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Leviticus 8
1 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, 2 "Take Aharon 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 matzah; 3 and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting." 4 Moshe did as the LORD commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting. 5 Moshe said to the congregation, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded to be done." 6 Moshe brought Aharon and his sons, and washed them with water. 7 He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the efod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the efod on him, and fastened it to him with it. 8 He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Tummim. 9 He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moshe. 10 Moshe took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them. 11 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 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aharon's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 13 Moshe brought Aharon's sons, and clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them; as the LORD commanded Moshe.
14 He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. 15 He killed it; and Moshe 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 He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moshe burned it on the altar. 17 But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as the LORD commanded Moshe. 18 He presented the ram of the burnt offering: and Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 19 He killed it; and Moshe sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. 20 He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moshe burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat. 21 He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moshe burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a sweet savor. It was an offering made by fire to the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moshe. 22 He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23 He killed it; and Moshe took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aharon's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. 24 He brought Aharon's sons; and Moshe 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 Moshe sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. 25 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 and out of the basket of matzah, that was before the LORD, 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 He put all these in Aharon's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. 28 Moshe 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 the LORD. 29 Moshe took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD. It was Moshe' portion of the ram of consecration, as the LORD commanded Moshe. 30 Moshe took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aharon, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aharon, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.
31 Moshe said to Aharon 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, 'Aharon and his sons shall eat it.' 32 What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire. 33 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 What has been done this day, so the LORD has commanded to do, to make atonement for you. 35 At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall stay day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that you don't die: for so I am commanded." 36 Aharon and his sons did all the things which the LORD commanded by Moshe.