Leviticus 8

1 The Lord told Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

2 “Go with Aaron and his sons, and take their priestly clothes, anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, two rams, and the basket of bread made without yeast,

Take Aaron with his sons, their vestments, and the oil of unction, a calf for sin, two rams, a basket with unleavened bread,

3 and have everyone assemble at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”

And thou shalt gather together all the congregation to the door of the tabernacle.

4 Moses did as the Lord instructed him, and everyone gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

And Moses did as the Lord had commanded. And all the multitude being gathered together before the door of the tabernacle,

5 Moses told them, “The following is what the Lord has ordered to be done.”

He said: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded to be done.

6 Moses had Aaron and his sons come forward, and he washed them with water.

And immediately he offered Aaron and his sons: and when he had washed them,

7 He dressed Aaron with the tunic, tied the sash around him, put the robe on him and then the ephod. He tied the waistband of the ephod around him, fastening it to him.

He vested the high priest with the strait linen garment, girding him with the girdle, and putting on him the violet tunick, and over it he put the ephod,

8 Then Moses attached the breastpiece to Aaron and put the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.

And binding it with the girdle, he fitted it to the rational, on which was Doctrine and Truth.

9 He put the turban on Aaron's head and placed the gold plate, the holy crown, on the front of the turban, as the Lord had instructed him to do.

He put also the mitre upon his head: and upon the mitre over the forehead, he put the plate of gold, consecrated with sanctification, as the Lord had commanded him.

10 Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it to dedicate it all.

He took also the oil of unction, with which he anointed the tabernacle, with all the furniture thereof.

11 He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times to anoint it and all its utensils, as well as the basin with its stand to dedicate them.

And when he had sanctified and sprinkled the altar seven times, he anointed it, and all the vessels thereof, and the laver with the foot thereof, he sanctified with the oil.

12 Moses poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head to anoint him and to dedicate him.

And he poured it upon Aaron’s head, and he anointed and consecrated him:

13 Then Moses had Aaron's sons come forward, dressed them tunics in them, tied sashes around them, and wrapped headbands on them, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

And after he had offered his sons, he vested them with linen tunicks, and girded them with girdles, and put mitres on them as the Lord had commanded.

14 Moses brought the bull over for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

He offered also the calf for sin: and when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon the head thereof,

15 Moses killed the bull and took some of the blood. He used his finger to put the blood on all four horns of the altar to dedicate it and purify it. He poured out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar, and consecrated the altar so that it could be used to make people right.

He immolated it: and took the blood, and dipping his finger in it, he touched the horns of the altar round about. Which being expiated, and sanctified, he poured the rest of the blood at the bottom thereof.

16 Moses took all the fat that covers the insides, the best part of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, burned all of it on the altar.

But the fat that was upon the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two little kidneys, with their fat, he burnt upon the altar:

17 But the rest of the bull—the skin, the meat, and the waste he burned outside the camp, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

And the calf with the skin, and the flesh and the dung, he burnt without the camp, as the Lord had commanded.

18 Moses brought the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

He offered also a ram for a holocaust: and when Aaron and his sons had put their hands upon its head,

19 Moses killed the ram and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar.

He immolated it, and poured the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

20 He divided the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.

And cutting the ram into pieces, the head thereof, and the joints, and the fat he burnt in the fire,

21 He washed the insides and legs with water and burned the whole ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a food offering to be accepted by the Lord, as the Lord had ordered Moses to do.

Having first washed the entrails, and the feet, and the whole ram together he burnt upon the altar, because it was a holocaust of most sweet odour to the Lord, as he had commanded him.

22 Moses brought the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

He offered also the second ram, in the consecration of priests: and Aaron, and his sons put their hands upon the head thereof:

23 Moses killed the ram and took some of its blood. He put it on Aaron's right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.

And when Moses had immolated it, he took of the blood thereof, and touched the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and the thumb of his right hand, and in like manner also the great toe of his right foot.

24 Then Moses had Aaron and his sons come forward and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he sprinkled blood on all sides of the altar.

He offered also the sons of Aaron: and when with the blood of the ram that was immolated, he had touched the tip of the right ear of every one of them, and the thumbs of their right hands, and the great toes of their right feet, the rest he poured on the altar round about:

25 Moses took the fat, including the fat tail, all the fat on the insides, the best part of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them Moses took the fat—together with the right thigh.

But the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that covereth the entrails, and the caul of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and with the right shoulder, he separated.

26 He took one loaf of bread without yeast, one loaf made with olive oil, and one wafer from the basket of bread without yeast that was in the presence of the Lord. He placed them on top of the portions of fat and on the right thigh.

And taking out of the basket; of unleavened bread, which was before the Lord, a loaf without leaven, and a cake tempered with oil and a wafer, he put them upon the fat, and the right shoulder,

27 Then he gave them to Aaron and his sons, and waved them before the Lord as a wave offering.

Delivering all to Aaron, and to his sons: wile having lifted them up before the Lord,

28 After this Moses took them back and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a food offering to be accepted by the Lord.

He took them again from their hands, and burnt them upon the altar of holocaust, because it was the oblation of consecration, for a sweet odour of sacrifice to the Lord.

29 Moses then took the breast, his share of the ordination ram, and waved it before the Lord as a wave offering, as the Lord had ordered him to do.

And he took of the ram of consecration, the breast for his portion, elevating it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded him.

30 Moses then took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar. He sprinkled both of them on the clothes of Aaron and his sons. This is how he dedicated he dedicated the clothes of Aaron and his sons.

And taking the ointment, and the blood that was upon the altar, he sprinkled Aaron, and his vestments, and his sons, and their vestments with it.

31 Moses told Aaron and his sons, “You are to boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and then eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of offerings for the ordination, as I ordered: ‘It is for Aaron and his sons to eat.’

And when he had sanctified them in their vestments, he commanded them, saying: Boil the flesh before the door of the tabernacle, and there eat it. Eat ye also the loaves of consecration, that are laid in the basket, as the Lord commanded me, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat them:

32 Afterwards you must burn what's left over of the meat and bread.

And whatsoever shall be left of the flesh and the leaves, shall be consumed with fire.

33 You are not to leave the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days until the ordination ceremony is completed, because your ordination will take seven days.

And you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle for seven days, until the day wherein the time of your consecration shall be expired. For in seven days the consecration is finished:

34 What was done today was ordered by the Lord as a means of making you right.

As at this present it hath been done, that the rite of the sacrifice might be accomplished.

35 You must stay at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, day and night, and follow the Lord's commands so that you will not die, for this is what I have been ordered to do.”

Day and night shall you remain in the tabernacle observing the watches of the Lord, lest you die: for so it hath been commanded me.

36 Aaron and his sons did everything that the Lord had ordered through Moses.

And Aaron and his sons did all things which the Lord spoke by the hand of Moses.