Leviticus 8:1-22 ▼

1 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

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,

3 and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting.”

4 So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him. Then the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting,

5 and Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to do.”

6 Then Moses had Aaron and his sons come near and washed them with water.

7 And he put the tunic on him and girded him with the sash and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod, with which he tied it to him.

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

9 He also placed the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its front, he placed the golden plate, the holy crown, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

10 Moses then took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it and set them apart as holy.

11 And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the laver and its stand, to set them apart as holy.

12 Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to set him apart as holy.

13 Next Moses brought Aaron’s sons near and clothed them with tunics and girded them with sashes and bound caps on them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

14 Then 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.

15 Next Moses slaughtered it and took the blood and with his finger put some of it around on the horns of the altar and purified the altar. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and set it apart as holy, to make atonement for it.

16 He also took all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat; and Moses offered it up in smoke on the altar.

17 But the bull and its hide and its flesh and its refuse he burned in the fire outside the camp, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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

19 Then Moses slaughtered it and splashed the blood around on the altar.

20 And he cut the ram into its pieces. Then Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.

21 And he washed the entrails and the legs with water. Then Moses offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to Yahweh, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

22 Then he brought near the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.