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 Holy Anointing Oil^(A)

²² Moreover the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²³ “Also take for yourself ^(B)quality spices—five hundred shekels of liquid ^(C)myrrh, half as much sweet-smelling cinnamon (two hundred and fifty shekels), two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling ^(D)cane, ²⁴ five hundred shekels of ^(E)cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a ^(F)hin of olive oil. ²⁵ And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be ^(G)a holy anointing oil. ^26 (H)With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony; ²⁷ the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense; ²⁸ the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver and its base. ²⁹ You shall consecrate them, that they may be most holy; ^(I)whatever touches them must be holy. ^30 (J)And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.

³¹ “And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying: ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. ³² It shall not be poured on man’s flesh; nor shall you make any other like it, according to its composition. ^(K)It is holy, and it shall be holy to you. ^33 (L)Whoever ^[a]compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on an outsider, ^(M)shall be ^[b]cut off from his people.’ ”

The Tabernacle Erected and Arranged

40 Then the Lord ^(A)spoke to Moses, saying: ² “On the first day of the ^(B)first month you shall set up ^(C)the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. ^3 (D)You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and ^[a]partition off the ark with the veil. ^4 (E)You shall bring in the table and ^(F)arrange the things that are to be set in order on it; ^(G)and you shall bring in the lampstand and ^[b]light its lamps. ^5 (H)You shall also set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the Testimony, and put up the screen for the door of the tabernacle. ⁶ Then you shall set the ^(I)altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. ⁷ And ^(J)you shall set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water in it. ⁸ You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.

⁹ “And you shall take the anointing oil, and ^(K)anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it; and you shall hallow it and all its utensils, and it shall be holy. ¹⁰ You shall ^(L)anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. ^(M)The altar shall be most holy. ¹¹ And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.

^12 (N)“Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of meeting and wash them with water. ¹³ You shall put the holy ^(O)garments on Aaron, ^(P)and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister to Me as priest. ¹⁴ And you shall bring his sons and clothe them with tunics. ¹⁵ You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be ^(Q)an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

¹⁶ Thus Moses did; according to all that the Lord had commanded him, so he did.

¹⁷ And it came to pass in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, that the ^(R)tabernacle was ^[c]raised up. ¹⁸ So Moses raised up the tabernacle, fastened its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and raised up its pillars. ¹⁹ And he spread out the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²⁰ He took ^(S)the Testimony and put it into the ark, inserted the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark. ²¹ And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, ^(T)hung up the veil of the covering, and partitioned off the ark of the Testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

^22 (U)He put the table in the tabernacle of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil; ^23 (V)and he set the bread in order upon it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ^24 (W)He put the lampstand in the tabernacle of meeting, across from the table, on the south side of the tabernacle; ²⁵ and ^(X)he lit the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ^26 (Y)He put the gold altar in the tabernacle of meeting in front of the veil; ^27 (Z)and he burned sweet incense on it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ^28 (AA)He hung up the screen at the door of the tabernacle. ^29 (AB)And he put the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and ^(AC)offered upon it the burnt offering and the grain offering, as the Lord had commanded Moses. ^30 (AD)He set the laver between the tabernacle of meeting and the altar, and put water there for washing; ³¹ and Moses, Aaron, and his sons would ^(AE)wash their hands and their feet with water from it. ³² Whenever they went into the tabernacle of meeting, and when they came near the altar, they washed, ^(AF)as the Lord had commanded Moses. ^33 (AG)And he raised up the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the screen of the court gate. So Moses ^(AH)finished the work.