The Second Book of Moses: Exodus

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- Chapter 29 -

(Leviticus 8:1–13)

Now this is what you must do to set them apart to me so that they may serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

bread without yeast, and cakes without yeast mixed with oil. Also take wafers without yeast rubbed with oil. Make the wafers using fine wheat flour.

You must put them into a single basket, bring them in the basket, and present them with the bull and the two rams.

You must present Aaron and his sons at the entrance to the tent of meeting. You must wash Aaron and his sons in water.

You must take the garments and clothe Aaron with the coat, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece, fastening the finely woven waistband of the ephod around him.

You must set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban.

Then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head, and in this way anoint him.

You must bring his sons and put coats on them.

You must clothe Aaron and his sons with sashes and put headbands on them. The work of the priesthood will belong to them by permanent law. In this way you must consecrate Aaron and his sons for them to serve me.

The Order of the Sacrifices

(Leviticus 8:22–36)

You must all bring the bull before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on its head.

You must kill the bull before me, Yahweh, at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

You must take some of the bull’s blood and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and you must pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.

You must take all the fat that covers the inner parts, and also take the covering of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them; burn it all on the altar.

But as for the bull’s flesh, as well as its skin and dung, you must burn it up outside the camp. It will be a sin offering.

You must also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on its head.

You must kill the ram, then take its blood and sprinkle it on all sides of the altar.

You must cut the ram into pieces and wash its inner parts and its legs, and you must put the inner parts, together with its pieces and with its head,

on the altar. Then burn the whole ram. It will be a burnt offering to me, Yahweh. It will produce a sweet aroma for me; it will be an offering made to me by fire.

You must then take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on its head.

Then you must kill the ram and take some of its blood. Put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and on the tip of his sons’ right ears, on the thumb of their right hands, and on the great toe of their right feet. Then you must sprinkle the blood against the altar on every side.

You must take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it all on Aaron and on his garments, and also on his sons and on their garments. Aaron will then be set apart for me, as well as his garments, his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

You must take the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inner parts, the covering of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh-for this ram is for the priests’ consecration to me.

Take one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of bread without yeast that will be before me, Yahweh.

You must put these in Aaron’s hands and in the hands of his sons and wave them before me for a wave offering before Yahweh.

You must then take the food from their hands and burn it on the altar with the burnt offering. It will produce a sweet aroma for me; it will be an offering made to me by fire.

You must take the breast of Aaron’s ram of dedication and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh, and it will be your share.

You must set apart to me the breast of the wave offering that is waved, and the thigh that is the contribution for the priests-both the breast that was waved and the thigh that was contributed for Aaron and his sons.

These portions of meat given by the Israelites must forever belong to Aaron and his descendants. By the regulations for the fellowship offerings, these will be offerings for the priests taken from the Israelites’ offerings presented to me, Yahweh.

The holy garments of Aaron must also be reserved for his sons after him. They are to be anointed in them and ordained to me in them.

The priest who succeeds him from among his sons, who comes into the tent of meeting to serve me in the holy place, is to wear those garments for seven days.

Food for the Priests

You must take the ram for the installation of the priests to me and boil its meat in a holy place.

Aaron and his sons must eat the ram’s meat and the bread that is in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

They must eat the meat and bread that were given to atone for them and to ordain them, to be set apart to me. No one else may eat that food, because they must treat it as consecrated to me, reserved for me.

If any of the meat of the ordination offering, or any of the bread, remains to the next morning, then you must burn it. It must not be eaten because it has been set apart to me.

In this way, by following all that I have commanded you to do, you must treat Aaron and his sons. For seven days you must prepare them.

Every day you must offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. You must purify the altar by making atonement for it, and you must anoint it in order to set it apart to me.

For seven days you must make atonement for the altar and set it apart to Yahweh. Then the altar will be completely set apart to me. Whatever touches the altar will be set apart to Yahweh.

The Daily Offerings

(Numbers 28:1–8)

You must regularly offer on the altar every day two lambs a year old.

One lamb you must offer in the morning, and the other lamb you must offer about sundown.

With the first lamb, offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and the fourth part of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

You must offer the second lamb about sunset. You must offer the same grain offering as in the morning, and the same drink offering. These will produce a sweet aroma for me; it will be an offering made to me by fire.

These must be regular burnt offerings throughout your people’s generations. You must do them at the entrance to the tent of meeting before me, Yahweh, where I will meet with you to speak to you.

That is where I will meet with the Israelites; the tent will be set apart for me by my glory.

I will set apart the tent of meeting and the altar for these to belong to me alone. I will also set apart Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.

God Will Dwell among the People

I will live among the Israelites and will be their God.

They will know that I am Yahweh, their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt so that I might live among them. I am Yahweh, their God.

(Leviticus 8:1–13)

“This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest’s office: take one young bull and two rams without defect,

unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.

You shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.

You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water.

You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and clothe him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

You shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.

Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

You shall bring his sons, and put tunics on them.

You shall clothe them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them. They shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. You shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

The Order of the Sacrifices

(Leviticus 8:22–36)

“You shall bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

You shall kill the bull before the LORD at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.

But the meat of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp. It is a sin offering.

“You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.

You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.

You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

“You shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot; and sprinkle the blood around on the altar.

You shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be made holy, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

Also you shall take some of the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),

and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.

You shall put all of this in Aaron’s hands, and in his sons’ hands, and shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD.

You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD.

“You shall take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD. It shall be your portion.

You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is raised up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons.

It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering. It shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to the LORD.

“The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.

Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the holy place.

Food for the Priests

“You shall take the ram of consecration and boil its meat in a holy place.

Aaron and his sons shall eat the meat of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.

If anything of the meat of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

“You shall do so to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them seven days.

Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it. You shall anoint it, to sanctify it.

Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

The Daily Offerings

(Numbers 28:1–8)

“Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.

The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening;

and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah(a) of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin

(b)

of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.

The other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it according to the meal offering of the morning and according to its drink offering, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.

There I will meet with the children of Israel; and the place shall be sanctified by my glory.

I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar. I will also sanctify Aaron and his sons to minister to me in the priest’s office.

God Will Dwell among the People

I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

They shall know that I am the LORD their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am the LORD their God.

Footnotes

(a)29:40 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel

(b)29:40 A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons, so a fourth of a hin is about 1.6 liters.