19 “Then (A)you shall take the [a]other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. 20 And you shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the lobes of his sons’ right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet, and sprinkle the rest of the blood around on the altar. 21 Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the (B)anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him; so he and his garments shall be consecrated, as well as his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

22 “You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails and the [b]lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of [c]ordination), 23 and one loaf of bread, and (C)one cake of bread mixed with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is set before the Lord; 24 and you shall put [d]all these [e]in the [f]hands of Aaron and [g]in the [h]hands of his sons, and shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. 25 Then (D)you shall take them from their hands, and offer them up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering for a soothing aroma before the Lord; it is an offering by fire to the Lord.

26 “Then you shall take (E)the breast of Aaron’s ram of [i]ordination, and wave it as a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion. 27 You shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the [j]contribution which was waved and which was [k]offered from the ram of [l]ordination, from the one which was for Aaron and from the one which was for his sons. 28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the sons of Israel, for it is [m]a contribution; and it shall be [n]a contribution from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, their [o]contribution to the Lord.

29 (F)The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, [p]so that they may be anointed and ordained in them. 30 For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his place shall put them on when he enters the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place.

Food of the Priests

31 “Now you shall take the ram of [q]ordination and (G)boil its flesh in a holy place. 32 Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 33 So (H)they shall eat [r]those things by which atonement was made [s]at their ordination and consecration; but a [t](I)layman shall not eat them, because they are holy. 34 And (J)if any of the flesh of [u]ordination or any of the bread remains until morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 “So you shall do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you shall [v]ordain them for (K)seven days. 36 (L)Each day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you shall [w]purify the altar when you make atonement [x]for it, and (M)you shall anoint it to consecrate it. 37 For seven days you shall make atonement [y]for the altar and consecrate it; then (N)the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 29:19 Lit second
  2. Exodus 29:22 Or appendage on
  3. Exodus 29:22 Lit filling
  4. Exodus 29:24 Lit the whole
  5. Exodus 29:24 Lit on
  6. Exodus 29:24 Lit palms
  7. Exodus 29:24 Lit on
  8. Exodus 29:24 Lit palms
  9. Exodus 29:26 Lit filling
  10. Exodus 29:27 Or uplifted offering
  11. Exodus 29:27 Lit lifted up
  12. Exodus 29:27 Lit filling
  13. Exodus 29:28 Or uplifted offering
  14. Exodus 29:28 Or uplifted offering
  15. Exodus 29:28 Or uplifted offering
  16. Exodus 29:29 Lit for anointing in them and filling their hand in them
  17. Exodus 29:31 Lit filling
  18. Exodus 29:33 Lit them
  19. Exodus 29:33 Lit to fill their hand to sanctify them
  20. Exodus 29:33 Lit stranger
  21. Exodus 29:34 Lit filling
  22. Exodus 29:35 Lit fill their hand
  23. Exodus 29:36 Or offer a sin offering on the altar
  24. Exodus 29:36 Lit upon
  25. Exodus 29:37 Lit upon

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