Exodus 29

1 'And this [is] the thing which thou dost to them, to hallow them, for being priests to Me: Take one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams, perfect ones,

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.

2 and bread unleavened, and cakes unleavened anointed with oil, of fine wheaten flour thou dost make them,

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

3 and thou hast put them on one basket, and hast brought them near in the basket, also the bullock and the two rams.

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

4 'And Aaron and his sons thou dost bring near unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with water;

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

5 and thou hast taken the garments, and hast clothed Aaron with the coat, and the upper robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and hast girded him with the girdle of the ephod,

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.

6 and hast set the mitre on his head, and hast put the holy crown on the mitre,

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

7 and hast taken the anointing oil, and hast poured [it] on his head, and hast anointed him.

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

8 'And his sons thou dost bring near, and hast clothed them [with] coats,

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

9 and hast girded them [with] a girdle (Aaron and his sons), and hast bound on them bonnets; and the priesthood hath been theirs by a statute age-during, and thou hast consecrated the hand of Aaron, and the hand of his sons,

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.

10 and hast brought near the bullock before the tent of meeting, and Aaron hath laid — his sons also — their hands on the head of the bullock.

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

11 'And thou hast slaughtered the bullock before Jehovah, at the opening of the tent of meeting,

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

12 and hast taken of the blood of the bullock, and hast put [it] on the horns of the altar with thy finger, and all the blood thou dost pour out at the foundation of the altar;

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.

13 and thou hast taken all the fat which is covering the inwards, and the redundance on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, and hast made perfume on the altar;

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.

14 and the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, thou dost burn with fire at the outside of the camp; it [is] a sin-offering.

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

15 'And the one ram thou dost take, and Aaron and his sons have laid their hands on the head of the ram,

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

16 and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken its blood, and hast sprinkled [it] on the altar round about,

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

17 and the ram thou dost cut into its pieces, and hast washed its inwards, and its legs, and hast put [them] on its pieces, and on its head;

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

18 and thou hast made perfume with the whole ram on the altar. It [is] a burnt-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance; a fire-offering it [is] to Jehovah.

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

19 'And thou hast taken the second ram, and Aaron hath laid — his sons also — their hands on the head of the ram,

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

20 and thou hast slaughtered the ram, and hast taken of its blood, and hast put 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 hast sprinkled the blood on the altar round about;

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.

21 and thou hast taken of the blood which [is] on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and hast sprinkled on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him, and he hath been hallowed, he, and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

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.

22 'And thou hast taken from the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat which is covering the inwards, and the redundance on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, and the right leg, for it [is] a ram of consecration,

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).

23 and one round cake of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one thin cake out of the basket of the unleavened things which [is] before Jehovah.

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.

24 'And thou hast set the whole on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and hast waved them — a wave-offering before Jehovah;

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

25 and thou hast taken them out of their hand, and hast made perfume on the altar beside the burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance before Jehovah; a fire-offering it [is] to Jehovah.

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.

26 'And thou hast taken the breast from the ram of the consecration which [is] for Aaron, and hast waved it — a wave-offering before Jehovah, and it hath become thy portion;

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.

27 and thou hast sanctified the breast of the wave-offering, and the leg of the heave-offering, which hath been waved, and which hath been lifted up from the ram of the consecration, of that which [is] for Aaron, and of that which [is] for his sons;

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.

28 and it hath been for Aaron and for his sons, by a statute age-during from the sons of Israel, for it [is] a heave-offering; and it is a heave offering from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings — their heave-offering to Jehovah.

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.

29 'And the holy garments which are Aaron's, are for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to consecrate in them their hand;

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

30 seven days doth the priest in his stead (of his sons) put them on, when he goeth in unto the tent of meeting, to minister in the sanctuary.

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.

31 'And the ram of the consecration thou dost take, and hast boiled its flesh in the holy place;

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

32 and Aaron hath eaten — his sons also — the flesh of the ram, and the bread which [is] in the basket, at the opening of the tent of meeting;

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,

33 and they have eaten those things by which there is atonement to consecrate their hand, to sanctify them; and a stranger doth not eat — for they [are] holy;

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.

34 and if there be left of the flesh of the consecration or of the bread till the morning, then thou hast burned that which is left with fire; it is not eaten, for it [is] holy.

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.

35 'And thou hast done thus to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee; seven days thou dost consecrate their hand;

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.

36 and a bullock, a sin-offering, thou dost prepare daily for the atonements, and thou hast atoned for the altar, in thy making atonement on it, and hast anointed it to sanctify it;

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.

37 seven days thou dost make atonement for the altar, and hast sanctified it, and the altar hath been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy.

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.

38 'And this [is] that which thou dost prepare on the altar; two lambs, sons of a year, daily continually;

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

39 the one lamb thou dost prepare in the morning, and the second lamb thou dost prepare between the evenings;

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

40 and a tenth [deal] of fine flour, mixed with beaten oil, a fourth part of a hin, and a libation, a fourth part of a hin, of wine, [is] for the one lamb.

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.

41 'And the second lamb thou dost prepare between the evenings; according to the present of the morning, and according to its libation, thou dost prepare for it, for sweet fragrance, a fire-offering, to Jehovah: —

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.

42 a continual burnt-offering for your generations, at the opening of the tent of meeting, before Jehovah, whither I am met with you, to speak unto thee there,

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.

43 and I have met there with the sons of Israel, and it hath been sanctified by My honour.

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

44 'And I have sanctified the tent of meeting, and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I sanctify for being priests to Me,

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.

45 and I have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and have become their God,

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

46 and they have known that I [am] Jehovah their God, who hath brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I may tabernacle in their midst; I [am] Jehovah their God.

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.