CHAPTER 8
“Take
Aaron
and
his sons,
their garments,
the anointing
oil,
the bull
of the sin offering,
the two
rams,
and the basket
of unleavened bread,
So Moses
did
as
the LORD
had commanded him,
and the assembly
gathered
at
the entrance
to the Tent
of Meeting.
He put
the tunic
on Aaron,
tied the sash
around him,
clothed
him with the robe,
and put
the ephod
on him.
He tied the woven band
of the ephod
around
him
and fastened it
to him.
Moses also put
the turban
on
Aaron’s head
and set
the gold
plate,
the holy
diadem,
on
the front
of the turban,
as
the LORD
had commanded
him.
Next, Moses
took
the anointing
oil
and anointed
the tabernacle
and everything
in it;
and so he consecrated
them.
He sprinkled
some of
the oil on
the altar
seven
times,
anointing
the altar
and all
its utensils,
and the basin
with its stand,
to consecrate them.
Then Moses
presented
Aaron’s
sons,
put
tunics on them,
tied sashes
around them,
and fastened
headbands
on them,
just as
the LORD
had commanded
him.
Moses then brought the bull
near
for the sin offering,
and Aaron
and his sons
laid
their hands
on
its head.
Moses
slaughtered the bull,
took
some of the blood,
and applied
it with his finger
to
all four
horns
of the altar,
purifying
the altar.
He poured out
the rest of the blood
at
the base
of the altar
and consecrated it
so that atonement could be made
on it.
Moses also
took
all
the fat
that
was on
the entrails,
the lobe
of the liver,
and both
kidneys
and
their fat,
and burned it
on the altar.
But
the bull
with its hide,
flesh,
and dung
he burned
outside
the camp,
as
the LORD
had commanded
him.
Then Moses presented
the ram
for the burnt offering,
and Aaron
and his sons
laid
their hands
on
its head.
He washed
the entrails
and legs
with water
and burned
the entire
ram
on the altar
as a burnt offering,
a pleasing
aroma,
an offering made by fire
to the LORD,
just as
the LORD
had commanded
Moses.
After that, Moses presented
the other
ram,
the ram
of ordination,
and Aaron
and his sons
laid
their hands
on
its head.
Moses
slaughtered the ram
and took
some of its blood
and put
it on
Aaron’s
right
earlobe,
on
the thumb
of his right
hand,
and on
the big toe
of his right
foot.
Moses
also presented
Aaron’s
sons
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
the blood
on all sides
of
the altar.
And Moses took
the fat—
the fat tail,
all
the fat
that
was on
the entrails,
the lobe
of the liver,
and both
kidneys
with their
fat—
as well as the right
thigh.
And from the basket
of unleavened bread
that
was before
the LORD,
he took
one
cake
of unleavened bread,
one
cake
of bread
made with oil,
and one
wafer,
and he placed
them on
the fat portions
and on
the right
thigh.
He put
all
these in
the hands
of Aaron
and his sons
and waved
them before
the LORD
as a wave offering.
Then Moses
took them
out of
their hands
and burned them
on the altar
with
the burnt offering.
This
was an ordination offering,
a pleasing
aroma,
an offering made by fire
to the LORD.
He also
took
the breast—
Moses’
portion
of the ordination
ram—
and waved
it before
the LORD
as a wave offering,
as
the LORD
had commanded
him.
Moses next
took
some of
the anointing
oil
and some of the blood
that
was on
the altar
and sprinkled
them on
Aaron
and his garments,
and on
his sons
and their
garments.
So he consecrated
Aaron
and his garments,
as well as his sons
and their
garments.
And Moses
said
to
Aaron
and his sons,
“Boil
the meat
at the entrance
to the Tent
of Meeting
and eat
it
there
with the bread
that
is in the basket
of ordination offerings,
as
I commanded,
saying,
'Aaron
and his sons
are to eat it.'
You must not
go outside
the entrance
to the Tent
of Meeting
for seven
days,
until
the days
of your ordination
are complete;
for
it will take seven
days
to ordain
you.
What
has been done
today
has been commanded
by the LORD
in order to make atonement
on your behalf.
You must remain
at the entrance
to the Tent
of Meeting
day
and night
for seven
days
and keep
the LORD’s
charge
so that you will not
die,
for
this is what
I have been commanded.”