Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

Leviticus 8

1 w The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and x the garments and y the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread. 3 And assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting." 4 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

5 And Moses said to the congregation, z "This is the thing that the Lord has commanded to be done." 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7 And he put a the coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band. 1 8 And he placed the breastpiece on him, and b in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he set a the turban on his head, and c on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.

10 d Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. 11 And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them. 12 And e he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him. 13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons and clothed them with coats and tied sashes around their waists and bound caps on them, as the Lord commanded Moses.

14 Then he brought f the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons g laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. 15 And he 2 killed it, and h Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it. 16 i And he took all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar. 17 But j the bull and its skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.

18 k Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. 20 He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned l the head and the pieces and the fat. 21 He washed the entrails and the legs with water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering for the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.

22 Then m he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23 And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and n put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 24 Then he presented Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. 25 Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat and the right thigh, 26 and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened loaf and one loaf of bread with oil and one wafer and placed them on the pieces of fat and on the right thigh. 27 And he put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord. 28 Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. 29 And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord. It was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, as the Lord commanded Moses.

30 Then o Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.

31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.' 32 And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire. 33 And you shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for it p will take seven days to ordain you. 34 As has been done today, the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. 35 At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the Lord has q charged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded." 36 And Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord commanded by Moses.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 29:1
    Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 28:2 - 4
    And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 30:23 - 25
    Take the finest spices: of liquid myrrh 500 shekels, and of sweet-smelling cinnamon half as much, that is, 250, and 250 of aromatic cane.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 29:4
    You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 28:4
    These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 28:30
    And in the breastpiece of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 8:7
    And he put the coat on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:12
    He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
    Exodus 28:36 - 37
    "You shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, 'Holy to the Lord.'
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 30:26 - 29
    With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:10
    The priest who is chief among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose nor tear his clothes.
    Leviticus 21:12
    He shall not go out of the sanctuary, lest he profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the Lord.
    Exodus 30:30
    You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
    Psalms 133:2
    It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes!
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 43:19
    You shall give to the Levitical priests of the family of Zadok, who draw near to me to minister to me, declares the Lord God, a bull from the herd for a sin offering.
  12. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:4
    He shall bring the bull to the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord and lay his hand on the head of the bull and kill the bull before the Lord.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:7
    And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense before the Lord that is in the tent of meeting, and all the rest of the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
    Ezekiel 43:20
    And you shall take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar and on the four corners of the ledge and upon the rim all around. Thus you shall purify the altar and make atonement for it.
    Ezekiel 43:26
    Seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, and so consecrate it.
    Hebrews 9:22
    Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
  14. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:4
    And the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the long lobe of the liver that he shall remove with the kidneys.
    Leviticus 4:8
    And all the fat of the bull of the sin offering he shall remove from it, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails
  15. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:11 - 12
    But the skin of the bull and all its flesh, with its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung -
  16. Cross References
    Leviticus 8:2
    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.
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 1:8
    And Aaron's sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head, and the fat, on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.
  18. Cross References
    Leviticus 8:2
    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.
  19. Cross References
    Leviticus 14:14 - 17
    The priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 30:30
    You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.
    Numbers 3:3
    These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.
  21. Cross References
    Ezekiel 43:25 - 26
    For seven days you shall provide daily a male goat for a sin offering; also, a bull from the herd and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be provided.
  22. Cross References
    Numbers 3:7
    They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle.
    Numbers 9:19
    Even when the cloud continued over the tabernacle many days, the people of Israel kept the charge of the Lord and did not set out.
    Deuteronomy 11:1
    You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.
    1 Kings 2:3
    And keep the charge of the Lord your God, walking in his ways and keeping his statutes, his commandments, his rules, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn.
    Zechariah 3:7
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in my ways and keep my charge, then you shall rule my house and have charge of my courts, and I will give you the right of access among those who are standing here.
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