1 ¶ And this is what thou shalt do unto them to sanctify them that they shall be my priests: Take one young bullock and two perfect rams

“This is what you will do to set them apart to serve as religious leaders for Me. Take one young bull and two rams that are perfect.

2 a nd unleavened bread and unleavened cakes tempered with oil and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, which thou shalt make of wheat flour.

Have bread without yeast, and bread mixed with oil, and hard bread made without yeast and spread with oil. Make them of fine grain flour.

3 A nd thou shalt put them into a basket and offer them in the basket with the bullock and the two rams.

Put them in one basket. Then bring them in the basket with the bull and the two rams.

4 A nd Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony and shalt wash them with water.

Bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the meeting tent, and wash them with water.

5 A nd thou shalt take the garments and clothe Aaron with the coat and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the pectoral and gird him with the special girdle of the ephod;

Take the clothing and dress Aaron in the long coat, the clothing over the linen vest, the linen vest, and the breast-piece. Put on him the well-made belt of the linen vest.

6 a nd thou shalt put the mitre upon his head and put the crown of holiness upon the mitre.

Put the covering on his head, and the holy crown on the head covering.

7 T hen shalt thou take the anointing oil and pour it upon his head and anoint him.

Then take the oil for holy use and pour it on his head to set him apart for My work.

8 A nd thou shalt bring his sons and put coats upon them.

Bring his sons and dress them with long coats.

9 A nd thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind the tiaras on them; and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute; and thou shalt fill the hands Aaron and his sons.

Put belts on Aaron and his sons. Tie head coverings on them. And they will be religious leaders by law for all time. So you will set apart Aaron and his sons for My work.

10 A nd thou shalt cause the bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the testimony, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

“Then bring the bull in front of the meeting tent. Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the head of the bull.

11 A nd thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD by the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

Then kill the bull before the Lord at the door of the meeting tent.

12 A nd 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 remaining blood beside the bottom of the altar.

Take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger. Then pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

13 A nd thou shalt take all the fat that covers the intestines 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.

Take all the fat that covers the inside parts, and the part that is on the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.

14 B ut the flesh of the bullock and his skin and his dung shalt thou burn with fire outside the camp; it is sin.

But the flesh of the bull, its skin, and its waste you will burn away from the tents. It is a sin gift.

15 T hou shalt likewise take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

“Then take one of the rams and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on the head of the ram.

16 A nd thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

Kill the ram and take its blood and put it around the altar.

17 A nd thou shalt cut the ram in pieces and wash his intestines and his legs and put them upon his pieces and upon his head.

Cut the ram into pieces. Wash its inside parts and its legs. And put them with its pieces and its head.

18 A nd thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering on fire unto the LORD.

Burn the whole ram on the altar for a burnt gift in worship to the Lord. It is a pleasing smell, a gift by fire to the Lord.

19 A nd thou shalt take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

“Then take the other ram and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on the ram’s head.

20 T hen 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 ears of his sons and upon the thumb of their right hands and upon the great toe of their right feet and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

Kill the ram and put some of its blood on the bottom of Aaron’s right ear, on the bottom of his sons’ right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Put the rest of the blood around the altar.

21 A nd thou shalt take of the blood that shall be upon the altar and of the anointing oil and sprinkle it upon Aaron and upon his garments and upon his sons and upon their garments, and he shall be sanctified, and his garments and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

Take some of the blood from the altar and some of the special oil. Put some on Aaron and his sons and their clothing. So Aaron and his clothing and his sons and their clothing will be set apart and made holy.

22 T hen thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the tail and the fat that covers the intestines 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 consecrations,

Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inside parts, the part that is on the liver, the two kidneys with their fat, and the fat that is on the right thigh. For it is a ram used to set apart those who work for Me.

23 A lso one large 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;

And take one loaf of bread, and one loaf of bread mixed with oil, and one piece of hard bread from the basket of bread without yeast that is set before the Lord.

24 a nd thou shalt put all this in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and shalt lift them up and wave them before the LORD.

Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons. They will wave them for a wave gift before the Lord.

25 T hen thou shalt take them from their hands and burn them upon the altar upon the burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD. It is an offering on fire unto the LORD.

Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar for a burnt gift in worship. It is a pleasing smell before the Lord. It is a gift by fire to the Lord.

26 A nd thou shalt take the breast of the ram of the consecrations, which is of Aaron and wave it for a waved offering before the LORD; and it shall be thy part.

“Take the breast of Aaron’s ram used to set him apart. Wave it as a wave gift before the Lord. And it will be your share.

27 A nd thou shalt set apart the breast of the waved offering and the shoulder of the sanctification, that which was waved and that which was sanctified of the ram of the consecrations of Aaron and of his sons;

Then set apart the breast of the wave gift and the thigh that was waved and given from the ram used to set apart those who work for Me. One was for Aaron and one for his sons.

28 a nd it shall be for Aaron and for his sons by a perpetual statute of the sons of Israel, for it is something set apart, and it shall be set apart of the sons of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings; it shall be something of theirs set apart unto the LORD.

It will be for Aaron and his sons as their share forever from the people of Israel. For it is the religious leaders’ share to be given by the people of Israel from their peace gifts. It is their gift to the Lord.

29 A nd the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed with them and to be consecrated with them.

“The holy clothing of Aaron will be for his sons after him. They will wear them when the oil for holy use is poured on them and they are set apart for My work.

30 A nd for seven days the priest of his sons, who in his stead shall come into the tabernacle of the testimony, shall put them on to serve in the sanctuary.

The son who takes his place as religious leader will wear them seven days as he goes into the meeting tent to serve in the holy place.

31 A nd thou shalt take the ram of the consecrations and cook his flesh in the holy place.

“Take the ram used to set apart those who work for Me and boil its flesh in a holy place.

32 A nd 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 testimony.

Aaron and his sons will eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the meeting tent.

33 A nd they shall eat those things with which they were reconciled, to fill their hands to be sanctified; but a stranger shall not eat thereof because they are holiness.

They will eat those things that were used in worship when they were forgiven of their sin and when they were set apart for My work. But one who is not a religious leader may not eat them, because they are holy.

34 A nd if any of the flesh of the consecrations or of the bread remains unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holiness.

If any of the meat or bread used to set apart those who work for Me is left until morning, it must be burned. It must not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 A nd thus shalt thou do unto Aaron and to his sons, according to all the things which I have commanded thee; for seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

“Do to Aaron and his sons all I have told you. For seven days you will set them apart for My work.

36 A nd thou shalt sacrifice a bullock every day for reconciliation of sin; and thou shalt remove the sin from the altar, and thou shalt anoint it to sanctify it.

Give a bull each day for a sin gift, to take away sin. Make the altar clean by taking sin away from it and pour special oil on it to set it apart for Me.

37 F or seven days thou shalt reconcile the altar and sanctify it; and it shall be a most holy altar; whatever touches the altar shall be made holy.

For seven days give gifts upon the altar to take away sin and set it apart for Me. Then the altar will be most holy. And whatever touches the altar will be holy. The Gifts Given Each Day

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

“Now this is what you will give on the altar: Two lambs one year old, given every day.

39 T he one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the other lamb thou shalt offer at evening.

Give one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb in the evening.

40 M oreover a tenth ephah of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil and the fourth part of a hin of wine with each lamb.

With the first lamb give a jar of fine flour mixed with a half jar of beaten oil, and a half jar of wine to be poured out.

41 A nd thou shalt offer the other lamb at evening, doing according to the present of the morning and according to its drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering on fire unto the LORD.

Give the other lamb in the evening. Do it with a grain gift and a gift to pour out as in the morning. It has a pleasing smell, a gift by fire to the Lord.

42 T his shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your ages at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the LORD, where I will concert with you, to speak there unto you.

For all time to come this burnt gift is to be given at the door of the meeting tent before the Lord. There I will meet with you and speak to you.

43 A nd there I will testify of myself unto the sons of Israel, and the place shall be sanctified with my glory.

I will meet there with the people of Israel. It will be set apart by My shining-greatness.

44 A nd I will sanctify the tabernacle of the testimony and the altar; I will likewise sanctify both Aaron and his sons that they may be my priests.

I will set apart the meeting tent and the altar. And I will set apart Aaron and his sons to work as religious leaders for Me.

45 A nd I will dwell among the sons of Israel and shall be their God.

I will live among the people of Israel and will be their God.

46 A nd 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 your God.

They will know that I am the Lord their God, Who brought them out of the land of Egypt to live among them. I am the Lord their God.