(Leviticus 8:1–13)
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“And this [is] the thing which you do to them, to hallow them, for being priests to Me: take one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams, perfect ones,
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and unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil; you make them of fine wheat flour,
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and you have put them on one basket, and have brought them near in the basket, also the bullock and the two rams.
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And you bring Aaron and his sons near to the opening of the Tent of Meeting, and have bathed them with water;
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and you have taken the garments, and have clothed Aaron with the coat, and the upper robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and have girded him with the girdle of the ephod,
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and have set the turban on his head, and have put the holy crown on the turban,
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and have taken the anointing oil, and have poured [it] on his head, and have anointed him.
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And you bring his sons near, and have clothed them [with] coats,
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and have girded them [with] a girdle (Aaron and his sons), and have bound caps on them; and the priesthood has been theirs by a continuous statute, and you have consecrated the hand of Aaron, and the hand of his sons,
The Order of the Sacrifices
(Leviticus 8:22–36)
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and have brought the bullock near before the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron has laid—his sons also—their hands on the head of the bullock.
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And you have slaughtered the bullock before YHWH, at the opening of the Tent of Meeting,
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and have taken of the blood of the bullock, and have put [it] on the horns of the altar with your finger, and you pour out all the blood at the foundation of the altar;
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and you have taken all the fat which is covering the innards, and the redundance on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, and have made incense on the altar;
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and the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, you burn with fire at the outside of the camp; it [is] a sin-offering.
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And you take the first ram, and Aaron and his sons have laid their hands on the head of the ram,
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and you have slaughtered the ram, and have taken its blood, and have sprinkled [it] around the altar,
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and you cut the ram into its pieces, and have washed its innards, and its legs, and have put [them] on its pieces, and on its head;
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and you have made incense with the whole ram on the altar. It [is] a burnt-offering to YHWH, a refreshing fragrance; it [is] a fire-offering to YHWH.
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And you have taken the second ram, and Aaron has laid—his sons also—their hands on the head of the ram,
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and you have slaughtered the ram, and have taken of its blood, and have put [it] on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot, and have sprinkled the blood around the altar;
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and you have taken of the blood which [is] on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and have sprinkled [it] on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him, and he has been hallowed, he and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
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And you have taken from the ram the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat which is covering the innards, and the redundance on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat which [is] on them, and the right leg, for it [is] a ram of consecration,
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and one round cake of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one thin cake out of the basket of the unleavened things which [is] before YHWH;
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and you have set the whole on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and have waved them [for] a wave-offering before YHWH;
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and you have taken them out of their hand, and have made incense on the altar beside the burnt-offering, for refreshing fragrance before YHWH; it [is] a fire-offering to YHWH.
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And you have taken the breast from the ram of the consecration which [is] for Aaron, and have waved it [for] a wave-offering before YHWH, and it has become your portion;
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and you have sanctified the breast of the wave-offering, and the leg of the raised-offering, which has been waved, and which has been lifted up from the ram of the consecration, of that which [is] for Aaron, and of that which [is] for his sons;
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and it has been for Aaron and for his sons, by a continuous statute from the sons of Israel, for it [is] a raised-offering; and it is a raised-offering from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace-offerings—their raised-offering to YHWH.
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And the holy garments which are Aaron’s are for his sons after him, to be anointed in them and to consecrate their hand in them;
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[for] seven days the priest in his stead (of his sons) puts them on when he goes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the holy place.
Food for the Priests
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And you take the ram of the consecration and have boiled its flesh in the holy place;
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and Aaron has eaten—his sons also—the flesh of the ram, and the bread which [is] in the basket, at the opening of the Tent of Meeting;
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and they have eaten those things by which there is atonement to consecrate their hand, to sanctify them; and a stranger does not eat [them], for they [are] holy;
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and if there is left of the flesh of the consecration or of the bread until the morning, then you have burned that which is left with fire; it is not eaten, for it [is] holy.
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And you have done thus to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; [for] seven days you consecrate their hand;
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and a bullock, a sin-offering, you prepare daily for the atonements, and you have atoned for the altar in your making atonement on it, and have anointed it to sanctify it;
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[for] seven days you make atonement for the altar, and have sanctified it, and the altar has been most holy; all that is coming against the altar is holy.
The Daily Offerings
(Numbers 28:1–8)
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And this [is] that which you prepare on the altar: two lambs, sons of a year, daily continually;
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you prepare the first lamb in the morning, and you prepare the second lamb between the evenings;
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and a tenth part of fine flour mixed with a fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth part of a hin of wine [for] a drink-offering, [is] for the first lamb.
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And you prepare the second lamb between the evenings; according to the present of the morning, and according to its drink-offering, you prepare for it, for refreshing fragrance, a fire-offering to YHWH—
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a continual burnt-offering for your generations [at] the opening of the Tent of Meeting before YHWH, to where I meet with you to speak to you there,
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and I have met with the sons of Israel there, and it has been sanctified by My glory.
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And I have sanctified the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I sanctify Aaron and his sons for being priests to Me,
God Will Dwell among the People
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and I have dwelt in the midst of the sons of Israel, and have become their God,
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and they have known that I [am] their God YHWH, who has brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell in their midst; I [am] their God YHWH.”
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