Exodus 29

Consecration of the Priests

29THIS IS what you shall do to consecrate (set them apart) that they may serve Me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams, all without blemish,H1697H6213H6942H3547H3947H259H1121H1241H6499H8147H352H85492And unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil; of fine flour shall you make them.H4682H3899H2471H4682H1101H8081H7550H4682H4886H8081H2406H5560H62133You shall put them in one basket and bring them in [it], and bring also the bull and the two rams;H5414H259H5536H7126H5536H6499H8147H3524And bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting [out where the laver is] and wash them with water.H175H1121H7126H6607H168H4150H7364H43255Then take the garments and put on Aaron the long {and} sleeved tunic and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastplate, and gird him with the skillfully woven girding band of the ephod.H3947H899H3847H175H3801H4598H646H646H2833H640H2805H6466And you shall put the turban {or} miter upon his head and put the holy crown upon the turban.H7760H4701H7218H5414H6944H5145H47017Then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.H3947H4888H8081H3332H7218H48868And bring his sons and put long {and} sleeved tunics on them.H7126H1121H3847H38019And you shall gird them with sashes {or} belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them; and the priest's office shall be theirs by a perpetual statute. Thus you shall ordain {and} consecrate Aaron and his sons.H2296H73H175H1121H2280H4021H3550H5769H2708H4390H3027H175H1121

The Sacrifices

10Then bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon its head.H6499H7126H6440H168H4150H175H1121H5564H3027H7218H649911And you shall kill the bull before the Lord by the door of the Tent of Meeting.H7819H6499H6440H3068H6607H168H415012And you shall take of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.H3947H1818H6499H5414H7161H4196H676H8210H1818H413H3247H419613And take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the appendage that is on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.H3947H2459H3680H7130H3508H3516H8147H3629H2459H6999H419614But the flesh of the bull, its hide, and the contents of its entrails you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.H1320H6499H5785H6569H8313H784H2351H4264H240315You shall also take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram.H3947H259H352H175H1121H5564H3027H7218H35216And you shall kill the ram and you shall take its blood and throw it against the altar round about.H7819H352H3947H1818H2236H5439H419617And you shall cut the ram in pieces and wash its entrails and legs and put them with its pieces and its head,H5408H352H5409H7364H7130H3767H5414H5409H721818And you shall burn the whole ram upon the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a sweet {and} satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord.H6999H352H4196H5930H3068H5207H7381H801H306819And you shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram;H3947H8145H352H175H1121H5564H3027H7218H35220Then you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ears of Aaron and his sons and on the thumb of their right hands and on the great toe of their right feet, and dash the rest of the blood against the altar round about.H7819H352H3947H1818H5414H8571H241H175H8571H3233H241H1121H931H3233H3027H931H3233H7272H2236H1818H4196H543921Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments; and he and his garments and his sons and their garments shall be sanctified {and} made holy.H3947H1818H4196H4888H8081H5137H175H899H1121H899H1121H6942H899H1121H1121H89922Also you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the appendage on the liver, the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh; for it is a ram of consecration {and} ordination.H3947H352H2459H451H2459H3680H7130H3508H3516H8147H3629H2459H3225H7785H352H439423Take also 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.H259H3603H3899H259H2471H8081H259H7550H5536H4682H6440H306824And put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and they shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord.H7760H3709H175H3709H1121H5130H8573H6440H306825Then you shall take them from their hands, add them to the burnt offering, and burn them on the altar for a sweet {and} satisfying fragrance before the Lord; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.H3947H3027H6999H4196H5930H5207H7381H6440H3068H801H306826And take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration {and} ordination and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion [Moses].H3947H2373H352H175H4394H5130H8573H6440H3068H449027And you shall sanctify (set apart for God) the waved breast of the ram used in the ordination and the waved thigh of the priests' portion, since it is for Aaron and his sons.H6942H2373H8573H7785H8641H5130H7311H352H4394H834H175H112128It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their due portion from the Israelites perpetually, an offering from the Israelites of their peace {and} thanksgiving sacrifices, their offering to the Lord.H175H1121H2706H5769H1121H3478H8641H8641H1121H3478H2077H8002H8641H306829The holy garments of Aaron shall pass to his descendants who succeed him, to be anointed in them and to be consecrated {and} ordained in them.H6944H899H175H1121H310H4888H4390H302730And that son who is [high] priest in his stead shall put them on [each day for] seven days when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place.H1121H3548H3847H7651H3117H935H168H4150H8334H6944

Food of the Priests

31You shall take the ram of the consecration {and} ordination and boil its flesh in a holy {and} set-apart place.H3947H352H4394H1310H1320H6918H472532Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.H175H1121H398H1320H352H3899H5536H6607H168H415033They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to ordain and consecrate them; but a stranger (layman) shall not eat of them because they are holy (set apart to the worship of God).H398H3722H4390H3027H6942H2114H398H694434And if any of the flesh or bread for the ordination remains until morning, you shall burn it with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy (set apart to the worship of God).H1320H4394H3899H3498H1242H8313H3498H784H398H694435Thus shall you do to Aaron and to his sons according to all I have commanded you; during seven days shall you ordain them.H6213H175H1121H6680H7651H3117H4390H302736You shall offer every day a bull as a sin offering for atonement. And you shall cleanse the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it.H6213H3117H6499H2403H3725H2398H4196H3722H4886H694237Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it [set it apart for God]; and the altar shall be most holy; whoever {or} whatever touches the altar must be holy (set apart for God's service).H7651H3117H3722H4196H6942H4196H6944H6944H5060H4196H694238Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old shall be offered day by day continually.H6213H4196H8147H3532H1121H8141H3117H3117H854839One lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb in the evening;H259H3532H6213H1242H8145H3532H6213H615340And with the one lamb a tenth measure of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering [to be poured out].H259H3532H6241H5560H1101H7253H1969H3795H8081H7243H1969H3196H526241And the other lamb you shall offer at evening, and do with it as with the cereal offering of the morning and with the drink offering, for a sweet {and} satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord.H8145H3532H6213H6153H6213H4503H1242H5262H5207H7381H801H306842This 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.H8548H5930H1755H6607H168H4150H6440H3068H3259H169643There I will meet with the Israelites, and the Tent of Meeting shall be sanctified by My glory [the Shekinah, God's visible presence].H3259H1121H3478H6942H351944And I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar; I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me in the priest's office.H6942H168H4150H4196H6942H175H1121H354745And I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God.H7931H8432H1121H3478H43046And they shall know [from personal experience] that I am the Lord their God, Who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God.H3045H3068H430H3318H776H4714H7931H8432H3068H430