Exodus, 29

1. "This is the rite you shall perform in consecrating them as my priests. Procure a young bull and two unblemished rams.

1. 'This is what you will do to them, to consecrate them to my priesthood. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish;

2. With fine wheat flour make unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil,

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

3. and put them in a basket. Take the basket of them along with the bullock and the two rams.

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

4. Aaron and his sons you shall also bring to the entrance of the meeting tent, and there wash them with water.

4. 'You will bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and bathe them.

5. Take the vestments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself, and the breastpiece, fastening the embroidered belt of the ephod around him.

5. You will then take the vestments and dress Aaron in the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and tie the waistband of the ephod round his waist.

6. Put the miter on his head, the sacred diadem on the miter.

6. Then you will place the turban on his head, and on it put the symbol of holy consecration.

7. Then take the anointing oil and anoint him with it, pouring it on his head.

7. You will then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and so anoint him.

8. Bring forward his sons also and clothe them with the tunics,

8. 'Next, you will bring his sons and dress them in tunics,

9. gird them with the sashes, and tie the turbans on them. Thus shall the priesthood be theirs by perpetual law, and thus shall you ordain Aaron and his sons.

9. and fasten waistbands round their waists and put the head-dresses on their heads. By perpetual decree the priesthood will be theirs. Then you will invest Aaron and his sons.

10. "Now bring forward the bullock in front of the meeting tent. There Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.

10. 'You will bring the bull in front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the bull's head.

11. Then slaughter the bullock before the LORD, at the entrance of the meeting tent.

11. You will then slaughter the bull before Yahweh at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

12. Take some of its blood and with your finger put it on the horns of the altar. All the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.

12. You will then take some of the bull's 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. All the fat that covers its inner organs, as well as the lobe of its liver and its two kidneys, together with the fat that is on them, you shall take and burn on the altar.

13. And then take all the fat covering the entrails, the fatty mass over the liver, the two kidneys with their covering fat, and burn them on the altar.

14. But the flesh and hide and offal of the bullock you must burn up outside the camp, since this is a sin offering.

14. But the young bull's flesh, its skin and its offal, you will burn outside the camp, for this is a sin offering.

15. "Then take one of the rams, and after Aaron and his sons have laid their hands on its head,

15. 'Next, you will take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the ram's head.

16. slaughter it. The blood you shall take and splash on all the sides of the altar.

16. You will then slaughter the ram, take its blood and pour it against the altar, all round.

17. Cut the ram into pieces; its inner organs and shanks you shall first wash, and then put them with the pieces and with the head.

17. Next, cut the ram into quarters, wash the entrails and legs and put them on the quarters and head.

18. The entire ram shall then be burned on the altar, since it is a holocaust, a sweet-smelling oblation to the LORD.

18. Then burn the whole ram on the altar. This will be a burnt offering for Yahweh, a pleasing smell, a food offering burnt for Yahweh.

19. "After this take the other ram, and when Aaron and his sons have laid their hands on its head,

19. 'Next, you will take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on the ram's head.

20. slaughter it. Some of its blood you shall take and put on the tip of Aaron's right ear and on the tips of his sons' right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and the great toes of their right feet. Splash the rest of the blood on all the sides of the altar.

20. You will then slaughter 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 the rest of the blood against the altar, all round.

21. Then take some of the blood that is on the altar, together with some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle this on Aaron and his vestments, as well as on his sons and their vestments, that his sons and their vestments may be sacred.

21. You will then take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his vestments and on his sons and on his sons' vestments: so that he and his vestments will be consecrated and his sons too, and his sons' vestments.

22. "Now, from this ram you shall take its fat: its fatty tail, the fat that covers its inner organs, the lobe of its liver, its two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and its right thigh, since this is the ordination ram;

22. 'You will then take the fatty parts of the ram: the tail, the fat covering the entrails, the fatty mass over the liver, the two kidneys with their covering fat and also the right thigh -- for this is a ram of investiture-

23. then, out of the basket of unleavened food that you have set before the LORD, you shall take one of the loaves of bread, one of the cakes made with oil, and one of the wafers.

23. and a loaf of bread, a cake of bread made with oil, and a wafer, from the basket of unleavened bread before Yahweh,

24. All these things you shall put into the hands of Aaron and his sons, so that they may wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.

24. and put it all on the palms of Aaron and his sons, and make the gesture of offering before Yahweh.

25. After you have received them back from their hands, you shall burn them on top of the holocaust on the altar as a sweet-smelling oblation to the LORD.

25. Then you will take them back and burn them on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, as a smell pleasing before Yahweh, a food offering burnt for Yahweh.

26. Finally, take the breast of Aaron's ordination ram and wave it as a wave offering before the LORD; this is to be your own portion.

26. 'You will then take the forequarters of the ram of Aaron's investiture and with it make the gesture of offering before Yahweh; this will be your portion.

27. "Thus shall you set aside the breast of whatever wave offering is waved, as well as the thigh of whatever raised offering is raised up, whether this be the ordination ram or anything else belonging to Aaron or to his sons.

27. You will consecrate the forequarters that have been thus offered, as also the thigh that is set aside -- what has been offered and what has been set aside from the ram of investiture of Aaron and his sons.

28. Such things are due to Aaron and his sons from the Israelites by a perpetual ordinance as a contribution. From their peace offerings, too, the Israelites shall make a contribution, their contribution to the LORD.

28. This, by perpetual decree, will be the portion that Aaron and his sons will receive from the Israelites, since it is the portion set aside, the portion set aside for Yahweh by the Israelites from their communion sacrifices: a portion set aside for Yahweh.

29. "The sacred vestments of Aaron shall be passed down to his descendants, that in them they may be anointed and ordained.

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

30. The descendant who succeeds him as priest and who is to enter the meeting tent to minister in the sanctuary shall be clothed with them for seven days.

30. Whichever of the sons of Aaron succeeds him in the priesthood and enters the Tent of Meeting to serve in the sanctuary, will wear them for seven days.

31. "You shall take the flesh of the ordination ram and boil it in a holy place.

31. 'You will take the ram of investiture and cook its meat in a holy place.

32. At the entrance of the meeting tent Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.

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

33. They themselves are to eat of these things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but no layman may eat of them, since they are sacred.

33. They will eat what was used in making expiation for them at their investiture and consecration. No unauthorised person may eat these; they are holy things.

34. If some of the flesh of the ordination sacrifice or some of the bread remains over on the next day, this remnant must be burned up; it is not to be eaten, since it is sacred.

34. If any of the meat from the investiture sacrifice, or the bread, should be left till morning, you will burn what is left. It may not be eaten; it is a holy thing.

35. Carry out all these orders in regard to Aaron and his sons just as I have given them to you. "Seven days you shall spend in ordaining them,

35. This is what you will do for Aaron and his sons, implementing all the orders I have given you. You will take seven days over their investiture.

36. sacrificing a bullock each day as a sin offering, to make atonement. Thus also shall you purge the altar in making atonement for it; you shall anoint it in order to consecrate it.

36. 'On each of the days you will also offer a young bull as a sacrifice for sin, in expiation. You will offer a sin sacrifice for the altar when you make expiation for it; then you will consecrate it by anointing it.

37. Seven days you shall spend in making atonement for the altar and in consecrating it. Then the altar will be most sacred, and whatever touches it will become sacred.

37. For seven days you will make expiation for the altar, then you will consecrate it; it will then be especially holy, and whatever touches the altar will become holy.

38. "Now, this is what you shall offer on the altar: two yearling lambs as the sacrifice established for each day;

38. 'This is what you must offer on the altar: two yearling male lambs each day in perpetuity.

39. one lamb in the morning and the other lamb at the evening twilight.

39. The first lamb you will offer at dawn, and the second at twilight,

40. With the first lamb there shall be a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil of crushed olives and, as its libation, a fourth of a hin of wine.

40. and with the first lamb, one-tenth of a measure of fine flour mixed with one-quarter of a hin of pounded olive oil and, for a libation, one-quarter of a hin of wine.

41. The other lamb you shall offer at the evening twilight, with the same cereal offering and libation as in the morning. You shall offer this as a sweet-smelling oblation to the LORD.

41. The second lamb you will offer at twilight, and do it with a similar cereal offering and libation as at dawn, as a pleasing smell, as an offering burnt for Yahweh,

42. Throughout your generations this established holocaust shall be offered before the LORD at the entrance of the meeting tent, where I will meet you and speak to you.

42. a perpetual burnt offering for all your generations to come, at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh, where I shall meet you and speak to you.

43. "There, at the altar, I will meet the Israelites; hence, it will be made sacred by my glory.

43. 'There I shall meet the Israelites in the place consecrated by my glory.

44. Thus I will consecrate the meeting tent and the altar, just as I also consecrate Aaron and his sons to be my priests.

44. I shall consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar; I shall also consecrate Aaron and his sons, to be priests in my service.

45. I will dwell in the midst of the Israelites and will be their God.

45. And I shall live with the Israelites and be their God,

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

46. and they will know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them out of Egypt to live among them: I, Yahweh their God.'