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, 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。 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。 你要先讓亞倫父子們在會幕門前沐浴, 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, 戴上禮冠,把聖冠[a]繫在禮冠上。 之後,把膏油倒在他的頭上,立他為祭司。 接著輪到亞倫的兒子們,要給他們穿上內袍, 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。

Footnotes

  1. 29·6 聖冠」應指28章提到的金牌。

Instructions for Consecrating Aaron and His Sons

29 “And this is the thing that you will do for them to consecrate them to serve as a priest for me: Take one young bull[a] and two rams without defect and unleavened bread and unleavened, ring-shaped bread cakes mixed with oil, and wafers of unleavened breads smeared with oil. You will make them with finely milled wheat flour, and you will put them on one basket, and you will bring them on the basket and bring the bull and the two rams. And you will bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of assembly, and you will wash them with water. And you will take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic and the robe of the ephod, and you will fasten to him the ephod and the breast piece with the waistband of the ephod. And you will set the turban on his head, and you will put the holy diadem on the turban. And you will take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. And you will bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. And you will gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and wrap headdresses on them. And priesthood will be theirs as a lasting rule, and you will ordain Aaron and his sons.[b]

10 “And you will bring the bull before the tent of assembly, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the bull. 11 And you will slaughter the bull before Yahweh at the entrance of the tent of assembly. 12 And you will take some of the blood of the bull and with your finger put it on the horns of the altar, and you will pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. 13 And you will take and turn into smoke on the altar all the fat covering the inner parts and the lobe on the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them. 14 And the flesh of the bull and its skin and its offal you will burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

15 “And you will take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the ram. 16 And you will slaughter the ram and take its blood and sprinkle it on the altar all around. 17 And you will cut the ram into pieces and wash its inner parts, and you will put its legs with its pieces and with its head. 18 And you will turn into smoke on the altar all of the ram; it is a burnt offering for Yahweh; it is a smell of appeasement, an offering by fire for Yahweh.

19 “And you will take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the ram. 20 And you will slaughter the ram and take some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe and on the right earlobe of his sons and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe[c] of their right foot, and you will sprinkle the blood at the base of the altar all around. 21 And you will take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and you will spatter it on Aaron and on his garments and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him, and he will be sacred, and his garments and his sons and his sons’ garments with him. 22 And you will take from the ram the fat and the fat tail and the fat covering the inner parts and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them and the right thigh, because it is the ram of ordination.

23 “And one loaf of bread and one ring-shaped bread cake of oiled bread and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahweh— 24 you will put them all on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and you will wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh. 25 And you will take them from their hand and turn them to smoke on the altar beside the burnt offering as a fragrance of appeasement before Yahweh; it is an offering made by fire before Yahweh.

26 “And you will take the breast section from the ram of ordination that is for Aaron, and you will wave it as a wave offering before Yahweh. It will be your portion. 27 And you will consecrate the wave offering breast section and the thigh of the contribution that was waved and that was presented[d] from the ram of the ordination that is for Aaron and for his sons. 28 And it will be for[e] Aaron and for his sons as a lasting rule from the Israelites,[f] because it is a contribution, and it will be a contribution from the Israelites[g] from their sacrifices of fellowship, their contribution to Yahweh.

29 “And the holy garments that are for Aaron will be for his sons after him in which to anoint them and to ordain them.[h] 30 Seven days the priest who replaces him from among his sons will wear them, who comes to the tent of assembly to serve in the sanctuary. 31 And you will take the ram of ordination and boil its meat in a holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons will eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance of the tent of assembly. 33 And they will eat them—the things by which atonement was made for them to ordain them to consecrate them—and a stranger will not eat them because they are holy objects. 34 If any remains until morning from the ordination meat or from the bread, you will burn the remainder in fire; it will not be eaten, because it is a holy object. 35 And you will do so for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; seven days you will ordain them.

Instructions for Regular Offerings at the Tabernacle

36 “And you will offer a bull for a sin offering every day for the atonement; and you will offer a sin offering on the altar[i] when you make atonement for it, and you will anoint it to consecrate it. 37 Seven days you will make atonement for the altar, and you will consecrate it, and the altar will be a most holy thing.[j] Anyone who[k] touches the altar will be holy.

38 “And this is what you shall offer on the altar: Two one-year-old[l] male lambs every day[m] continually. 39 The first lamb you will offer in the morning, and the second lamb you will offer at twilight.[n] 40 And a tenth of finely milled flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a libation with the first lamb. 41 And the second lamb you will offer at twilight;[o] you will offer a grain offering and its libation like that of the morning for a fragrance of appeasement, an offering made by fire for Yahweh. 42 It will be a burnt offering of continuity throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of assembly before Yahweh, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.

43 “And I will meet with the Israelites[p] there, and it will be consecrated by my glory. 44 And I will consecrate the tent of assembly and the altar, and Aaron and his sons I will consecrate to serve as priests for me. 45 And I will dwell in the midst of the Israelites,[q] and I will be their God. 46 And they will know that I am Yahweh, their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt in order to dwell in their midst. I am Yahweh their God.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 29:1 Literally “a son of cattle”
  2. Exodus 29:9 Literally “you will fill the hand of Aaron and the hands of his sons”
  3. Exodus 29:20 Literally “the thumb of”
  4. Exodus 29:27 Literally “lifted up”
  5. Exodus 29:28 Or “belong to”
  6. Exodus 29:28 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  7. Exodus 29:28 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  8. Exodus 29:29 Literally “to fill in them their hands”
  9. Exodus 29:36 Or “you will purify the altar”
  10. Exodus 29:37 Literally “a holiness of holinesses” or “a holy thing among holy things,” a thing of utmost holiness
  11. Exodus 29:37 Or “anything that”; literally “all touching”
  12. Exodus 29:38 Literally “sons of a year”
  13. Exodus 29:38 Literally “for the day,” or per day
  14. Exodus 29:39 Literally “between the evenings”
  15. Exodus 29:41 Literally “between the evenings”
  16. Exodus 29:43 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  17. Exodus 29:45 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

29 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a 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 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt 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 put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the Lord: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

19 And thou shalt 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 upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip 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 sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:

23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord:

24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part.

27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.

29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

30 And that son that is 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 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.

45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.

Consagración de los sacerdotes(A)

29 »Para consagrarlos como mis sacerdotes, esto es lo que debes hacer con ellos: toma un becerro y dos carneros que no tengan ningún defecto; con la mejor harina de trigo, haz panes y tortas sin levadura, amasadas con aceite, y hojuelas sin levadura rociadas con aceite, y ponlos en un canastillo para llevarlos al santuario, junto con el becerro y los dos carneros. Luego lleva a Aarón y a sus hijos a la entrada de la tienda del encuentro, y haz que se bañen; toma después las ropas sacerdotales, y viste a Aarón con la túnica y la capa del efod, y con el efod mismo y el pectoral. Ajústale el cinturón del efod; ponle el turbante en la cabeza y, sobre el turbante, la placa que lo consagra como sacerdote. Toma entonces el aceite de consagrar, y consagra a Aarón como sacerdote, derramando el aceite sobre su cabeza. Haz también que se acerquen sus hijos, y vístelos con las túnicas. Tanto a Aarón como a ellos les ajustarás el cinturón y les acomodarás el turbante. De esta manera les darás plena autoridad, y su sacerdocio será una ley permanente.

10 »Después lleva el becerro hasta la tienda del encuentro, para que Aarón y sus hijos pongan las manos sobre la cabeza del animal, 11 y allí, ante el Señor, a la entrada de la tienda del encuentro, mata al becerro. 12 Toma entonces con el dedo un poco de su sangre y úntala en los cuernos del altar, y derrama al pie del altar toda la sangre que quede. 13 A los intestinos, hígado y riñones, quítales la grasa de que están cubiertos, y quémalos en el altar; 14 pero la carne, la piel y el estiércol del becerro, quémalos en las afueras del campamento, pues es un sacrificio por el pecado.

15 »Toma uno de los dos carneros, y que Aarón y sus hijos le pongan las manos sobre la cabeza. 16 Después mátalo, y rocía con su sangre los costados del altar; 17 luego córtalo en pedazos, lava sus intestinos y sus patas, y ponlas junto con los pedazos y la cabeza. 18 Entonces ofrece el carnero sobre el altar como holocausto en honor del Señor, como ofrenda quemada de olor agradable.

19 »Toma entonces el otro carnero, y que Aarón y sus hijos le pongan las manos sobre la cabeza. 20 Mata el carnero, toma un poco de su sangre y pónsela a Aarón y a sus hijos en la parte inferior de la oreja derecha, en el pulgar de la mano derecha y en el dedo gordo del pie derecho. Luego rocía con el resto de la sangre del carnero los costados del altar. 21 Y de la sangre que quede sobre el altar, y del aceite para consagrar, toma un poco y rocíalos sobre Aarón y sobre su ropa, y sobre sus hijos y la ropa de ellos. Así quedarán consagrados Aarón y sus hijos, lo mismo que sus ropas.

22 »Después toma la grasa que el carnero tiene en la cola y sobre los intestinos y en el hígado, y toma también sus dos riñones y la grasa que los cubre, y su muslo derecho, porque es un carnero para la consagración de sacerdotes. 23 De los panes sin levadura que están en un canastillo ante el Señor, toma un pan redondo, un pan amasado con aceite y una hojuela; 24 pon todo esto en las manos de Aarón y de sus hijos, y celebra el rito de presentación ante el Señor. 25 Luego retira esto de sus manos y quémalo en el altar, junto con el holocausto de aroma agradable al Señor. Es una ofrenda quemada en honor del Señor.

26 »Para la consagración de Aarón, toma también el pecho del carnero y celebra el rito de presentación ante el Señor. A ti te tocará esa parte. 27 Aparta el pecho presentado como ofrenda especial en ese rito, y el muslo que se ofrece como contribución, pues son las partes que del carnero de la consagración se reservan para Aarón y sus hijos. 28 Eso será para Aarón y sus hijos. Es una ley permanente para los israelitas: esta ofrenda será una contribución hecha por los israelitas como sacrificio de reconciliación al Señor.

29 »La ropa sagrada de Aarón la heredarán sus descendientes cuando sean consagrados y reciban plena autoridad como sacerdotes. 30 Y el sacerdote descendiente de Aarón que ocupe su lugar y que entre en la tienda del encuentro para oficiar en el santuario, deberá llevar puesta esa ropa durante siete días.

31 »Toma después el carnero de la consagración, y cuece su carne en un lugar sagrado. 32 Aarón y sus descendientes comerán la carne del carnero y el pan del canastillo, a la entrada de la tienda del encuentro. 33 Los comerán porque fueron ofrecidos para obtener el perdón de sus pecados, cuando fueron consagrados y recibieron plena autoridad como sacerdotes. Pero ningún extraño deberá comer de estas cosas, porque son sagradas. 34 Y si para el día siguiente queda algo del pan y de la carne de la consagración, quema lo que haya quedado, y que nadie lo coma, porque es sagrado.

35 »Haz todo esto con Aarón y sus hijos, de acuerdo con todas mis instrucciones. Dedica siete días a investirlos de autoridad, 36 y ofrece cada día un becerro como sacrificio para obtener el perdón de los pecados; purifica el altar, ofreciendo sobre él un sacrificio por el pecado, y derrama aceite sobre él, para consagrarlo. 37 Durante siete días ofrecerás sobre el altar sacrificios por el pecado; así lo consagrarás a Dios, y será un altar santísimo: cualquier cosa que toque el altar quedará consagrada.

Las ofrendas diarias(B)

38 »Diariamente y sin falta debes ofrecer sobre el altar dos corderos de un año. 39 Uno de ellos lo ofrecerás por la mañana, y el otro lo ofrecerás al atardecer. 40 Con el primer cordero ofrecerás unos dos kilos de la mejor harina, mezclada con un litro de aceite de oliva, y derramarás como ofrenda un litro de vino. 41 Lo mismo harás al atardecer con el otro cordero y con las ofrendas de harina y de vino, ofrendas quemadas de aroma agradable al Señor. 42 Estas ofrendas quemadas en mi honor son las que de padres a hijos se ofrecerán siempre en mi presencia, a la entrada de la tienda del encuentro, que es donde me encontraré contigo para hablarte. 43 Allí me encontraré con los israelitas, y el lugar quedará consagrado por mi presencia. 44 Consagraré la tienda del encuentro y el altar, y consagraré también a Aarón y a sus hijos como sacerdotes míos. 45 Yo viviré entre los israelitas, y seré su Dios. 46 Así sabrán que yo soy el Señor su Dios, el que los sacó de Egipto para vivir entre ellos. Yo soy el Señor su Dios.

Consecration of the Priests

29 “Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. (A)Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, (B)and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams. You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and (C)wash them with water. Then (D)you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the (E)skilfully woven band of the ephod. (F)And you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. You shall take (G)the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. Then you (H)shall bring his sons and put coats on them, and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with (I)sashes and bind caps on them. And (J)the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute for ever. Thus you shall (K)ordain Aaron and his sons.

10 “Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. (L)Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. 11 Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting, 12 and (M)shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the (N)horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of[a] the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar. 13 And you shall take all (O)the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. 14 But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire (P)outside the camp; (Q)it is a sin offering.

15 “Then (R)you shall take one of the rams, and (S)Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, 16 and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar. 17 Then you shall (T)cut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head, 18 and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a (U)pleasing aroma, a food offering[b] to the Lord.

19 (V)“You shall take the other ram, (W)and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, 20 and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar. 21 Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the (X)anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.

22 “You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the (Y)fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of (Z)ordination), 23 and (AA)one loaf of bread and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord. 24 You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and (AB)wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25 Then (AC)you shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a (AD)pleasing aroma before the Lord. It is a food offering to the Lord.

26 “You shall take the (AE)breast of the ram of Aaron's (AF)ordination and (AG)wave it for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be your portion. 27 And you shall consecrate the (AH)breast of the wave offering that is waved and the (AI)thigh of the priests' portion that is contributed from the ram of (AJ)ordination, from what was Aaron's and his sons'. 28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a (AK)perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a (AL)contribution. It shall be a (AM)contribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord.

29 “The holy garments of Aaron (AN)shall be for his sons after him; they shall (AO)be anointed in them and ordained in them. 30 The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them for (AP)seven days.

31 “You shall take the ram of ordination and (AQ)boil its flesh in a holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the (AR)bread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting. 33 (AS)They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an (AT)outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy. 34 And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall (AU)burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 “Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Over (AV)seven days shall you ordain them, 36 and every day you shall offer a (AW)bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall (AX)anoint it to consecrate it. 37 For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the (AY)altar shall be most holy. (AZ)Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

38 “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: (BA)two lambs a year old (BB)day by day regularly. 39 One lamb you shall offer (BC)in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer (BD)at twilight. 40 And with the first lamb a tenth seah[c] of fine flour mingled with a quarter of a hin[d] of beaten oil, and a quarter of a hin of wine for a drink offering. 41 The other lamb you shall offer (BE)at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as (BF)in the morning, for a (BG)pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. 42 It shall be a (BH)regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, (BI)where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. 43 There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be (BJ)sanctified by my glory. 44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. (BK)Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests. 45 (BL)I will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that (BM)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.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 29:12 Hebrew all
  2. Exodus 29:18 Or an offering by fire; also verses 25, 41
  3. Exodus 29:40 A seah was about 7 quarts or 7.3 litres
  4. Exodus 29:40 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 litres