Leviticus 8

1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Ref "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;

3 Ref and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting."

4 Ref Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

5 Ref Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to be done."

6 Ref Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.

7 Ref He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it.

8 Ref He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.

9 Ref He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

10 Ref Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.

11 Ref He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.

12 Ref He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

13 Ref Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

14 Ref He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.

15 Ref He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.

16 Ref He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar.

17 Ref But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

18 Ref He presented the ram of the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

19 He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.

20 Ref He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

21 Ref He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a sweet savor. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

22 Ref He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

23 Ref He killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

24 Ref He brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about.

25 Ref He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh;

26 Ref and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh.

27 Ref He put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

28 Ref Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration for a sweet savor. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

29 Ref Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

30 Ref Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

31 Ref Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'

32 Ref What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.

33 Ref You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.

34 Ref What has been done this day, so Yahweh has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.

35 Ref At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall stay day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Yahweh, that you don't die: for so I am commanded."

36 Ref Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh commanded by Moses.

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