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Leviticus 8

The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

 ²"^(A)Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the ^(B)garments and ^(C)the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread,

 ³and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting."

 ⁴So Moses did just as the LORD commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting,

 ⁵Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded to do."

 ⁶Then ^(D)Moses had Aaron and his sons come near and ^(E)washed them with water.

 ⁷He ^(F)put the tunic on him and girded him with the sash, and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the artistic band of the ephod, with which he tied it to him.

 ⁸He then placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put ^[a](G)the Urim and the Thummim.

 ⁹He also placed the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its front, he placed ^(H)the golden plate, the holy crown, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ¹⁰Moses then took ^(I)the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.

 ¹¹He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to ^(J)consecrate them.

 ¹²Then he poured some of the ^(K)anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him, to consecrate him.

 ^13(L)Next Moses had Aaron's sons come near and clothed them with tunics, and girded them with sashes and bound caps on them, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ¹⁴Then he brought ^(M)the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.

 ¹⁵Next Moses slaughtered it and took the blood and with his finger ^(N)put some of it around on the horns of the altar, and purified the altar. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it, to make atonement for it.

 ¹⁶He also ^(O)took all the fat that was on the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat; and Moses offered it up in smoke on the altar.

 ^17(P)But the bull and its hide and its flesh and its refuse he burned in the fire outside the camp, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ¹⁸Then he presented ^(Q)the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

 ¹⁹Moses slaughtered it and sprinkled the blood around on the altar.

 ²⁰When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses ^(R)offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

 ²¹After he had washed the entrails and the legs with water, Moses ^(S)offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ²²Then he presented the second ram, ^(T)the ram of ^[b]ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

 ²³Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and ^(U)put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

 ²⁴He also had Aaron's sons come near; and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. Moses then ^(V)sprinkled the rest of the blood around on the altar.

 ²⁵He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and their fat and the right thigh.

 ^26(W)From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake and one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer, and placed them on the portions of fat and on the right thigh.

 ²⁷He then ^(X)put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons and presented them as a wave offering before the LORD.

 ²⁸Then Moses ^(Y)took them from their hands and offered them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering They were an ordination offering for ^(Z)a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the LORD.

 ²⁹Moses also took ^(AA)the breast and presented it for a wave offering before the LORD; it was ^(AB)Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ³⁰So Moses ^(AC)took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

 ³¹Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "^(AD)Boil the flesh at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and eat it there together with the bread which is in the basket of the ordination offering, just as I commanded, ^(AE)saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'

 ³²"^(AF)The remainder of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn in the fire.

 ³³"^(AG)You shall not go outside the doorway of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that the period of your ordination is fulfilled; for he will ordain you through seven days.

 ³⁴"The LORD has commanded to do as has been done this day, to make atonement on your behalf.

 ³⁵"At the doorway of the tent of meeting, moreover, you shall remain day and night for seven days and ^(AH)keep the charge of the LORD, so that you will not die, for so I have been commanded."

 ³⁶Thus Aaron and his sons did all the things which the LORD had commanded through Moses.

Leviticus 9

Aaron Offers Sacrifices

 ²and he said to Aaron, "^(AJ)Take for yourself a calf, a bull, for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before the LORD.

 ³"Then to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old, without defect, for a burnt offering,

 ⁴and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today ^(AK)the LORD will appear to you.'"

 ⁵So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before the LORD.

 ⁶Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded you to do, that ^(AL)the glory of the LORD may appear to you."

 ⁷Moses then said to Aaron, "Come near to the altar and ^(AM)offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then make the offering for the people, that you may make atonement for them, just as the LORD has commanded."

 ^8(AN)So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself.

 ^9(AO)Aaron's sons presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood and ^(AP)put some on the horns of the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

 ¹⁰The fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver of the sin offering, he then offered up in smoke on the altar just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ^11(AQ)The flesh and the skin, however, he burned with fire outside the camp.

 ¹²Then he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar.

 ¹³They handed the burnt offering to him in pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar.

 ¹⁴He also washed the entrails and the legs, and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar.

 ¹⁵Then he presented the people's offering, and took the ^(AR)goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first.

 ¹⁶He also presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to ^(AS)the ordinance.

 ¹⁷Next he presented ^(AT)the grain offering, and filled his hand with some of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar, ^(AU)besides the burnt offering of the morning.

 ¹⁸Then ^(AV)he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron's sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar.

 ¹⁹As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, and the fat ^(AW)covering, and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver,

 ²⁰they now placed the portions of fat on the breasts; and he offered them up in smoke on the altar.

 ²¹But ^(AX)the breasts and the right thigh Aaron presented as a wave offering before the LORD, just as Moses had commanded.

 ²²Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and ^(AY)blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.

 ²³Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. When they came out and blessed the people, ^(AZ)the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.

 ^24(BA)Then fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.

Leviticus 10

The Sin of Nadab and Abihu

 ^2(BD)And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

 ³Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying,
         'By those who ^(BE)come near Me I ^(BF)will be treated as holy,
         And before all the people I will ^(BG)be honored.'"
         So Aaron, therefore, kept silent.

 ⁴Moses called also to ^(BH)Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel, and said to them, "Come forward, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to the outside of the camp."

 ⁵So they came forward and carried them still in their ^(BI)tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had said.

 ⁶Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "^(BJ)Do not ^[c]uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not ^(BK)become wrathful against all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which the LORD has brought about.

 ⁷"You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for ^(BL)the LORD'S anointing oil is upon you." So they did according to the word of Moses.

 ⁸The LORD then spoke to Aaron, saying,

 ⁹"^(BM)Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die--it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations--

 ¹⁰and ^(BN)so as to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean,

 ¹¹and ^(BO)so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has spoken to them through Moses."

 ¹²Then Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, ^(BP)Eleazar and Ithamar, "^(BQ)Take the grain offering that is left over from the LORD'S offerings by fire and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy.

 ¹³"You shall eat it, moreover, in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons' due out of the LORD'S offerings by fire; for thus I have been commanded.

 ¹⁴"^(BR)The breast of the wave offering, however, and the thigh of the offering you may eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they have been given as your due and your sons' due out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.

 ¹⁵"^(BS)The thigh offered by lifting up and the breast offered by waving they shall bring along with the offerings by fire of the portions of fat, to present as a wave offering before the LORD; so it shall be a thing perpetually due you and your sons with you, just as the LORD has commanded."

 ¹⁶But Moses searched carefully for the ^(BT)goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up! So he was angry with Aaron's surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying,

 ¹⁷"Why ^(BU)did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear away ^(BV)the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD.

 ¹⁸"Behold, ^(BW)since its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you should certainly have ^(BX)eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded."

 ¹⁹But Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this very day they ^(BY)presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of the LORD?"

 ²⁰When Moses heard that, it seemed good in his sight.

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The Judgment

 ³²"All the nations will be ^(C)gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, ^(D)as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats;

 ³³and He will put the sheep ^(E)on His right, and the goats ^(F)on the left.

 ³⁴"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, ^(G)inherit the kingdom prepared for you ^(H)from the foundation of the world.

 ³⁵'For ^(I)I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; ^(J)I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;

 ^36(K)naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you ^(L)visited Me; ^(M)I was in prison, and you came to Me.'

 ³⁷"Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

 ³⁸'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You?

 ³⁹'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?'

 ⁴⁰"^(N)The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, ^(O)to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.'

 ⁴¹"Then He will also say to those on His left, '^(P)Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the ^(Q)eternal fire which has been prepared for ^(R)the devil and his angels;

 ⁴²for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

 ⁴³I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.'

 ⁴⁴"Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?'

 ⁴⁵"Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.'

 ⁴⁶"These will go away into ^(S)eternal punishment, but the righteous into ^(T)eternal life."