| English Standard Version | NET Bible |
| 1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses: |
| 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. | 2"Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, the sin offering bull, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, |
| 3And assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.” | 3and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the Meeting Tent." |
| 4And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting. | 4So Moses did just as the LORD commanded him, and the congregation assembled at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. |
| 5And Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing that the LORD has commanded to be done.” | 5Then Moses said to the congregation: "This is what the LORD has commanded to be done." |
| 6And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. | 6So Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water. |
| 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. | 7Then he put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, and clothed him with the robe. Next he put the ephod on him and placed on him the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band. |
| 8And he placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. | 8He then set the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece. |
| 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. | 9Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, to the front of the turban just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. | 10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. |
| 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. | 11Next he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and so anointed the altar, all its vessels, and the wash basin and its stand to consecrate them. |
| 12And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. | 12He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate 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. | 13Moses also brought forward Aaron's sons, clothed them with tunics, wrapped sashes around them, and wrapped headbands on them just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 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. | 14Then he brought near the sin offering bull and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the sin offering bull, |
| 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. | 15and he slaughtered it. Moses then took the blood and put it all around on the horns of the altar with his finger and decontaminated the altar, and he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and so consecrated it to make atonement on it. |
| 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. | 16Then he took all the fat on the entrails, the protruding lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses offered it all up in smoke on the altar, |
| 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. | 17but the rest of the bull--its hide, its flesh, and its dung--he completely burned up outside the camp just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 18Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. | 18Then he presented the burnt offering ram and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, |
| 19And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. | 19and he slaughtered it. Moses then splashed the blood against the altar's sides. |
| 20He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat. | 20Then he cut the ram into parts, and Moses offered the head, the parts, and the suet up in smoke, |
| 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. | 21but the entrails and the legs he washed with water, and Moses offered the whole ram up in smoke on the altar--it was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma, a gift to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 22Then he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. | 22Then he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram |
| 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. | 23and he slaughtered it. Moses then 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. |
| 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. | 24Next he brought Aaron's sons forward, and Moses put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on their right thumbs, and on the big toes of their right feet, and Moses splashed the rest of the blood against the altar's sides. |
| 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, | 25Then he took the fat (the fatty tail, all the fat on the entrails, the protruding lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat) and the right thigh, |
| 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. | 26and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened loaf, one loaf of bread mixed with olive oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat parts and on the right thigh. |
| 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. | 27He then put all of them on the palms of Aaron and his sons, who waved them as a wave offering before 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. | 28Moses then took them from their palms and offered them up in smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering--they were an ordination offering for a soothing aroma; it was a gift to the LORD. |
| 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. | 29Finally, Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the LORD from the ram of ordination. It was Moses' share just as the LORD had commanded Moses. |
| 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. | 30Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. So he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him. |
| 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.’ | 31Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the meat at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and there you are to eat it and the bread which is in the ordination offering basket, just as I have commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons are to eat it,' |
| 32And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire. | 32but the remainder of the meat and the bread you must burn with fire. |
| 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. | 33And you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent for seven days, until the day when your days of ordination are completed, because you must be ordained over a seven-day period. |
| 34As has been done today, the LORD has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. | 34What has been done on this day the LORD has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. |
| 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.” | 35You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the LORD so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded." |
| 36And Aaron and his sons did all the things that the LORD commanded by Moses. | 36So Aaron and his sons did all the things the LORD had commanded through Moses. |
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