²¹ And they entered into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He went into the synagogue and began to teach.

²² And they were completely astonished at His teaching, for He was teaching as One Who possessed authority, and not as the scribes.

²³ Just at that time there was in their synagogue a man [who was in the power] of an unclean spirit; and now [immediately] he raised a deep and terrible cry from the depths of his throat, saying,

²⁴ What have You to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!

²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hush up (be muzzled, gagged), and come out of him!

²⁶ And the unclean spirit, throwing the man into convulsions and ^[a]screeching with a loud voice, came out of him.

²⁷ And they were all so amazed and ^[b]almost terrified that they kept questioning and demanding one of another, saying, What is this? What new (fresh) teaching! With authority He gives orders even to the unclean spirits and they obey Him!

²⁸ And immediately rumors concerning Him spread [everywhere] throughout all the region surrounding Galilee.

²⁹ And at once He left the synagogue and went into the house of Simon [Peter] and Andrew, accompanied by James and John.

³⁰ Now Simon’s mother-in-law ^[c]had for some time been lying sick with a fever, and at once they told Him about her.

³¹ And He went up to her and took her by the hand and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she began to wait on them.

³² Now when it was evening, after the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those under the power of demons,

³³ Until the whole town was gathered together about the door.

³⁴ And He cured many who were afflicted with various diseases; and He drove out many demons, but would not allow the demons to talk because they knew Him [^[d]intuitively].

³⁵ And in the morning, long before daylight, He got up and went out to a ^[e]deserted place, and there He prayed.

³⁶ And Simon [Peter] and those who were with him followed Him [^[f]pursuing Him eagerly and hunting Him out],

³⁷ And they found Him and said to Him, Everybody is looking for You.

³⁸ And He said to them, Let us be going on into the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out.

³⁹ [So] He went throughout the whole of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons.

⁴⁰ And a leper came to Him, begging Him on his knees and saying to Him, If You are willing, You are able to make me clean.

⁴¹ And being moved with pity and sympathy, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him, and said to him, I am willing; be made clean!

⁴² And at once the leprosy [completely] left him and he was made clean [by being healed].

⁴³ And Jesus charged him sternly (sharply and threateningly, and with earnest admonition) and [acting with deep feeling thrust him forth and] sent him away at once,

⁴⁴ And said to him, See that you tell nothing [of this] to anyone; but begone, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your purification what Moses commanded, as a proof (an evidence and witness) to the people [that you are really healed].^(A)

⁴⁵ But he went out and began to talk so freely about it and blaze abroad the news [spreading it everywhere] that [Jesus] could no longer openly go into a town but was outside in [lonely] desert places. But the people kept on coming to Him from ^[g]all sides and every quarter.

8 And the Lord said to Moses,

² Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments [symbols of their office], and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;

³ And assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

⁴ Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

⁵ Moses told the congregation, This is what the Lord has commanded to be done.

⁶ Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.

⁷ He put on Aaron the long undertunic, girded him with the long sash, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod (an upper vestment) upon him, and girded him with the skillfully woven cords attached to the ephod, binding it to him.

⁸ And Moses put upon Aaron the breastplate; also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim [articles upon which the high priest put his hand when seeking the divine will concerning the nation].

⁹ And he put the turban or miter on his head; on it, in front, Moses put the shining gold plate, the holy diadem, as the Lord commanded him.

¹⁰ And Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.

¹¹ And he sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.

¹² And he poured some of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.

¹³ And Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put undertunics on them and girded them with sashes and wound turbans on them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹⁴ Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.

¹⁵ Moses killed it and took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger and poured the blood at the base of the altar and purified and consecrated the altar to make atonement for it.

¹⁶ He took all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.

¹⁷ But the bull [the sin offering] and its hide, its flesh, and its dung he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.

¹⁸ He brought the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

¹⁹ And Moses killed it and dashed the blood upon the altar round about.

²⁰ He cut the ram into pieces and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.

²¹ And he washed the entrails and the legs in water; then Moses burned the whole ram on the altar; it was a burnt sacrifice, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

²² And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration and ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

²³ And Moses killed it and took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

²⁴ And he brought Aaron’s sons and Moses put some of the blood on the tips of their right ears, and the thumbs of their right hands, and the great toes of their right feet; and Moses dashed the blood upon the altar round about.

²⁵ And he took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh;

²⁶ And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer and put them on the fat and on the right thigh;

²⁷ And he put all these in Aaron’s hands and his sons’ hands and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.

²⁸ Then Moses took these things from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering as an ordination offering, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

²⁹ And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord; for of the ram of consecration and ordination it was Moses’ portion, as the Lord commanded Moses.

³⁰ And Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and upon his sons and their garments also; so Moses consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments.

³¹ And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecration and ordination, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

³² And what remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.

³³ And you shall not go out of the door of the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration and ordination are ended; for it will take seven days to consecrate and ordain you.

³⁴ As has been done this day, so the Lord has commanded to do for your atonement.

³⁵ At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, ^[a]doing what the Lord has charged you to do, that you die not; for so I am commanded.

³⁶ So Aaron and his sons did all the things which the Lord commanded through Moses.