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8 ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

² Take Aaron and his sons with him and the garments and the anointing oil and the bullock for the sin and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread

³ and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁴ And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the congregation was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

⁵ And Moses said unto the congregation, This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.

⁶ Then 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 then clothed him with the robe and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the special girdle of the ephod and bound it unto him therewith.

⁸ Then he put the pectoral upon him, and he put in the pectoral the Urim and the Thummim.

⁹ After that he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, he put the open flower of gold, the crown of holiness, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

¹⁰ And Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all the things that were therein and sanctified them.

¹¹ And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.

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

¹³ Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put coats upon them and girded them with girdles and put tiaras upon them, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

¹⁴ ¶ Next he brought the bullock of the sin, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin,

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 removed the sin from the altar and poured the remaining blood at the bottom of the altar and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

¹⁶ After that he took all the fat that was upon the intestines and the caul above the liver and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses incensed it upon the altar.

¹⁷ But the bullock and its hide, its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with fire outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

¹⁸ After that, he brought the ram of 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 incensed the head and the pieces and the fat.

²¹ Then he washed the intestines and the legs in water, and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar; it was a burnt sacrifice in a very acceptable aroma, an offering on fire unto the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

²² After that, he brought the other ram, the ram of the consecrations, 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 ears 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 after that, he took the fat and the tail, and all the fat that was upon the intestines 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 with the fat and with the right shoulder;

²⁷ and he put all of it in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands and caused them to be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.

²⁸ After that Moses took them from their hands and incensed them on the altar upon the burnt offering; they are the consecrations in a very acceptable aroma, an offering on 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 the consecrations this was Moses’ part, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

³⁰ Then 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, Cook the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of the consecrations, as I have commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

³² And that which remains of the flesh and of the bread ye shall burn with fire.

³³ And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony in seven days, until the day that the days of your consecration are fulfilled; because for seven days ye shall be consecrated.

³⁴ As has been done this day, so the LORD has commanded to do, to reconcile you.

³⁵ Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony day and night for 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.

9 ¶ And it came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,

² and he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf as the sin and a ram as a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.

³ And unto the sons of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a he goat as the sin and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering;

⁴ likewise a bullock and a ram for a sacrifice of peace, to kill before the LORD; and a present mingled with oil; for today the LORD will appear unto you.

⁵ And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the testimony, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.

⁶ Then Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do, and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you.

⁷ And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin, and thy burnt offering, and make reconciliation for thyself and for the people; and offer the offering of the people and make reconciliation for them, as the LORD commanded.

⁸ ¶ Then Aaron went unto the altar and slew the calf of his own sin.

⁹ And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it upon the horns of the altar and poured out the remaining blood at the bottom of the altar;

¹⁰ and the fat and the kidneys and the caul above the liver of the sin, he incensed upon the altar, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

¹¹ And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire outside the camp.

¹² Likewise he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar.

¹³ After that they presented the burnt offering unto him, by its pieces, and the head; and he incensed them upon the altar.

¹⁴ Then he washed the intestines and the legs and burnt them with the burnt offering on the altar.

¹⁵ He also offered the people’s offering and took the he goat, which was the sin of the people, and slew it and offered it for their sin, as the first.

¹⁶ And he brought the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance.

¹⁷ Likewise he offered the present and took a handful thereof and incensed it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.

¹⁸ He also slew the bullock and the ram in sacrifice of peace, which was for the people; and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood (which he sprinkled upon the altar round about)

¹⁹ and the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the tail and that which covers the inwards and the kidneys and the caul above the liver;

²⁰ and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar.

²¹ But the breasts, with the right shoulder, Aaron waved, waving them before the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

²² After that, Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them and came down from offering the sin and the burnt offering and the peace.

²³ ¶ And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the testimony and came out and blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.

²⁴ And there came a fire out from before the LORD and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat, which when all the people saw, they praised and fell on their faces.

10 ¶ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took each of them his censer and put fire therein and put incense thereon and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he had never commanded them.

² And there went out fire from the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

³ ¶ Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is what the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron was silent.

⁴ And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

⁵ So they went near and carried them in their coats out of the camp, as Moses had said.

⁶ Then Moses said unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Do not uncover your heads, neither rend your clothes lest ye die and lest wrath come upon the whole congregation; but your brethren, the whole house of Israel, shall lament the burning which the LORD has done.

⁷ And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, lest ye die; for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.

⁸ ¶ And the LORD spoke unto Aaron, saying,

⁹ Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee when ye go into the tabernacle of the testimony, lest ye die; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations;

¹⁰ and this is that ye may discern between the holy and the profane and between the unclean and the clean

¹¹ and that ye may teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.

¹² ¶ And Moses spoke unto Aaron and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the present that remains of the offerings on fire unto the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy:

¹³ Ye must, therefore, eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due and thy sons’ due of the offerings of the LORD on fire; for so I am commanded.

¹⁴ And the waved breast and elevated shoulder shall ye likewise eat in a clean place, thou and thy sons and thy daughters with thee; for they are thy due and thy sons’ due, which are given out of the sacrifices of the peace of the sons of Israel.

¹⁵ With the offerings of the fat which are to be lit on fire, they shall bring the shoulder which is to be elevated and the breast which shall be waved as a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine and thy sons’ with thee by a perpetual statute, as the LORD has commanded.

¹⁶ And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin, and, behold, it was burnt up, and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left alive, saying,

¹⁷ Why have ye not eaten of the atonement for sin in the holy place? For it is most holy, and God has given it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, that they may be reconciled before the LORD.

¹⁸ Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the inner sanctuary; ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.

¹⁹ And Aaron replied unto Moses, Behold, today they have offered their sin and their burnt offering before the LORD; with all this, these things have befallen me; therefore if I had eaten of the atonement for sin today, would it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD?

²⁰ And when Moses heard that, he was content.