1 T his is what you shall do to consecrate (set them apart) that they may serve Me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams, all without blemish,

“And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

2 A nd unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil; of fine flour shall you make them.

and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour).

3 Y ou shall put them in one basket and bring them in, and bring also the bull and the two rams;

You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.

4 A nd bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

“And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall wash them with water.

5 T hen take the garments and put on Aaron the long and sleeved tunic and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastplate, and gird him with the skillfully woven girding band of the ephod.

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 the intricately woven band of the ephod.

6 A nd you shall put the turban or miter upon his head and put the holy crown upon the turban.

You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.

7 T hen take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

And you shall take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.

8 A nd bring his sons and put long and sleeved tunics on them.

Then you shall bring his sons and put tunics on them.

9 A nd you shall gird them with sashes or belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them; and the priest’s office shall be theirs by a perpetual statute. Thus you shall ordain and consecrate Aaron and his sons.

And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

10 T hen bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon its head.

“You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.

11 A nd you shall kill the bull before the Lord by the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.

12 A nd you shall take of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of the altar.

13 A nd take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the appendage that is on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.

And 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 B ut the flesh of the bull, its hide, and the contents of its entrails you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

But 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 Y ou shall also take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram.

“You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram;

16 A nd you shall kill the ram and you shall take its blood and throw it against the altar round about.

and you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle it all around on the altar.

17 A nd you shall cut the ram in pieces and wash its entrails and legs and put them with its pieces and its head,

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 A nd you shall burn the whole ram upon the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a sweet and satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

19 A nd you shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram;

“You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.

20 T hen you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ears of Aaron and his sons and on the thumb of their right hands and on the great toe of their right feet, and dash the rest of the blood against the altar round about.

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 T hen you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments; and he and his garments and his sons and their garments shall be sanctified and made holy.

And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of 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 he and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

22 A lso you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the appendage on the liver, the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh; for it is a ram of consecration and ordination.

“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 T ake also 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.

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 A nd put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and they shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.

and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.

25 T hen you shall take them from their hands, add them to the burnt offering, and burn them on the altar for a sweet and satisfying fragrance before the Lord; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.

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 A nd take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration and ordination and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion.

“Then you shall take 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 A nd you shall sanctify (set apart for God) the waved breast of the ram used in the ordination and the waved thigh of the priests’ portion, since it is for Aaron and his sons.

And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate 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 I t shall be for Aaron and his sons as their due portion from the Israelites perpetually, an offering from the Israelites of their peace and thanksgiving sacrifices, their offering to the Lord.

It shall be from the children of Israel for Aaron and his sons by a statute forever. For it is a heave offering; 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 T he holy garments of Aaron shall pass to his descendants who succeed him, to be anointed in them and to be consecrated and ordained in them.

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

30 A nd that son who is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place.

That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for seven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy place.

31 Y ou shall take the ram of the consecration and ordination and boil its flesh in a holy and set-apart place.

“And you shall take the ram of the consecration and boil its flesh in the holy place.

32 A aron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Then 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 meeting.

33 T hey shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to ordain and consecrate them; but a stranger (layman) shall not eat of them because they are holy (set apart to the worship of God).

They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but an outsider shall not eat them, because they are holy.

34 A nd if any of the flesh or bread for the ordination remains until morning, you shall burn it with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy (set apart to the worship of God).

And if any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 T hus shall you do to Aaron and to his sons according to all I have commanded you; during seven days shall you ordain them.

“Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days you shall consecrate them.

36 Y ou shall offer every day a bull as a sin offering for atonement. And you shall cleanse the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.

And you shall offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to sanctify it.

37 S even days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy; whoever or whatever touches the altar must be holy (set apart for God’s service).

Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. And the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar must be holy. The Daily Offerings

38 N ow this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old shall be offered day by day continually.

“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually.

39 O ne lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb in the evening;

One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.

40 A nd with the one lamb a tenth measure of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.

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 A nd the other lamb you shall offer at evening, and do with it as with the cereal offering of the morning and with the drink offering, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

And the other lamb you shall offer 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 T his shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you to speak there to you.

This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet you to speak with you.

43 T here I will meet with the Israelites, and the Tent of Meeting shall be sanctified by My glory.

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

44 A nd I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar; I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me in the priest’s office.

So I will consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. I will also consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests.

45 A nd I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

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

46 A nd they shall know that I am the Lord their God, Who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.

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