29 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

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

And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

11 And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a 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 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt 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 put them unto his pieces, and unto his head.

18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the Lord: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

19 And thou shalt 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 upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip 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 sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:

23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord:

24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part.

27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord.

29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

30 And that son that is 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 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

37 Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

38 Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.

42 This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

43 And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.

44 And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.

45 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

46 And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God.

Consagración de Aarón y sus hijos

29 Este es el ritual que seguirás con ellos para consagrarlos a mí como sacerdotes: tomarás un novillo y dos carneros sin defecto, panes sin levadura, tortas sin levadura amasadas con aceite y obleas sin levadura untadas en aceite, elaboradas con harina de excelente calidad. Colocarás todo ello en un canastillo y lo presentarás junto con un novillo y dos carneros. Después conducirás a Aarón y a sus hijos a la entrada de la Tienda del encuentro y los lavarás con agua. Seguidamente tomarás las vestiduras y le pondrás a Aarón la túnica, el manto del efod, el efod y el pectoral, y lo ceñirás con el fajín del efod; colocarás sobre su cabeza el turbante y sobre este pondrás la diadema de la consagración. A continuación, lo ungirás derramando sobre su cabeza el aceite de la unción. Después harás que se acerquen sus hijos: les pondrás las túnicas, ajustarás los turbantes sobre la cabeza de Aarón y sus hijos y les ceñirás los fajines. A ellos les corresponderá el sacerdocio por derecho perpetuo. Así es como consagrarás a Aarón y a sus hijos.

Las ofrendas

10 Traerás el novillo hasta la Tienda del encuentro; Aarón y sus hijos pondrán sus manos sobre la cabeza del animal, 11 y allí, a la entrada de la Tienda del encuentro, en presencia del Señor, lo degollarás. 12 Con el dedo tomarás un poco de la sangre del novillo y untarás con ella los salientes del altar; con el resto de la sangre rociarás la base del altar. 13 Tomarás la grasa que recubre las vísceras, el lóbulo del hígado, los dos riñones con su grasa y lo quemarás en el altar; 14 sin embargo, la carne del novillo, su piel y sus intestinos, los quemarás fuera del campamento, pues es un sacrificio por el pecado.

15 Después tomarás uno de los carneros sobre cuya cabeza pondrán sus manos Aarón y sus hijos. 16 Lo degollarás y derramarás su sangre alrededor del altar. 17 Luego lo descuartizarás, lavarás sus vísceras y patas, colocándolas sobre los trozos de carne y sobre la cabeza, 18 y dejarás que todo se queme completamente sobre el altar. Este es un holocausto para el Señor, una ofrenda quemada cuyo olor le agrada.

19 Tomarás seguidamente el segundo carnero sobre cuya cabeza pondrán sus manos Aarón y sus hijos. 20 Tú lo degollarás y, tomando un poco de la sangre, untarás el lóbulo de la oreja derecha de Aarón y de sus hijos y los pulgares de sus manos y pies derechos; el resto de la sangre lo derramarás alrededor del altar. 21 Tomarás un poco de la sangre que está sobre el altar y del aceite de la unción, y con ellos rociarás a Aarón y sus vestiduras, y a sus hijos y sus vestiduras. De este modo quedarán consagrados Aarón, sus hijos y las vestiduras de todos ellos.

22 A este carnero sacrificado en el rito de consagración del sacerdote le quitarás el rabo y las partes adiposas: la grasa que cubre las vísceras, el lóbulo del hígado, los dos riñones, la grasa que los recubre y también la pata derecha; 23 y del cestillo de los panes sin levadura presentados al Señor tomarás una rosca de pan, una torta amasada con aceite y una oblea; 24 depositarás todo esto en las manos de Aarón y de sus hijos y lo ofrecerás delante del Señor haciendo el gesto ritual de presentación. 25 Después, volverás a tomarlo de sus manos y lo quemarás en el altar, sobre los restos del anterior holocausto, como fragancia apaciguadora delante del Señor. Es una ofrenda que se quema en honor del Señor.

26 Tomarás también el pecho del carnero que se utilizó para la consagración de Aarón y realizarás con él el ritual de presentación delante del Señor. Es la porción que te corresponde. 27 Apartarás el pecho presentado ritualmente y la pata de la ofrenda, es decir, las partes reservadas y ofrecidas del carnero que sirvieron para el gesto ritual de presentación de Aarón y sus hijos. 28 Es la parte que Aarón y sus hijos recibirán de los israelitas, según un decreto perpetuo. Será una ofrenda que los israelitas deberán seguir aportando en sus sacrificios de comunión, algo reservado como ofrenda en honor del Señor.

29 Las vestiduras sagradas de Aarón las heredarán sus descendientes al ser ungidos y consagrados con ellas. 30 El hijo de Aarón que le suceda en el sacerdocio, las vestirá durante siete días, cada vez que entre en la Tienda del encuentro para oficiar en el santuario.

El banquete sagrado

31 En cuanto al carnero sacrificado en el rito de consagración, cuece su carne en lugar sagrado; 32 Aarón y sus hijos la comerán con el pan del cestillo, a la entrada de la Tienda del encuentro. 33 De este modo comerán todo aquello que sirvió para su expiación cuando fueron investidos como sacerdotes y consagrados a mí. Ningún extraño deberá comer de estas cosas, porque son ofrendas sagradas. 34 Si sobra algo para el día siguiente del pan o de la carne del rito de consagración, quémalo; que nadie lo coma, porque es parte de la ofrenda sagrada.

35 Esto es lo que harás con Aarón y sus hijos, de acuerdo con todas mis instrucciones. La ceremonia de su consagración durará siete días. 36 Cada uno de esos días ofrecerás un novillo como sacrificio de expiación por el pecado; purificarás el altar ofreciendo sobre él un sacrificio por el pecado, y lo consagrarás derramando aceite sobre él. 37 Durante siete días harás expiación por el altar y lo consagrarás. Así el altar quedará tan santificado que todo lo que entre en contacto con él quedará consagrado.

Las ofrendas diarias

38 Esta es la ofrenda que cada día, perpetuamente, ofrecerás sobre el altar: dos corderos de un año. 39 Ofrecerás uno de ellos al despuntar el día, y el otro al caer la tarde. 40 Con el primer cordero ofrecerás dos kilos de harina de excelente calidad amasada con un litro de aceite y, como libación, un litro de vino. 41 A la caída de la tarde ofrecerás el otro cordero, con una ofrenda y una libación iguales a las de la mañana, como una ofrenda quemada cuyo olor le agrada al Señor. 42 Las generaciones futuras deberán ofrecer perpetuamente este holocausto, que tendrá lugar a la entrada de la Tienda del encuentro, porque es allí donde yo me encontraré contigo para hablarte. 43 Allí me encontraré con los israelitas, y el lugar quedará consagrado por mi gloriosa presencia. 44 Consagraré la Tienda del encuentro y el altar; a Aarón y a sus hijos los consagraré como sacerdotes a mi servicio. 45 Yo habitaré en medio de los israelitas y seré su Dios. 46 Así reconocerán que yo soy el Señor su Dios, el que los sacó de Egipto para vivir entre ellos. Yo soy el Señor su Dios.

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, and (C)unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour). You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.

“And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, (D)and you shall wash them with water. (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. (G)You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban. And you shall take the anointing (H)oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him. Then (I)you shall bring his sons and put tunics on them. 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.

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 29:30 sanctuary
  2. Exodus 29:39 Lit. between the two evenings
  3. Exodus 29:41 Lit. between the two evenings