1 “ Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them to minister as priests to Me: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

This 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,

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

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

3 Y ou shall put them in one basket, and present them in the basket along with the bull and the two rams.

You shall put them in one basket and bring them in, and bring also the bull and the two rams;

4 T hen you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

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

5 Y ou shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;

Then 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.

6 a nd you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban.

And you shall put the turban or miter upon his head and put the holy crown upon the turban.

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

Then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

8 Y ou shall bring his sons and put tunics on them.

And bring his sons and put long and sleeved tunics on them.

9 Y ou shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them, and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. So you shall ordain Aaron and his sons. The Sacrifices

And 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.

10 “ Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

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

11 Y ou shall slaughter the bull before the Lord at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

And you shall kill the bull before the Lord by the door of the Tent of Meeting.

12 Y ou shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

And 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.

13 Y ou shall take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and offer them up in smoke on the altar.

And 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.

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

But 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.

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

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

16 a nd you shall slaughter the ram and shall take its blood and sprinkle it around on the altar.

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

17 T hen you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head.

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

18 Y ou shall offer up in smoke the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the Lord: it is a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.

And 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.

19 “ Then you shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

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

20 Y ou shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the lobes of his sons’ right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet, and sprinkle the rest of the blood around on the altar.

Then 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.

21 T hen 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 and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him; so he and his garments shall be consecrated, as well as his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

Then 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.

22 “ You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination),

Also 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.

23 a nd one cake of bread and one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is set before the Lord;

Take 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.

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

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

25 Y ou shall take them from their hands, and offer them up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering for a soothing aroma before the Lord; it is an offering by fire to the Lord.

Then 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.

26 “ Then you shall take the breast of Aaron’s ram of ordination, and wave it as a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion.

And 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.

27 Y ou shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering which was waved and which was offered from the ram of ordination, from the one which was for Aaron and from the one which was for his sons.

And 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.

28 I t shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the sons of Israel, for it is a heave offering; and it shall be a heave offering from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their heave offering to the Lord.

It 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.

29 “ The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, that in them they may be anointed and ordained.

The 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.

30 F or seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his stead shall put them on when he enters the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place. Food of the Priests

And 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.

31 “ You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.

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

32 A aron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

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

33 T hus they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.

They 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).

34 I f any of the flesh of ordination or any of the bread remains until morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

And 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).

35 “ Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you shall ordain them through seven days.

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

36 E ach day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you shall purify the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to consecrate it.

You 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.

37 F or seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

Seven 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).

38 “ Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two one year old lambs each day, continuously.

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

39 T he one lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

One lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb in the evening;

40 a nd there shall be one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with one lamb.

And 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.

41 T he other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it the same grain offering and the same drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.

And 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.

42 I t shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.

This 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.

43 I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by My glory.

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

44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to Me.

And 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.

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

And I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.

46 T hey shall know that I am the Lord their God who brought them 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 forth out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.