Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

Leviticus 8

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him and the garments and the anointing oil and the bullock for the sin and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread 3 and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony. 4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the congregation was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.

5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is what the LORD has commanded to be done. 6 Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7 And he put upon him the coat and girded him with the girdle and then clothed him with the robe and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the special girdle of the ephod and bound it unto him therewith. 8 Then he put the pectoral upon him, and he put in the pectoral the Urim and the Thummim. 9 After that he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, he put the open flower of gold, the crown of holiness, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

10 And Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all the things that were therein and sanctified them. 11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them. 12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head and anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put coats upon them and girded them with girdles and put tiaras upon them, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

14 Next he brought the bullock of the sin, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin, 15 and he slew it; and Moses took the blood and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger and removed the sin from the altar and poured the remaining blood at the bottom of the altar and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. 16 After that he took all the fat that was upon the intestines and the caul above the liver and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses incensed it upon the altar. 17 But the bullock and its hide, its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with fire outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

18 After that, he brought the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram, 19 and he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces, and Moses incensed the head and the pieces and the fat. 21 Then he washed the intestines and the legs in water, and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar; it was a burnt sacrifice in a very acceptable aroma, an offering on fire unto the LORD, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

22 After that, he brought the other ram, the ram of the consecrations, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram, 23 and he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it and put it upon the tip of Aaron’s right ear and upon the thumb of his right hand and upon the great toe of his right foot. 24 And he brought Aaron’s sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ears and upon the thumbs of their right hands and upon the great toes of their right feet; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about; 25 and after that, he took the fat and the tail, and all the fat that was upon the intestines and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat and the right shoulder; 26 and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened cake and a cake of oiled bread and one wafer and put them with the fat and with the right shoulder; 27 and he put all of it in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands and caused them to be waved for a wave offering before the LORD. 28 After that Moses took them from their hands and incensed them on the altar upon the burnt offering; they are the consecrations in a very acceptable aroma, an offering on fire unto the LORD. 29 And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD; for of the ram of the consecrations this was Moses’ part, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

30 Then Moses took of the anointing oil and of the blood which was upon the altar and sprinkled it upon Aaron and upon his garments and upon his sons and upon his sons’ garments with him and sanctified Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Cook the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of the consecrations, as I have commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. 32 And that which remains of the flesh and of the bread ye shall burn with fire. 33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony in seven days, until the day that the days of your consecration are fulfilled; because for seven days ye shall be consecrated. 34 As has been done this day, so the LORD has commanded to do, to reconcile you. 35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not; for so I am commanded. 36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

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