Exodus 29:1-21 ▼

1 |This is what you are to do to them in order to consecrate them to serve me as priests: Take a young bull, two rams without blemish,

2 unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, which you are to make from fine wheat flour.

3 You are to put them in one basket and bring them in the basket along with the bull and the two rams.

4 You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water.

5 Take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breast piece, and then gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

6 Then put the turban on his head, and place the holy crown on the turban.

7 You are to take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.

8 Then you are to bring his sons and clothe them with tunics.

9 You are to gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and tie headdresses on them. The priesthood is to belong to them by perpetual ordinance, and you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.

10 |You are to bring the bull in front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

11 Then you are to slaughter the bull in the LORD's presence at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting.

12 Take some of the blood of the bull, put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

13 You are to take all the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them and send them up in smoke on the altar.

14 You are to burn the flesh of the bull, its hide, and its refuse with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.

15 |You are to take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

16 Then you are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and scatter it around the altar.

17 You are to cut the ram into pieces, wash its entrails and legs, put them on the altar along with the pieces and its head,

18 and send up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD; it's a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD.

19 |You are to take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

20 You are to slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, the lobe of his sons' right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet. Then you are to scatter the rest of the blood around the altar.

21 You are to take some of the blood which is on the altar, along with some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. He is to be consecrated with his garments, along with his sons and their garments