出埃及記 29
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
立祭司的條例
29 「你要使亞倫父子們分別出來，做聖潔的祭司事奉我。你要選一頭公牛犢和兩隻毫無殘疾的公綿羊， 2 用細麵粉預備無酵餅、調上油的無酵餅和塗上油的無酵薄餅。 3 所有的餅都要用一個籃子盛，連同公牛和綿羊一起帶到會幕那裡。 4 你要先讓亞倫父子們在會幕門前沐浴， 5 然後給亞倫穿上內袍、以弗得和以弗得的外袍，戴上胸牌，束上精緻的以弗得帶子， 6 戴上禮冠，把聖冠[a]繫在禮冠上。 7 之後，把膏油倒在他的頭上，立他為祭司。 8 接著輪到亞倫的兒子們，要給他們穿上內袍， 9 為他們束上腰帶，戴上帽子，他們就按永遠的條例得到祭司的職分。你要這樣把聖職授予他們。
10 「要把公牛牽到會幕前面，亞倫父子們要把手按在公牛頭上， 11 在會幕門前，在耶和華面前宰牛。 12 然後，把血帶到祭壇那裡，用手指把血塗在壇的四個角上，剩下的血倒在壇腳。 13 再把遮蓋內臟的脂肪、肝、兩個腎臟和附在上面的脂肪都放在祭壇上燒掉。 14 但牛皮、肉和糞要拿到營外焚燒。這是贖罪祭。
15 「要把一隻公綿羊牽來，亞倫父子們要把手按在羊頭上， 16 然後宰羊，把血灑在祭壇的四周。 17 再把羊切成塊狀，用水洗淨所有的內臟和腿，跟肉塊和頭放在一起。 18 然後，把整隻羊放在祭壇上焚燒，這是獻給耶和華的燔祭，是蒙耶和華悅納的馨香火祭。
19 「你要把另一隻公綿羊牽來，亞倫父子們要把手按在羊頭上， 20 然後宰羊，取一點血塗在亞倫和他兒子們的右耳垂、右手的大拇指和右腳的大腳趾上，餘下的血就灑在祭壇的四周。 21 再從祭壇上取一點血，與膏油一起灑在亞倫父子及其衣服上。這樣，他們和他們的衣服就被分別出來，變得聖潔。
22 「你要取出羊的脂肪、肥尾巴、遮蓋內臟的脂肪、肝葉、兩個腎臟和附在上面的脂肪以及右腿，因為這是授聖職時所獻的羊。 23 再從耶和華面前的籃子裡取一個無酵餅、一個調油的無酵餅和一個薄餅。 24 把這些祭物都放在亞倫和他兒子的手中，作為搖祭在耶和華面前搖一搖。 25 然後，你要把這些祭物接過來，放在祭壇上焚燒獻給耶和華，成為蒙耶和華悅納的馨香火祭。 26 你要拿起亞倫承受聖職時所獻的那頭公羊的胸肉，作為搖祭在耶和華面前搖一搖。之後，這份祭肉就歸你。
27 「要將屬於亞倫父子們、授聖職時所獻的搖祭胸肉和舉祭腿肉分別出來，使之聖潔。 28 這些祭物要從以色列人所獻的平安祭中取出來，歸給亞倫父子們，作為永遠的定例。這是以色列人當向耶和華獻的祭物。
29 「亞倫的聖衣要留給他的子孫，他們可以穿上這聖衣受膏，承受聖職。 30 接替亞倫做祭司的那位後裔，每次進會幕的聖所供職時，都要一連七天穿著聖衣。
31 「要在聖潔的地方煮授聖職時所用的公綿羊肉。 32 亞倫父子們可以在會幕的門前吃這些祭肉和籃內的餅。 33 他們要吃這些在授聖職時用來贖罪、使他們聖潔的祭物。但普通人不能吃，因為這些是聖物。 34 若有授聖職時的肉或餅留到早上，就要燒掉，不可再吃，因為這些都是聖物。
35 「你要照我的吩咐，為亞倫父子們舉行授聖職禮，歷時七天。 36 每天要獻一頭公牛作贖罪祭潔淨祭壇，然後用膏油抹祭壇，使祭壇聖潔。 37 你們連續七天都要這樣做，這樣祭壇便完全聖潔，凡是碰到祭壇的都變得聖潔。
38 「你們每天要獻上兩隻一歲的羊羔作燔祭。 39 一隻在早晨獻上，另一隻在黃昏獻上。 40 要用一公斤細麵粉調一升橄欖油做成素祭，與早晨獻的羊羔一同獻上，再獻上一升酒作奠祭。 41 另一隻羊要在黃昏的時候獻上，所獻的素祭和奠祭要跟早晨的一樣，作為蒙耶和華悅納的馨香火祭。
42 「你們世世代代要不斷地在我面前獻上燔祭，祭禮要在會幕門前舉行，這會幕就是我跟你們會面和交談的地方。 43 我要在那裡和以色列人相會，我的榮耀將使整座會幕聖潔。
44 「我要使會幕和祭壇聖潔，也要使亞倫父子們聖潔，做祭司事奉我。 45 我要住在以色列人中間，做他們的上帝。 46 他們必知道我是他們的上帝耶和華。我帶領他們離開埃及，就是為了要住在他們中間。我是他們的上帝耶和華。
出埃及记 29
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
立祭司的條例(A)
29 “你要把他們分別為聖，使他們作我的祭司，就必須這樣作：取一頭小公牛和兩隻沒有殘疾的公綿羊， 2 以及無酵餅、調油的無酵餅和抹油的無酵薄餅。這些你都要用細麥麵來做。 3 你要把這些餅放在籃子裡，用籃子把餅帶來獻上，又把小公牛和兩隻綿羊牽來。 4 你要把亞倫和他兒子們帶到會幕門口，用水給他們洗身。 5 你要拿衣服來，給亞倫穿上雜色內袍、以弗得的長外袍、以弗得和胸牌，又束上巧工織成的以弗得的帶子。 6 你要把禮冠戴在他頭上，又把聖冠放在禮冠上。 7 你要把膏油拿來，倒在他頭上，膏立他。 8 你也要把他的兒子帶來，給他們穿上雜色內袍。 9 要給亞倫和他兒子束上腰帶，包上頭巾；這樣，他們就按永遠的定例，得了祭司的職分。你又要把亞倫和他兒子們分別為聖。
10 “你要把公牛帶到會幕來獻上，亞倫和他兒子們要按手在公牛的頭上。 11 你要在耶和華面前，在會幕門口，宰殺那公牛。 12 你要取些公牛的血，用你的指頭抹在祭壇的角上，把其餘的血都倒在祭壇腳前。 13 你要把一切遮蓋內臟的脂油、肝葉、兩個腰子和腰子上的脂油，都取出來，把它們焚燒在祭壇上。 14 至於公牛的肉、皮和糞，你都要在營外用火焚化。因為這是贖罪祭。
15 “你要把一隻公綿羊牽來，亞倫和他兒子們要按手在這公綿羊的頭上。 16 你要宰殺這公綿羊，取些羊血，灑在祭壇的周圍。 17 你要把公綿羊切成塊子，再把內臟和羊腿洗淨，放在肉塊和羊頭上面。 18 你要把整隻公綿羊焚燒在祭壇上；這是獻給耶和華的燔祭，是獻給耶和華馨香的火祭。
19 “你要把另一隻公綿羊也牽來，亞倫和他兒子們要按手在這公綿羊的頭上。 20 你要宰殺這公綿羊，取些血，抹在亞倫的右耳垂上，以及他兒子們的右耳垂上，又抹在他們右手的大拇指上，和他們右腳的大拇趾上；並且要把血灑在祭壇的周圍。 21 你要從壇上取一點血，也取一點膏油，彈在亞倫身上和他的衣服上，並且要彈在他兒子的身上和他們的衣服上。這樣，他和他的衣服，他兒子和他們的衣服就都一同成聖。 22 你要從這公綿羊身上取出脂油和肥尾巴，遮蓋內臟的脂油和肝葉、兩個腰子和腰子上的脂油，以及右腿，因為這是授聖職的時候，所要獻的公綿羊， 23 你要從擺在耶和華面前載無酵餅的籃子裡取一個圓餅、一個油餅和一個薄餅。 24 你要把這一切都放在亞倫和他兒子的手上；你要在耶和華面前把他們搖動作搖祭。 25 你要從他們手中接過來，向著祭壇把這些東西燒在燔祭之上，在耶和華面前作馨香之氣，這是獻給耶和華的火祭。
祭司當得之分(B)
26 “你要取亞倫授聖職的時候，所獻的公綿羊的胸，在耶和華面前把它搖動作搖祭，這就是你的分。 27 那作搖祭的胸和舉祭的腿，你都要使它們成聖，就是亞倫和他兒子授聖職的時候，所獻的公綿羊，被搖過被舉過的部分。 28 這要作為亞倫和他兒子們從以色列人所得的分，作為永遠的定例，因為這是舉祭。這舉祭要從以色列人的平安祭中分別出來，歸給耶和華作舉祭。
29 “亞倫的聖衣要傳給他的子孫，要穿著受膏，也要穿著受聖職。 30 亞倫的子孫中，凡是接替他作祭司的，每逢進入會幕在聖所裡事奉的時候，都要穿聖衣七天。
31 “你要把授聖職的時候所獻的公綿羊取來，在聖潔的地方燒牠的肉。 32 亞倫和他的兒子要在會幕的門口吃這公綿羊的肉和籃子裡的餅。 33 他們要吃那些用來贖罪的東西，好使他們可以接受聖職，可以成聖；只是外人不可吃，因為這些東西是聖物。 34 授聖職的時候所獻的肉和餅，如果有一點留到早晨，你要把留下的用火燒了，不可吃，因為這是聖物。
35 “這樣，你要照我吩咐你的，向亞倫和他的兒子行接受聖職的禮七天。 36 你要每天獻公牛一頭作贖罪祭，用來贖罪；你為祭壇行贖罪祭的時候，你要潔淨祭壇。而且你要用膏抹祭壇，使祭壇成聖。 37 你要為祭壇行贖罪祭七天，也要使它成聖，這樣，祭壇就成為至聖；一切觸著祭壇的東西，都要成聖。
每日當獻之祭(C)
38 “這就是你要獻在祭壇的：每天兩隻一歲的羊羔。 39 第一隻羊你要在早晨獻上；第二隻在傍晚的時候獻上， 40 和這一隻羊同獻的，要用一公斤細麵與一公升榨成的油混和，又要用一公升酒作奠祭。 41 那另一隻羊你要在傍晚的時候獻上，照著早晨的素祭和它的奠祭一樣辦理，作馨香之氣，作獻給耶和華的火祭。 42 這要作你們世世代代常獻的燔祭，獻在會幕的門口，耶和華的面前，我要在那裡與你們相會，在那裡和你們說話。 43 我要在那裡與以色列人相會，會幕就會因我的榮耀被尊為聖。 44 我要使會幕和祭壇成聖，也要使亞倫和他的兒子成聖，作祭司事奉我。 45 我要住在以色列人中間，我也要作他們的 神。 46 他們必知道我是耶和華他們的 神，就是從埃及地把他們領出來的，為要住在他們中間。我是耶和華他們的 神。”
Exodus 29
The Voice
29 Eternal One: Here is how to conduct the ceremony that consecrates Aaron and his sons as priests: select one flawless young bull and two flawless rams. 2 Using a good quality wheat flour, make bread without yeast, cakes without yeast with oil, and wafers without yeast spread with oil. 3 Place all these baked goods in a basket, and offer them to God along with the young bull and two rams.
4 Then escort Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the congregation tent, and wash them carefully with water. 5 Take all the ceremonial garments and put them on Aaron: the tunic, the robe worn under the vest, the vest, and the breast piece. Fasten the vest’s waistband around him as well. 6 Place the turban on his head and attach the sacred medallion to the front of it. 7 When he is completely dressed, pour the anointing oil over his head.
8 Then escort Aaron’s sons to the congregation tent, and dress them in tunics as well. 9 Fasten sashes around the waists of Aaron and his sons and put special caps on their heads. This is how you are to ordain[a] them.
10 Then bring the young bull to the entrance of the congregation tent, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head. 11 Slaughter the bull in My presence at the entrance of the congregation tent. 12 Take some of the bull’s blood and smear it on the horns of the altar with your finger. Pour out any remaining blood at the foot of the altar. 13 Remove all the fat from around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat surrounding them and burn them on the altar. 14 All the remaining parts of the bull—its hide, meat, and refuse—are to be burned as a sin offering away from the camp.
15 Select one of the rams and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on its head. 16 Slaughter the ram and splatter its blood on all sides of the altar. 17 Then cut the ram up into pieces. Clean out the intestines and wash off the legs so nothing unclean is mixed with the sacrifice. Then place them alongside the other pieces, including the head, 18 and burn the entire animal as a burnt offering to Me. This offering by fire presented to Me will give off a pleasing aroma.
19 Then bring the other ram, and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on its head. 20 Slaughter the ram, and smear some of its blood on the right earlobe of Aaron and his sons. Then smear it on the thumbs of their right hands and the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the remaining blood on all sides of the altar. 21 Collect some of the blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. This is how you are to consecrate Aaron, his sons, and their garments. 22 Next remove the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat from around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat surrounding them, and the right thigh (because this is an offering for ordination). 23 Take one loaf of bread, one cake of bread with oil, and one wafer from the basket of yeastless bread that was placed before Me. 24 Place all of these in the hands of Aaron and his sons to lift up as a wave offering to Me. 25 Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. This offering by fire presented to Me will give off a pleasing aroma.
26 Then take the breast from Aaron’s ordination ram, and lift it up before Me as a wave offering. This will be your portion of the sacrifice. 27 Consecrate the breast and the thigh which were lifted up before Me as a wave offering from the ordination ram. They belong to Aaron and his sons. 28 From now on when the people of Israel offer a peace offering, Aaron and his descendants must receive a share of what the people offer Me in that sacrifice. It is their due for their priestly service.
This ceremony becomes the ritual by which generations of priests and high priests are consecrated for their sacred duties.
29 When Aaron dies, his sacred garments must be passed down to his descendants. They will wear them when they are anointed and ordained. 30 Aaron’s son who succeeds him as high priest to minister in the congregation tent and holy place will wear these clothes for seven days.
One difficult aspect of Old Testament life to appreciate (at least in the Western world) is the use of animal sacrifices. The Israelites are first a nomadic people; later when they are settled, they become a shepherding people. For them to offer their best and dearest to God means most naturally an animal, one without blemish and young. These animals are the basis of their economy and provide them with food, clothing, shelter, and security. To offer God an animal sacrifice is to offer a piece of their lives. So offerings are very personal and differ based on what families can afford. In some cases, the sacrifices are completely consumed, but in others the priests and the people take some of the meat home to their own tables. This way the whole community shares in the bounty of the sacrifice.
Eternal One: 31 Take the meat of the ordination ram and boil it in a sacred place. 32 Aaron and his sons are to eat it and the bread from the basket at the entrance to the congregation tent. 33 Only they are allowed to eat the bread and meat which was part of their purification rite in the ordination ceremony. An outsider may not eat them because they are holy. 34 If any meat or bread is left over from the ordination ceremony the next morning, burn it completely. No one is allowed to eat it, for it is holy.
35 The ordination period is to last for seven days. Here is what you must do to ordain Aaron and his sons to My priestly service. 36 Offer a bull as an offering every day for seven days to purify them from sin. Cleanse the altar and consecrate it by anointing it with oil. 37 For seven days you must purify the altar and consecrate it. As a result of these rituals it will be most holy and anything that touches the altar will become holy.
38 Here are the sacrifices you are to offer on the altar: every day offer two one-year-old lambs. 39 Offer one lamb in the morning, and the other at twilight. 40 With the lamb offered in the morning bring two quarts of fine flour mixed together with one quart of beaten olive oil, and one quart of wine for the drink offering. 41 With the second lamb offered at twilight, bring the same gifts of grain and drink that you offered with the morning lamb. These offerings by fire presented to Me will give off a pleasing aroma. 42 From generation to generation, the ritual of the burnt offering is to begin daily at the entrance of the congregation tent in My presence. I will meet with you and talk with you there. 43 I will meet with My people Israel there, for My glory will make that place sacred. 44 I will sanctify the congregation tent and the altar. I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve as My priests. 45 I will live among the Israelites and be their God. 46 And they will know that I am the Eternal their God, who led them out of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the Eternal One their God.
Footnotes
- 29:9 Hebrew idiom is to “fill the hands.”
Exodus 29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Ordination of the Priests
29 “Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them to serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,(A) 2 and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil. You shall make them of choice wheat flour.(B) 3 You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket and bring the bull and the two rams. 4 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.(C) 5 Then you shall take the vestments and put on Aaron the tunic and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastpiece and gird him with the decorated band of the ephod,(D) 6 and you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy diadem on the turban.(E) 7 You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.(F) 8 Then you shall bring his sons and put tunics on them,(G) 9 and you shall gird them, Aaron and his sons, with sashes and tie headdresses on them, and the priesthood shall be theirs by a perpetual ordinance. You shall then ordain Aaron and his sons.(H)
10 “You shall bring the bull in front of the tent of meeting. Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull,(I) 11 and you shall slaughter the bull before the Lord, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, 12 and shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and all the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.(J) 13 You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails and the appendage of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them and turn them into smoke on the altar.(K) 14 But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a purification offering.(L)
15 “Then you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram,(M) 16 and you shall slaughter the ram and shall take its blood and dash it against all sides of the altar. 17 Then you shall cut the ram into its parts and wash its entrails and its legs and put them with its parts and its head 18 and turn the rest of the ram into smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a pleasing odor, an offering by fire[a] to the Lord.(N)
19 “You shall take the 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 the right ears of his sons and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet and dash the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar. 21 Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his vestments and on his sons and his sons’ vestments with him; then he and his vestments shall be holy, as well as his sons and his sons’ vestments with him.(O)
22 “You shall also take the fat of the ram, the fatty tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the appendage of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination), 23 and one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord,(P) 24 and you shall place all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons and raise them as an elevation offering before the Lord.(Q) 25 Then you shall take them from their hands and turn them into smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering for a pleasing odor before the Lord. It is an offering by fire[b] to the Lord.(R)
26 “You shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s ordination and raise it as an elevation offering before the Lord, and it shall be your portion.(S) 27 You shall consecrate the breast that was raised as an elevation offering and the thigh that was lifted up as an offering from the ram of ordination, from that which belonged to Aaron and his sons.(T) 28 These things shall be a perpetual ordinance for Aaron and his sons from the Israelites, for this is an offering, and it shall be an offering by the Israelites from their sacrifice of offerings of well-being, their offering to the Lord.(U)
29 “The sacred vestments of Aaron shall be passed on to his sons after him; they shall be anointed in them and ordained in them.(V) 30 The son who is priest in his place shall wear them seven days when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.(W)
31 “You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place,(X) 32 and Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting.(Y) 33 They shall eat the food by which atonement is made, to ordain and consecrate them, but no one else shall eat of it, because it is holy.(Z) 34 If any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remains until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.(AA)
35 “Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, just as I have commanded you; through seven days you shall ordain them.(AB) 36 Also every day you shall offer a bull as a purification offering for atonement. Also you shall offer a sin offering for the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it, to consecrate it.(AC) 37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall become holy.(AD)
The Daily Offerings
38 “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old regularly each day.(AE) 39 One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer in the evening, 40 and with the first lamb one-tenth of a measure of choice flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering. 41 And the other lamb you shall offer in the evening and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as in the morning, for a pleasing odor, an offering by fire[c] to the Lord. 42 It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.(AF) 43 I will meet with the Israelites there, and it shall be sanctified by my glory;(AG) 44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.(AH) 45 I will dwell among the Israelites, and I will be their God.(AI) 46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.(AJ)
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