The Care of the Lampstand^(A)

²⁰ “And ^(B)you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to ^[a]burn continually. ²¹ In the tabernacle of meeting, ^(C)outside the veil which is before the Testimony, ^(D)Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. ^(E)It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.

Garments for the Priesthood^(F)

28 “Now take ^(G)Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to Me as ^(H)priest, Aaron and Aaron’s sons: ^(I)Nadab, Abihu, ^(J)Eleazar, and Ithamar. ² And ^(K)you shall make ^[b]holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. ³ So ^(L)you shall speak to all who are gifted artisans, ^(M)whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments, to consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. ⁴ And these are the garments which they shall make: ^(N)a breastplate, ^(O)an ^[c]ephod, ^(P)a robe, ^(Q)a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and ^(R)a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.

The Ephod

⁵ “They shall take the gold, blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and the fine linen,

²⁹ “And the ^(A)holy garments of Aaron ^(B)shall be his sons’ after him, ^(C)to be anointed in them and to be consecrated in them. ^30 (D)That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for ^(E)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 ^(F)boil its flesh in the holy place. ³² Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the ^(G)bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. ^33 (H)They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; ^(I)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 ^(J)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. ^(K)Seven days you shall consecrate them. ³⁶ And you ^(L)shall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. ^(M)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. ^(N)Whatever touches the altar must be holy.

The Daily Offerings^(O)

³⁸ “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: ^(P)two lambs of the first year, ^(Q)day by day continually. ³⁹ One lamb you shall offer ^(R)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 ^(S)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 ^(T)a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord, ^(U)where I will meet you to speak with you. ⁴³ And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle ^(V)shall be sanctified by My glory. ⁴⁴ So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also ^(W)consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests. ^45 (X)I will dwell among the children of Israel and will ^(Y)be their God. ⁴⁶ And they shall know that ^(Z)I am the Lord their God, who ^(AA)brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.