立祭司的条例

29 “你要使亚伦父子们分别出来,做圣洁的祭司事奉我。你要选一头公牛犊和两只毫无残疾的公绵羊, 用细面粉预备无酵饼、调上油的无酵饼和涂上油的无酵薄饼。 所有的饼都要用一个篮子盛,连同公牛和绵羊一起带到会幕那里。 你要先让亚伦父子们在会幕门前沐浴, 然后给亚伦穿上内袍、以弗得和以弗得的外袍,戴上胸牌,束上精致的以弗得带子, 戴上礼冠,把圣冠[a]系在礼冠上。 之后,把膏油倒在他的头上,立他为祭司。 接着轮到亚伦的儿子们,要给他们穿上内袍, 为他们束上腰带,戴上帽子,他们就按永远的条例得到祭司的职分。你要这样把圣职授予他们。

10 “要把公牛牵到会幕前面,亚伦父子们要把手按在公牛头上, 11 在会幕门前,在耶和华面前宰牛。 12 然后,把血带到祭坛那里,用手指把血涂在坛的四个角上,剩下的血倒在坛脚。 13 再把遮盖内脏的脂肪、肝、两个肾脏和附在上面的脂肪都放在祭坛上烧掉。 14 但牛皮、肉和粪要拿到营外焚烧。这是赎罪祭。

15 “要把一只公绵羊牵来,亚伦父子们要把手按在羊头上, 16 然后宰羊,把血洒在祭坛的四周。 17 再把羊切成块状,用水洗净所有的内脏和腿,跟肉块和头放在一起。 18 然后,把整只羊放在祭坛上焚烧,这是献给耶和华的燔祭,是蒙耶和华悦纳的馨香火祭。

19 “你要把另一只公绵羊牵来,亚伦父子们要把手按在羊头上, 20 然后宰羊,取一点血涂在亚伦和他儿子们的右耳垂、右手的大拇指和右脚的大脚趾上,余下的血就洒在祭坛的四周。 21 再从祭坛上取一点血,与膏油一起洒在亚伦父子及其衣服上。这样,他们和他们的衣服就被分别出来,变得圣洁。

22 “你要取出羊的脂肪、肥尾巴、遮盖内脏的脂肪、肝叶、两个肾脏和附在上面的脂肪以及右腿,因为这是授圣职时所献的羊。 23 再从耶和华面前的篮子里取一个无酵饼、一个调油的无酵饼和一个薄饼。 24 把这些祭物都放在亚伦和他儿子的手中,作为摇祭在耶和华面前摇一摇。 25 然后,你要把这些祭物接过来,放在祭坛上焚烧献给耶和华,成为蒙耶和华悦纳的馨香火祭。 26 你要拿起亚伦承受圣职时所献的那头公羊的胸肉,作为摇祭在耶和华面前摇一摇。之后,这份祭肉就归你。

27 “要将属于亚伦父子们、授圣职时所献的摇祭胸肉和举祭腿肉分别出来,使之圣洁。 28 这些祭物要从以色列人所献的平安祭中取出来,归给亚伦父子们,作为永远的定例。这是以色列人当向耶和华献的祭物。

29 “亚伦的圣衣要留给他的子孙,他们可以穿上这圣衣受膏,承受圣职。 30 接替亚伦做祭司的那位后裔,每次进会幕的圣所供职时,都要一连七天穿着圣衣。

31 “要在圣洁的地方煮授圣职时所用的公绵羊肉。 32 亚伦父子们可以在会幕的门前吃这些祭肉和篮内的饼。 33 他们要吃这些在授圣职时用来赎罪、使他们圣洁的祭物。但普通人不能吃,因为这些是圣物。 34 若有授圣职时的肉或饼留到早上,就要烧掉,不可再吃,因为这些都是圣物。

35 “你要照我的吩咐,为亚伦父子们举行授圣职礼,历时七天。 36 每天要献一头公牛作赎罪祭洁净祭坛,然后用膏油抹祭坛,使祭坛圣洁。 37 你们连续七天都要这样做,这样祭坛便完全圣洁,凡是碰到祭坛的都变得圣洁。

38 “你们每天要献上两只一岁的羊羔作燔祭。 39 一只在早晨献上,另一只在黄昏献上。 40 要用一公斤细面粉调一升橄榄油做成素祭,与早晨献的羊羔一同献上,再献上一升酒作奠祭。 41 另一只羊要在黄昏的时候献上,所献的素祭和奠祭要跟早晨的一样,作为蒙耶和华悦纳的馨香火祭。

42 “你们世世代代要不断地在我面前献上燔祭,祭礼要在会幕门前举行,这会幕就是我跟你们会面和交谈的地方。 43 我要在那里和以色列人相会,我的荣耀将使整座会幕圣洁。

44 “我要使会幕和祭坛圣洁,也要使亚伦父子们圣洁,做祭司事奉我。 45 我要住在以色列人中间,做他们的上帝。 46 他们必知道我是他们的上帝耶和华。我带领他们离开埃及,就是为了要住在他们中间。我是他们的上帝耶和华。

Footnotes

  1. 29:6 圣冠”应指28章提到的金牌。

29 1 The manner of consecrating the Priests. 38 The continual sacrifice. 45 The Lord promiseth to dwell among the children of Israel.

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,

And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: (of fine wheat flour shalt thou make them).

Then thou shalt put them in one basket, and [a]present them in the basket with the calf and the two rams,

And shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and wash them with water.

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.

Then thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and shalt put the holy (B)crown upon the mitre.

And thou shalt take the anointing (C)oil, and shalt pour upon his head and anoint him.

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

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

  1. Exodus 29:3 To offer them in sacrifice.
  2. Exodus 29:5 Which was next under the Ephod.
  3. Exodus 29:9 Or, consecrate them.
  4. Exodus 29:10 Signifying that the sacrifice was also offered for them, and that they did approve it.
  5. Exodus 29:14 Hebrew, sin, 2 Cor. 5:21.
  6. Exodus 29:18 Or, savor of rest, which causeth the wrath of God to cease.
  7. Exodus 29:20 Meaning the soft and nether part of the ear.
  8. Exodus 29:21 Wherewith the Altar must be sprinkled.
  9. Exodus 29:22 Which is offered for the consecration of the high Priest.
  10. Exodus 29:26 This sacrifice the Priest did move toward the East, West, North, and South.
  11. Exodus 29:27 So called because it was not only shaken to and fro, but also lifted up.
  12. Exodus 29:28 Which were offerings of thanksgiving to God for his benefits.
  13. Exodus 29:33 That is, by the sacrifices.
  14. Exodus 29:35 Hebrew, fill their hands.
  15. Exodus 29:36 To appease God’s wrath that sin may be pardoned.
  16. Exodus 29:40 That is, an Omer, read Exod. 16:16.
  17. Exodus 29:40 Which is about a pint.
  18. Exodus 29:42 Or, declare myself to you.
  19. Exodus 29:43 Because of my glorious presence.
  20. Exodus 29:46 It is I the Lord, that am their God.