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,

“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; you shall make them of fine wheat flour.

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 present them in the basket along with 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 T hen you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway 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 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 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 set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban.

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

7 T hen you shall 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 Y ou shall bring his sons and put tunics on them.

Then you shall bring his sons and put 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, 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 “ 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.

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

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

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 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 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 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, with its skin and its offal, 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 ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on 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 sprinkle it all around on the altar.

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.

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

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 “ 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 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 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;

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 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 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 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.

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 “ 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.

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

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

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 “ You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy 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 that is in the basket, at the doorway 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 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 the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but an outsider shall not eat them, because they are holy.

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

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 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. Whatever touches the altar must be holy. The Daily Offerings

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 of the first year, 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 you shall offer at twilight.

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.

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 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 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 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 tabernacle of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet you to speak with you.

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

And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle 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.

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

I will dwell among the children of Israel and will 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 up out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.