Exodus 29
1599 Geneva Bible
29 1 The manner of consecrating the Priests. 38 The continual sacrifice. 45 The Lord promiseth to dwell among the children of Israel.
1 This thing also shalt thou do unto them, when thou consecratest them to be my Priests, (A)Take a young calf, and two rams without blemish,
2 And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: (of fine wheat flour shalt thou make them).
3 Then thou shalt put them in one basket, and [a]present them in the basket with the calf and the two rams,
4 And shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.
5 Also thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the tunicle, and the [b]robe of the Ephod, and the Ephod, and the breastplate, and shalt close them to him with the broidered girdle of the Ephod.
6 Then thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and shalt put the holy (B)crown upon the mitre.
7 And thou shalt take the anointing (C)oil, and shalt pour upon his head and anoint him.
8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.
9 And shalt gird them with girdles, both Aaron and his sons: and shalt put the bonnets on them, and the Priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual law: thou (D)shalt also [c]fill the hands of Aaron, and the hands of his sons.
10 After, thou shalt present the calf before the Tabernacle of the congregation, (E)and Aaron and his sons shall [d]put their hands upon the head of the calf.
11 So shalt thou kill the calf before the Lord, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
12 Then thou shalt take of the blood of the calf, and put it upon the horns of the Altar with thy finger, and shalt pour all the rest of the blood at the foot of the Altar.
13 (F)Also thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul, that is on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt burn them upon the Altar.
14 But the flesh of the calf, and his skin, and his dung shalt thou burn with fire without the host: it is a [e]sin offering.
15 ¶ Thou shalt also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
16 Then thou shalt kill the ram, and take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the Altar,
17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him and his legs, and shalt put them upon the pieces thereof, and upon his head.
18 So thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the Altar: for it is a burnt offering unto the Lord [f]for a sweet savor: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
19 And shalt thou take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it [g]upon the lap of Aaron’s ear, and upon the lap of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and shalt sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is [h]upon the Altar, and of the anointing oil, and shalt sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: so he shall be hallowed, and his clothes, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
22 Also thou shalt take of the rams the fat and the rump, even the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, (for it is the [i]ram of consecration).
23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of bread tempered with oil, and one wafer, out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord:
24 And thou shalt put all this in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons, and shalt shake them to and fro before the Lord.
25 Again, thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar besides the burnt offering for a sweet savor before the Lord: for this is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
26 Likewise thou shalt take the breast of the ram of the consecration, which is for Aaron, and shalt shake it to [j]and fro before the Lord, and it shall be thy part.
27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the shaken offering, and the shoulder of the [k]heave offering, which was shaken to and fro, and which was heaved up of the ram of the consecration which was for Aaron, and which was for his sons.
28 And Aaron and his sons shall have it by a statute forever, of the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering, and it shall be an heave offering of the children of Israel, of their [l]peace offerings, even their heave offering to the Lord.
29 ¶ And the holy garments which appertain to Aaron, shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated therein.
30 That son that shall be Priest in his stead, shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the Tabernacle of the Congregation to minister in the holy place.
31 ¶ So thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
32 (G)And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation.
33 So they shall eat these things, [m]whereby their atonement was made, to consecrate them, and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy things.
34 Now if ought of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the rest with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is an holy thing.
35 Therefore shalt thou do thus unto Aaron and unto his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou [n]consecrate them.
36 And shalt offer every day a calf for a sin offering, for [o]reconciliation: and thou shalt cleanse the Altar, when thou hast offered upon it for reconciliation, and shalt anoint it to sanctify it.
37 Seven days shalt thou cleanse the Altar and sanctify it, so the Altar shall be most holy: and whatsoever toucheth the Altar, shall be holy.
38 ¶ (H)Now this is that which thou shalt present upon the altar: even two lambs of one year old, day by day continually.
39 The one lamb thou shalt present in the morning, and the other lamb thou shalt present at even.
40 And with the one lamb, a [p]tenth part of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of an [q]Hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of an Hin of wine for a drink offering.
41 And the other lamb thou shalt present at even: thou shalt do thereto according to the offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, to be a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the Lord.
42 This shall be a continually burnt offering in your generations at the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation before the Lord, where I will [r]make appointment with you, to speak there unto thee.
43 There I will appoint with the children of Israel, and the place shall be sanctified by my [s]glory.
44 And I will sanctify the Tabernacle of the Congregation and the Altar: I will sanctify also Aaron and his sons to be my Priests,
45 And I will (I)dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.
46 Then shall they know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: [t]I am the Lord their God.
Footnotes
- Exodus 29:3 To offer them in sacrifice.
- Exodus 29:5 Which was next under the Ephod.
- Exodus 29:9 Or, consecrate them.
- Exodus 29:10 Signifying that the sacrifice was also offered for them, and that they did approve it.
- Exodus 29:14 Hebrew, sin, 2 Cor. 5:21.
- Exodus 29:18 Or, savor of rest, which causeth the wrath of God to cease.
- Exodus 29:20 Meaning the soft and nether part of the ear.
- Exodus 29:21 Wherewith the Altar must be sprinkled.
- Exodus 29:22 Which is offered for the consecration of the high Priest.
- Exodus 29:26 This sacrifice the Priest did move toward the East, West, North, and South.
- Exodus 29:27 So called because it was not only shaken to and fro, but also lifted up.
- Exodus 29:28 Which were offerings of thanksgiving to God for his benefits.
- Exodus 29:33 That is, by the sacrifices.
- Exodus 29:35 Hebrew, fill their hands.
- Exodus 29:36 To appease God’s wrath that sin may be pardoned.
- Exodus 29:40 That is, an Omer, read Exod. 16:16.
- Exodus 29:40 Which is about a pint.
- Exodus 29:42 Or, declare myself to you.
- Exodus 29:43 Because of my glorious presence.
- Exodus 29:46 It is I the Lord, that am their God.
Exodus 29
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Instructions about Consecration
29 “This is what you are to do for them to consecrate them to serve Me as priests. Take a young bull and two unblemished rams, 2 with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers coated with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,(A) 3 put them in a basket, and bring them in the basket, along with the bull and two rams. 4 Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the tent of meeting and wash them with water.(B) 5 Then take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe for the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastpiece; fasten the ephod on him with its woven waistband.(C) 6 Put the turban on his head and place the holy diadem(D) on the turban. 7 Take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint(E) him. 8 You must also bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. 9 Tie the sashes on Aaron and his sons and fasten headbands on them. The priesthood is to be theirs by a permanent statute. This is the way you will ordain Aaron and[a] his sons.(F)
10 “You are to bring the bull to the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the bull’s head.(G) 11 Slaughter the bull before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 12 Take some of the bull’s blood and apply it to the horns(H) of the altar with your finger; then pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 13 Take all the fat(I) that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar. 14 But burn up the bull’s flesh, its hide, and its dung outside the camp;(J) it is a sin offering.
15 “Take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head.(K) 16 You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar. 17 Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its entrails and shanks, and place them with its head and its pieces on the altar. 18 Then burn the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a pleasing aroma,(L) a fire offering to the Lord.
19 “You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the ram’s head.(M) 20 Slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on his sons’ right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the remaining blood on all sides of the altar. 21 Take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil,(N) and sprinkle them on Aaron and his garments, as well as on his sons and their garments. In this way, he and his garments will become holy, as well as his sons and their garments.
22 “Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the fatty lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination[b]); 23 take one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord; 24 and put all of them in the hands of Aaron and his[c] sons and wave them as a presentation offering before the Lord.(O) 25 Take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a pleasing aroma before the Lord; it is a fire offering to the Lord.
26 “Take the breast from the ram of Aaron’s ordination and wave it as a presentation offering before the Lord; it is to be your portion.(P) 27 Consecrate for Aaron and his sons(Q) the breast of the presentation offering that is waved and the thigh of the contribution that is lifted up from the ram of ordination. 28 This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is a contribution. It will be the Israelites’ contribution from their fellowship sacrifices, their contribution to the Lord.
29 “The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they can be anointed and ordained[d] in them.(R) 30 Any priest who is one of his sons and who succeeds him and enters the tent of meeting to minister in the sanctuary must wear them for seven days.(S)
31 “You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. 32 Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting.(T) 33 They must eat those things by which atonement was made at the time of their ordination[e] and consecration. An unauthorized person must not eat(U) them, for these things are holy. 34 If any of the meat of ordination or any of the bread is left until morning, burn up what is left over. It must not be eaten because it is holy.
35 “This is what you are to do for Aaron and his sons based on all I have commanded you. Take seven days to ordain them. 36 Sacrifice a bull as a sin offering each day for atonement. Purify[f] the altar when you make atonement for it, and anoint it in order to consecrate it.(V) 37 For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. The altar will become especially holy; whatever touches the altar will become holy.(W)
38 “This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar every day: two year-old lambs.(X) 39 In the morning offer one lamb, and at twilight offer the other lamb.(Y) 40 With the first lamb offer two quarts[g] of fine flour mixed with one quart[h] of oil from crushed olives, and a drink offering of one quart[i] of wine. 41 You are to offer the second lamb at twilight. Offer a grain offering and a drink offering with it, like the one in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, a fire offering to the Lord. 42 This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance to the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet you[j] to speak with you.(Z) 43 I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.(AA) 44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests. 45 I will dwell(AB) among the Israelites and be their God.(AC) 46 And they will know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might dwell among them. I am Yahweh their God.(AD)
Footnotes
- Exodus 29:9 Lit you will fill the hand of Aaron and the hand of; Ex 29:23-24
- Exodus 29:22 The priest would normally receive the right thigh to be eaten, but here it is burned; Lv 7:32-34.
- Exodus 29:24 Lit in the hands of his
- Exodus 29:29 Lit him for anointing in them and for filling their hand
- Exodus 29:33 Lit made to fill their hand
- Exodus 29:36 Or Make a sin offering on
- Exodus 29:40 Lit offer a tenth
- Exodus 29:40 Lit a fourth of a hin
- Exodus 29:40 Lit a fourth of a hin
- Exodus 29:42 = Moses
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