt offerings throughout your generations, at the entrance to the tent of meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.
43 And I will meet there [the] people of Israel and it will be shown as holy by glory my.
That is where I will meet with the Israelites; the tent will be set apart for me by my glory.
44 And I will consecrate [the] tent of meeting and the altar and Aaron and sons his I will consecrate to serve as priests me.
I will set apart the tent of meeting and the altar for these to belong to me alone. I will also set apart Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.
45 And I will dwell in among [the] people of Israel and I will become for them God.
I will live among the Israelites and will be their God.
46 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.
They will know that I am Yahweh, their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt so that I might live among them. I am Yahweh, their God.

< Exodus 29 >