Lévitique 8
Louis Segond
8 L'Éternel parla à Moïse, et dit:
2 Prends Aaron et ses fils avec lui, les vêtements, l'huile d'onction, le taureau expiatoire, les deux béliers et la corbeille de pains sans levain;
3 et convoque toute l'assemblée à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation.
4 Moïse fit ce que l'Éternel lui avait ordonné; et l'assemblée se réunit à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation.
5 Moïse dit à l'assemblée: Voici ce que l'Éternel a ordonné de faire.
6 Moïse fit approcher Aaron et ses fils, et il les lava avec de l'eau.
7 Il mit à Aaron la tunique, il le ceignit de la ceinture, il le revêtit de la robe, et il plaça sur lui l'éphod, qu'il serra avec la ceinture de l'éphod dont il le revêtit.
8 Il lui mit le pectoral, et il joignit au pectoral l'urim et le thummim.
9 Il posa la tiare sur sa tête, et il plaça sur le devant de la tiare la lame d'or, diadème sacré, comme l'Éternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.
10 Moïse prit l'huile d'onction, il oignit le sanctuaire et toutes les choses qui y étaient, et le sanctifia.
11 Il en fit sept fois l'aspersion sur l'autel, et il oignit l'autel et tous ses ustensiles, et la cuve avec sa base, afin de les sanctifier.
12 Il répandit de l'huile d'onction sur la tête d'Aaron, et l'oignit, afin de la sanctifier.
13 Moïse fit aussi approcher les fils d'Aaron; il les revêtit de tuniques, les ceignit de ceintures, et leur attacha des bonnets, comme l'Éternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.
14 Il fit approcher le taureau expiatoire, et Aaron et ses fils posèrent leurs mains sur la tête du taureau expiatoire.
15 Moïse l'égorgea, prit du sang, et en mit avec son doigt sur les cornes de l'autel tout autour, et purifia l'autel; il répandit le sang au pied de l'autel, et le sanctifia pour y faire l'expiation.
16 Il prit toute la graisse qui couvre les entrailles, le grand lobe du foie, et les deux rognons avec leur graisse, et il brûla cela sur l'autel.
17 Mais il brûla au feu hors du camp le taureau, sa peau, sa chair et ses excréments, comme l'Éternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.
18 Il fit approcher le bélier de l'holocauste, et Aaron et ses fils posèrent leurs mains sur la tête du bélier.
19 Moïse l'égorgea, et répandit le sang sur l'autel tout autour.
20 Il coupa le bélier par morceaux, et il brûla la tête, les morceaux et la graisse.
21 Il lava avec de l'eau les entrailles et les jambes, et il brûla tout le bélier sur l'autel: ce fut l'holocauste, ce fut un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Éternel, comme l'Éternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.
22 Il fit approcher l'autre bélier, le bélier de consécration, et Aaron et ses fils posèrent leurs mains sur la tête du bélier.
23 Moïse égorgea le bélier, prit de son sang, et en mit sur le lobe de l'oreille droite d'Aaron, sur le pouce de sa main droite et sur le gros orteil de son pied droit.
24 Il fit approcher les fils d'Aaron, mit du sang sur le lobe de leur oreille droite, sur le pouce de leur main droite et sur le gros orteil de leur pied droit, et il répandit le sang sur l'autel tout autour.
25 Il prit la graisse, la queue, toute la graisse qui couvre les entrailles, le grand lobe du foie, les deux rognons avec leur graisse, et l'épaule droite;
26 il prit aussi dans la corbeille de pains sans levain, placée devant l'Éternel, un gâteau sans levain, un gâteau de pain à l'huile et une galette, et il les posa sur les graisses et sur l'épaule droite.
27 Il mit toutes ces choses sur les mains d'Aaron et sur les mains de ses fils, et il les agita de côté et d'autre devant l'Éternel.
28 Puis Moïse les ôta de leurs mains, et il les brûla sur l'autel, par-dessus l'holocauste: ce fut le sacrifice de consécration, ce fut un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Éternel.
29 Moïse prit la poitrine du bélier de consécration, et il l'agita de côté et d'autre devant l'Éternel: ce fut la portion de Moïse, comme l'Éternel l'avait ordonné à Moïse.
30 Moïse prit de l'huile d'onction et du sang qui était sur l'autel; il en fit l'aspersion sur Aaron et sur ses vêtements, sur les fils d'Aaron et sur leurs vêtements; et il sanctifia Aaron et ses vêtements, les fils d'Aaron et leurs vêtements avec lui.
31 Moïse dit à Aaron et à ses fils: Faites cuire la chair à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation; c'est là que vous la mangerez, avec le pain qui est dans la corbeille de consécration, comme je l'ai ordonné, en disant: Aaron et ses fils la mangeront.
32 Vous brûlerez dans le feu ce qui restera de la chair et du pain.
33 Pendant sept jours, vous ne sortirez point de l'entrée de la tente d'assignation, jusqu'à ce que les jours de votre consécration soient accomplis; car sept jours seront employés à vous consacrer.
34 Ce qui s'est fait aujourd'hui, l'Éternel a ordonné de le faire comme expiation pour vous.
35 Vous resterez donc sept jours à l'entrée de la tente d'assignation, jour et nuit, et vous observerez les commandements de l'Éternel, afin que vous ne mouriez pas; car c'est là ce qui m'a été ordonné.
36 Aaron et ses fils firent toutes les choses que l'Éternel avait ordonnées par Moïse.
Leviticus 8
New Catholic Bible
Consecration of the Priesthood[a]
Chapter 8[b]
Priestly Consecration. 1 The Lord spoke to Moses saying, 2 “Bring Aaron and his sons together with their garments,[c] the oil of anointing, a young bull for a sin offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread 3 and gather the whole assembly together at the entrance to the tent of meeting.” 4 Moses did as the Lord had commanded and the community was gathered together at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 5 Moses said to the community, “This is what the Lord has commanded.”
6 Moses had Aaron and his sons draw near and he washed them with water. 7 Then he put his coat on him and bound him with his sash. He put the ephod on him and bound him in the skillfully woven band of the ephod, wrapping it around him. 8 He put his breastplate on him, and in the breastplate he placed the Urim and the Thummim. 9 Then he placed the turban on his head, and on the front of the turban he placed the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
10 Then Moses then took the oil of anointing, and he anointed and consecrated the tabernacle and everything that was in it. 11 He sprinkled some of it upon the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all of its accessories, as well as the basin and its base, to consecrate them. 12 He poured the oil of anointing on the head of Aaron and anointed Aaron, consecrating him. 13 Then Moses had the sons of Aaron draw near and he clothed them in their tunics. He bound them with their sashes and put their caps on their heads, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
14 The Sin Offering. He then had the young bull of the sin offering brought to him, and he had Aaron and his sons place their hands on the head of the young bull of the sin offering. 15 Moses slew it, took some of its blood, and with his finger put some of it on the horns around the altar to purify it. He poured the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it, making atonement for it.
16 He took all of the fat that was around the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned all of them upon the altar. 17 But the young bull, its skin, its meat, and its manure were burned in a fire outside of the camp, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
18 The Burnt Offering. He brought the ram for the burnt offering and he had Aaron and his sons place their hands on the head of the ram. 19 Moses slew it and sprinkled its blood around the altar. 20 He cut the ram into pieces and he burned the head, its pieces, and the fat. 21 After he had washed its entrails and its legs with water, he burned the entire ram upon the altar, a burnt offering making a pleasant fragrance, a sacrifice by fire in honor of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22 The Ram of Consecration. Then he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the head of the ram. 23 Moses slew it and took its blood and placed it on the right ear lobe of Aaron and the thumb of his right hand and the big toe of his right foot.[d] 24 Moses had the sons of Aaron approach him and he put some of the blood on their right ear lobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. He poured the rest of the blood around the altar. 25 He took the fat, the tail, the fat around its entrails, the lobe of the liver, the kidneys with their fat, and the right thigh. 26 He took an unleavened bread, a cake of bread with oil, and a wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord. He placed them on the fat and the right thigh. 27 He placed all of these things in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and they waved this wave offering before the Lord. 28 Moses took them out of their hands and burned them on the altar upon the burnt offerings. This is the sacrifice of consecration, a pleasant fragrance, a sacrifice consumed by fire in honor of the Lord. 29 Then Moses took the breast of the ram and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of consecration, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
30 Moses took the oil of anointing and some of the blood that was on the altar and he sprinkled them upon Aaron and his clothes, and upon his sons and their clothes. Thus he consecrated Aaron and his clothes and his sons and their clothes. 31 Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Cook the meat at the entrance to the meeting tent and eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded saying, ‘Aaron and his sons will eat it.’ 32 Whatever is left over from the meat and the bread is to be burned in a fire. 33 [e]You are not to go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are complete, for it will take seven days to consecrate you. 34 What was done today was what the Lord commanded so that an atonement might be made for you. 35 You shall remain for seven days at the entrance to the tent of meeting, day and night, observing the commandment of the Lord, lest you die, for thus I was commanded.” 36 Aaron and his sons did what the Lord had commanded through Moses.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 8:1 It was thought that the liturgy of the temple faithfully reproduced the forms of worship celebrated in the wilderness in the tent of meeting. That is why the prescriptions of this ritual (chs. 8–10) were directly linked to the origin of Israelite worship at the foot of Sinai. These prescriptions highlight the importance of the priesthood, of which the people became conscious through the offering of sacrifices, and also the authority exercised by the Aaronic priesthood.
- Leviticus 8:1 The candidates, who had been chosen by the Lord, were vested in their sacred robes and anointed with oil. Then three different sacrifices were offered: a sacrifice for sin, a burnt offering, an investiture sacrifice. This last rite was a real priestly consecration of Aaron and his sons for the carrying out of their ministry, although this consecration did not confer any supernatural power, as it does in the priesthood of Christ.
- Leviticus 8:2 Their garments: a detailed description of the priest’s clothing is given, including the ephod—an apron-like garment of fine linen and gold thread—worn by Aaron, the high priest. Simpler garments were worn by other priests.
- Leviticus 8:23 In consecrating Aaron, Moses places some of the blood on his extremities to indicate his total consecration to God.
- Leviticus 8:33 Strict rules regulated the consecration of the priests, who are not to leave the sanctuary for seven days under penalty of death. This follows the rites described in Ex 29:30, 35-37.
Leviticus 8
King James Version
8 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
4 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done.
6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.
7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.
8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.
9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the Lord commanded Moses.
10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.
12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.
13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the Lord commanded Moses.
14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.
15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.
16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the Lord commanded Moses.
18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moses.
22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.
24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.
25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder:
26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:
27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.
28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the Lord commanded Moses.
30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.
33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.
34 As he hath done this day, so the Lord hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.
35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.
36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord commanded by the hand of Moses.
Leviticus 8
New King James Version
Aaron and His Sons Consecrated(A)
8 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 (B)“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and (C)the garments, (D)the anointing oil, a (E)bull as the sin offering, two (F)rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 3 and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.”
4 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. And the congregation was gathered together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 5 And Moses said to the congregation, “This is what the Lord commanded to be done.”
6 Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons and (G)washed them with water. 7 And he (H)put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the intricately woven band of the ephod, and with it tied the ephod on him. 8 Then he put the breastplate on him, and he (I)put the [a]Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate. 9 (J)And he put the turban on his head. Also on the turban, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
10 (K)Also Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. 11 He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to [b]consecrate them. 12 And he (L)poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him.
13 (M)Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes, and put [c]hats on them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
14 (N)And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons (O)laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering, 15 and Moses killed it. (P)Then he took the blood, and put some on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make [d]atonement for it. 16 (Q)Then he took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar. 17 But the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its offal, he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord (R)had commanded Moses.
18 (S)Then he brought the ram as the burnt offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, 19 and Moses killed it. Then he sprinkled the blood all around on the altar. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses (T)burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. 21 Then he washed the entrails and the legs in water. And Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt sacrifice for a [e]sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord, (U)as the Lord had commanded Moses.
22 And (V)he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, 23 and Moses killed it. Also he took some of (W)its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 24 Then he brought Aaron’s sons. And Moses put some of the (X)blood on the tips of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses sprinkled the blood all around on the altar. 25 (Y)Then he took the fat and the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh; 26 (Z)and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened cake, a cake of bread anointed with oil, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and on the right thigh; 27 and he put all these (AA)in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord. 28 (AB)Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar, on the burnt offering. They were consecration offerings for a sweet aroma. That was an offering made by fire to the Lord. 29 And (AC)Moses took the (AD)breast and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord. It was Moses’ (AE)part of the ram of consecration, as the Lord had commanded Moses.
30 Then (AF)Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, (AG)“Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ 32 (AH)What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire. 33 And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For (AI)seven days he shall consecrate you. 34 (AJ)As he has done this day, so the Lord has commanded to do, to make atonement for you. 35 Therefore you shall stay at the door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night for seven days, and (AK)keep the [f]charge of the Lord, so that you may not die; for so I have been commanded.” 36 So Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 8:8 Lit. Lights and the Perfections, Ex. 28:30
- Leviticus 8:11 set them apart for the Lord
- Leviticus 8:13 headpieces
- Leviticus 8:15 Lit. covering
- Leviticus 8:21 pleasing
- Leviticus 8:35 office
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
