Aaron and His Sons Consecrated^(A)

29 “And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: ^(B)Take one young bull and two rams without blemish, ² and ^(C)unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour). ³ You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.

⁴ “And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, ^(D)and you shall wash them with water. ^5 (E)Then you shall take the garments, put the tunic on Aaron, and the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with ^(F)the intricately woven band of the ephod. ^6 (G)You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban. ⁷ And you shall take the anointing ^(H)oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him. ⁸ Then ^(I)you shall bring his sons and put tunics on them. ⁹ And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. ^(J)The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall ^(K)consecrate Aaron and his sons.

¹⁰ “You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and ^(L)Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull. ¹¹ Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. ¹² You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on ^(M)the horns of the altar with your finger, and ^(N)pour all the blood beside the base of the altar. ¹³ And ^(O)you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. ¹⁴ But ^(P)the flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.

^15 (Q)“You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall ^(R)put their hands on the head of the ram; ¹⁶ and you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and ^(S)sprinkle it all around on the altar. ¹⁷ Then you shall cut the ram in pieces, wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and with its head. ¹⁸ And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a ^(T)burnt offering to the Lord; it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

^19 (U)“You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram. ²⁰ Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar. ²¹ And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of ^(V)the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and ^(W)he and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

²² “Also you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration), ^23 (X)one loaf of bread, one cake made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord; ²⁴ and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall ^(Y)wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. ^25 (Z)You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the Lord. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

²⁶ “Then you shall take ^(AA)the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration and wave it as a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion. ²⁷ And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate ^(AB)the breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons. ²⁸ It shall be from the children of Israel for Aaron and his sons ^(AC)by a statute forever. For it is a heave offering; ^(AD)it shall be a heave offering from the children of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, that is, their heave offering to the Lord.

²⁹ “And the ^(AE)holy garments of Aaron ^(AF)shall be his sons’ after him, ^(AG)to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them. ^30 (AH)That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for ^(AI)seven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the ^[a]holy place.

³¹ “And you shall take the ram of the consecration and ^(AJ)boil its flesh in the holy place. ³² Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the ^(AK)bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. ^33 (AL)They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; ^(AM)but an outsider shall not eat them, because they are holy. ³⁴ And if any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then ^(AN)you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

³⁵ “Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. ^(AO)Seven days you shall consecrate them. ³⁶ And you ^(AP)shall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. ^(AQ)You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it. ³⁷ Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. ^(AR)Whatever touches the altar must be holy.

The Daily Offerings^(AS)

³⁸ “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: ^(AT)two lambs of the first year, ^(AU)day by day continually. ³⁹ One lamb you shall offer ^(AV)in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer ^[b]at twilight. ⁴⁰ With the one lamb shall be one-tenth of an ephah of flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering. ⁴¹ And the other lamb you shall ^(AW)offer ^[c]at twilight; and you shall offer with it the grain offering and the drink offering, as in the morning, for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. ⁴² This shall be ^(AX)a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord, ^(AY)where I will meet you to speak with you. ⁴³ And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle ^(AZ)shall be sanctified by My glory. ⁴⁴ So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also ^(BA)consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests. ^45 (BB)I will dwell among the children of Israel and will ^(BC)be their God. ⁴⁶ And they shall know that ^(BD)I am the Lord their God, who ^(BE)brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.

The Altar of Incense^(BF)

30 “You shall make ^(BG)an altar to burn incense on; you shall make it of acacia wood. ² A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its width—it shall be square—and two cubits shall be its height. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. ³ And you shall overlay its top, its sides all around, and its horns with pure gold; and you shall make for it a ^[d]molding of gold all around. ⁴ Two gold rings you shall make for it, under the molding on both its sides. You shall place them on its two sides, and they will be holders for the poles with which to bear it. ⁵ You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. ⁶ And you shall put it before the ^(BH)veil that is before the ark of the Testimony, before the ^(BI)mercy seat that is over the Testimony, where I will meet with you.

⁷ “Aaron shall burn on it ^(BJ)sweet incense every morning; when ^(BK)he tends the lamps, he shall burn incense on it. ⁸ And when Aaron lights the lamps ^[e]at twilight, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. ⁹ You shall not offer ^(BL)strange incense on it, or a burnt offering, or a grain offering; nor shall you pour a drink offering on it. ¹⁰ And ^(BM)Aaron shall make atonement upon its horns once a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonement; once a year he shall make atonement upon it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord.”

Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus^(A)

^14 (B)Then one of the twelve, called ^(C)Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests ¹⁵ and said, ^(D)“What are you willing to give me if I deliver Him to you?” And they counted out to him thirty pieces of silver. ¹⁶ So from that time he sought opportunity to betray Him.

Jesus Celebrates Passover with His Disciples^(E)

^17 (F)Now on the first day of the Feast of the Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?”

¹⁸ And He said, “Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, ‘The Teacher says, ^(G)“My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples.” ’ ”

¹⁹ So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover.

^20 (H)When evening had come, He sat down with the twelve. ²¹ Now as they were eating, He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, one of you will ^(I)betray Me.”

²² And they were exceedingly sorrowful, and each of them began to say to Him, “Lord, is it I?”

²³ He answered and said, ^(J)“He who dipped his hand with Me in the dish will betray Me. ²⁴ The Son of Man indeed goes just ^(K)as it is written of Him, but ^(L)woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! ^(M)It would have been good for that man if he had not been born.”

²⁵ Then Judas, who was betraying Him, answered and said, “Rabbi, is it I?”

He said to him, “You have said it.”

Jesus Institutes the Lord’s Supper^(N)

^26 (O)And as they were eating, ^(P)Jesus took bread, ^[a]blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, “Take, eat; ^(Q)this is My body.”

²⁷ Then He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, ^(R)“Drink from it, all of you. ²⁸ For ^(S)this is My blood ^(T)of the ^[b]new covenant, which is shed ^(U)for many for the ^[c]remission of sins. ²⁹ But ^(V)I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on ^(W)until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father’s kingdom.”

^30 (X)And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.

Jesus Predicts Peter’s Denial^(Y)

³¹ Then Jesus said to them, ^(Z)“All of you will ^(AA)be ^[d]made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written:

³² But after I have been raised, ^(AC)I will go before you to Galilee.”

³³ Peter answered and said to Him, “Even if all are ^[e]made to stumble because of You, I will never be made to stumble.”

³⁴ Jesus said to him, ^(AD)“Assuredly, I say to you that this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.”

³⁵ Peter said to Him, “Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!”

And so said all the disciples.

The Prayer in the Garden^(AE)

^36 (AF)Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, “Sit here while I go and pray over there.” ³⁷ And He took with Him Peter and ^(AG)the two sons of Zebedee, and He began to be sorrowful and deeply distressed. ³⁸ Then He said to them, ^(AH)“My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”

³⁹ He went a little farther and fell on His face, and ^(AI)prayed, saying, ^(AJ)“O My Father, if it is possible, ^(AK)let this cup pass from Me; nevertheless, ^(AL)not as I will, but as You will.”

⁴⁰ Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? ^41 (AM)Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. ^(AN)The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

⁴² Again, a second time, He went away and prayed, saying, “O My Father, ^[f]if this cup cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” ⁴³ And He came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy.

⁴⁴ So He left them, went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. ⁴⁵ Then He came to His disciples and said to them, “Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour ^[g]is at hand, and the Son of Man is being ^(AO)betrayed into the hands of sinners. ⁴⁶ Rise, let us be going. See, My betrayer is at hand.”