The Priestly Ministry Inaugurated

1On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel.a 2He said to Aaron, “Take a young bull for a sinA offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish,a and present them before the Lord. 3And tell the Israelites:A Take a male goat for a sin offering; a calf and a lamb, male yearlings without blemish, for a burnt offering; 4an ox and a ram for a fellowship offering to sacrifice before the Lord; and a grain offering mixed with oil. For today the Lord is going to appeara to you.”

5They brought what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole community came forward and stood before the Lord. 6Moses said, “This is what the Lord commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lorda may appear to you.” 7Then Moses said to Aaron, “Approach the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering; make atonement for yourself and the people.a a Sacrifice the people’s offering and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.”

8So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. 9Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and applied it to the horns of the altar. He poured out the blood at the base of the altar. 10He burned the fat, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe of the liver from the sin offering on the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses. 11He burned the flesh and the hidea outside the camp.b

12Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. Aaron’s sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar. 13They brought him the burnt offering piece by piece, along with the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

15Aaron presented the people’s offering. He took the male goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and made a sin offering with it as he did before. 16He presented the burnt offering and sacrificed it according to the regulation.a 17Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning burnt offering.a

18Finally, he slaughtered the ox and the ram as the people’s fellowship sacrifice. Aaron’s sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it on all sides of the altar. 19They also brought the fat portions from the ox and the ram — the fat tail, the fat surrounding the entrails, the kidneys, and the fatty lobe of the liver —  20and placed these on the breasts. Aaron burned the fat portions on the altar, 21but he presented the breastsa and the right thigh as a presentation offeringb before the Lord, as Moses had commanded.A

22Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blesseda them. He came down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the fellowship offering. 23Moses and Aaron then entered the tent of meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24Fire came from the Lord and consumeda the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shoutedb and fell facedown.c