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1Then the LORD said to Moses,

1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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 with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and 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 all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.”

4So Moses followed the LORD’s instructions, and the whole community assembled at the Tabernacle entrance.

4And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

5Moses announced to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded us to do!”

5And Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing that the LORD has commanded to be done.”

6Then he presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.

6And Moses brought 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.

7And he put the coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band.

8Then Moses placed the chestpiece on Aaron and put the Urim and the Thummim inside it.

8And he placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim.

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.

9And he set the turban on his head, and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the LORD commanded Moses.

10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it, making them holy.

10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and 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.

11And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and 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.

12And he 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.

13And Moses brought Aaron’s sons and clothed them with coats and tied sashes around their waists and bound caps on them, as the LORD commanded Moses.

14Then Moses presented the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull’s head,

14Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.

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.

15And he killed it, and Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for 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.

16And he took all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them 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 and its skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the camp, as the LORD commanded Moses.

18Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head,

18Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

19and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took the ram’s blood and splattered it against all sides of the altar.

19And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the 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 Moses burned the head and 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 the legs with water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering for the LORD, as the LORD 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,

22Then he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

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.

23And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and 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.

24Then he presented Aaron’s sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the 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.

25Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat and 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 out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened loaf and one loaf of bread with oil and one wafer and placed them on the pieces of fat 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.

27And he put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering before the LORD.

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 them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering 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.

29And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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.

30Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons’ garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

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 flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’

32Any meat or bread that is left over must then be burned up.

32And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire.

33You must not leave the Tabernacle entrance for seven days, for that is when the ordination ceremony will be completed.

33And you shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, 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.

34As has been done today, the LORD has commanded to be done to make atonement for you.

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.”

35At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the LORD has charged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded.”

36So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.

36And Aaron and his sons did all the things that the LORD commanded by Moses.

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