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。

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.