Exodus, 29

1. And this [is] the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

1. This is the ceremony you must use when you consecrate them to serve me in the priesthood. Take one young bull and two rams without any defects,

2. And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: [of] wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

2. unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, made from fine wheat flour.

3. And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

3. You must put these things into a basket and present them in the basket, at the same time as the young bull and the two rams.

4. And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water.

4. Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting after they have been bathed.

5. And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

5. Take the vestments and dress Aaron in the shirt, the robe over the Ephod, the Ephod and the Breastpiece, and embroidered belt.

6. And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

6. Put the headdress on his head and tie on it the sacred plate.

7. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour [it] upon his head, and anoint him.

7. Then take the chrism oil and pour it on his head, and so anoint him.

8. And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

8. Next, bring his sons and clothe them with shirts,

9. And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

9. pass the belts around their waists and put the headdresses on their heads. With this the priesthood will be theirs forever. This is how you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.

10. And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

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

11. And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

11. Kill the bull there before Yahweh at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

12. And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

12. Then take some of its blood and with your finger put it on the horns of the altar. Next, pour out the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar.

13. And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [that is] above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and burn [them] upon the altar.

13. And then take all the fat that covers the inner organs, the fatty mass which is over the liver, the two kidneys with their covering fat, and burn them on the altar.

14. But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it [is] a sin offering.

14. As for the bull's flesh, its skin and its intestines, you must burn them outside the camp, for it is an offering to take away the sins of the priests.

15. Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

15. Next you are to take one of the rams. Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.

16. And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle [it] round about upon the altar.

16. You are to kill the ram, take up its blood and pour it out on the sides of the altar.

17. And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put [them] unto his pieces, and unto his head.

17. Next, divide the ram in pieces and wash the inner organs and legs and put them on top of the head and the other pieces.

18. And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it [is] a burnt offering unto the LORD: it [is] a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

18. Then burn the whole ram on the altar. This is a fire offering to Yahweh, a fragrant offering by fire.

19. And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

19. Next you are to take the other ram. Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.

20. Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

20. You are to kill the ram, take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, on the lobes of his sons' right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet, and pour out the rest of the blood on the sides of the altar.

21. And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle [it] upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

21. Then take some of the blood that remains on the altar, together with the chrism oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his vestments and on his sons and their vestments so that he and his vestments will be consecrated and his sons, too, and their vestments.

22. Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a ram of consecration:

22. You are to take the fatty parts of the ram: the tail, the fat that covers the inner organs, the fatty mass which is over the liver, the two kidneys with their covering fat and also the right thigh, for this is a ram for the clothing ceremony.

23. And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that [is] before the LORD:

23. You are to take a loaf of bread, a cake of bread made with oil, and a wafer, from the basket of unleavened bread placed before Yahweh,

24. And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD.

24. and put it all into Aaron's hands and those of his sons and make the gesture of offering before Yahweh.

25. And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn [them] upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it [is] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

25. Then you are to take them back and burn them on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, as a sweet-smelling offering which pleases Yahweh.

26. And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it [for] a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part.

26. You are to take the breast of the ram and make the gesture of offering before Yahweh; this is to be your own portion.

27. And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, [even] of [that] which [is] for Aaron, and of [that] which is for his sons:

27. You are to consecrate the breast that has been thus offered, as also the thigh that is set aside - the breast, that is, which has been offered and the thigh that has been set aside from the ram.

28. And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it [is] an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, [even] their heave offering unto the LORD.

28. This, by perpetual law, will be the portion that Aaron and his sons are to receive from the sons of Israel; this is the portion set aside, a portion the sons of Israel are to set aside from their communion sacrifices, the portion they owe to Yahweh.

29. And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

29. Aaron's sacred vestments are to pass to his sons after him, and they will wear them for their anointing and consecration.

30. [And] that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy [place].

30. The son of Aaron who comes after him in the priesthood and enters the Tent of Meeting to serve in the sanctuary must wear them for seven days.

31. And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

31. You are to take the ram used for the ordination and cook its meat in a holy place.

32. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that [is] in the basket, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

32. Aaron and his sons will eat the meat of the ram, and also the bread that is in the basket, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

33. And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [thereof], because they [are] holy.

33. They are to eat what was used in the ceremony of forgiveness during their ordination. No layman may eat these; they are holy things.

34. And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it [is] holy.

34. If any of the meat from the ordination sacrifice, or the bread, should be left till morning, you must put what is left in the fire. It is not to be eaten; it is a holy thing.

35. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all [things] which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

35. For Aaron and his sons, you are to do exactly as I have commanded you: you are to spend seven days in ordaining them.

36. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock [for] a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

36. On each day of this week you are also to offer a bull as a sacrifice for sin, in atonement; by offering an atonement sacrifice for sin, you will take away sin from the altar; then you must anoint it, and so consecrate it.

37. Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

37. For seven days you are to repeat the atonement sacrifice for the altar and consecrate it. So it will be extremely holy, and whatever touches it will become holy.

38. Now this [is that] which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

38. This is what you are to offer on the altar: two yearling lambs day by day continually.

39. The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

39. The first lamb you must offer in the morning, the second in the evening twilight.

40. And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a drink offering.

40. With the first lamb you must offer two pounds of fine flour mixed with one quart of purest oil, and pour out one quart of wine as an offering.

41. And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

41. The second lamb you must offer in the evening twilight; do this with the same amounts of flour, olive oil and wine as in the morning. This is a sweet-smelling offering which pleases Yahweh.

42. [This shall be] a continual burnt offering throughout your generations [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

42. This is the perpetual offering which is to be offered from generation to generation, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Yahweh. That is where I shall meet you and speak to you.

43. And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [the tabernacle] shall be sanctified by my glory.

43. There I will teach the people of Israel, and this place will be consecrated by the presence of my glory.

44. And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.

44. In this way I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and Aaron too, and his sons, to be priests in my service.

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

45. For I will remain with the people of Israel, and I will be their God.

46. And they shall know that I [am] the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I [am] the LORD their God.

46. And so they will know that it is I, their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt to live among them: I, their God.