| New Living Translation | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Then the LORD said to Moses, | 1Then the LORD said to Moses, |
| 2“Bring Aaron and his sons, along with their sacred garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of bread made without yeast, | 2“Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, |
| 3and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle. ” | 3and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.” |
| 4So Moses followed the LORD’s instructions, and the whole community assembled at the Tabernacle entrance. | 4So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. |
| 5Moses announced to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded us to do!” | 5And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.” |
| 6Then he presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. | 6Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. |
| 7He put the official tunic on Aaron and tied the sash around his waist. He dressed him in the robe, placed the ephod on him, and attached the ephod securely with its decorative sash. | 7He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him. |
| 8Then Moses placed the chestpiece on Aaron and put the Urim and the Thummim inside it. | 8Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece. |
| 9He placed the turban on Aaron’s head and attached the gold medallion—the badge of holiness—to the front of the turban, just as the LORD had commanded him. | 9Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him. |
| 10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it, making them holy. | 10Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them. |
| 11He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, anointing it and all its utensils, as well as the washbasin and its stand, making them holy. | 11He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them. |
| 12Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, anointing him and making him holy for his work. | 12He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. |
| 13Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons. He clothed them in their tunics, tied their sashes around them, and put their special head coverings on them, just as the LORD had commanded him. | 13Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him. |
| 14Then Moses presented the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull’s head, | 14Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. |
| 15and Moses slaughtered it. Moses took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on the four horns of the altar to purify it. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Through this process, he made the altar holy by purifying it. | 15Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it. |
| 16Then Moses took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and he burned it all on the altar. | 16Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar. |
| 17He took the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burned it on a fire outside the camp, just as the LORD had commanded him. | 17But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him. |
| 18Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head, | 18Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. |
| 19and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took the ram’s blood and splattered it against all sides of the altar. | 19Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. |
| 20Then he cut the ram into pieces, and he burned the head, some of its pieces, and the fat on the altar. | 20He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. |
| 21After washing the internal organs and the legs with water, Moses burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him. | 21He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 22Then Moses presented the other ram, which was the ram of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head, | 22After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. |
| 23and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took some of its blood and applied it to the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot. | 23Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. |
| 24Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons and applied some of the blood to the lobes of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet. He then splattered the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar. | 24Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. |
| 25Next Moses took the fat, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh. | 25And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh. |
| 26On top of these he placed a thin cake of bread made without yeast, a cake of bread mixed with olive oil, and a wafer spread with olive oil. All these were taken from the basket of bread made without yeast that was placed in the LORD’s presence. | 26And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh. |
| 27He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and he lifted these gifts as a special offering to the LORD. | 27He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering. |
| 28Moses then took all the offerings back from them and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. This was the ordination offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD. | 28Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. |
| 29Then Moses took the breast and lifted it up as a special offering to the LORD. This was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded him. | 29He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him. |
| 30Next Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar, and he sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. In this way, he made Aaron and his sons and their garments holy. | 30Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments. |
| 31Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the remaining meat of the offerings at the Tabernacle entrance, and eat it there, along with the bread that is in the basket of offerings for the ordination, just as I commanded when I said, ‘Aaron and his sons will eat it.’ | 31And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’ |
| 32Any meat or bread that is left over must then be burned up. | 32Then you must burn up the remainder of the meat and bread. |
| 33You must not leave the Tabernacle entrance for seven days, for that is when the ordination ceremony will be completed. | 33You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you. |
| 34Everything we have done today was commanded by the LORD in order to purify you, making you right with him. | 34What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf. |
| 35Now stay at the entrance of the Tabernacle day and night for seven days, and do everything the LORD requires. If you fail to do this, you will die, for this is what the LORD has commanded.” | 35You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.” |
| 36So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses. | 36So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses. |
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