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Aaron Offers Sacrifices

¹ Now it came about ^(C1)on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel;² and he said to Aaron, "^(C1)Take for yourself a calf, a bull, as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before the LORD.³ "Then you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'Take a male goat as a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old, without defect, as a burnt offering,⁴ and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today ^(C1)the LORD will appear to you.'"⁵ So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before the LORD.⁶ And Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded you to do, so that ^(C1)the glory of the LORD may appear to you."⁷ Moses then said to Aaron, "Come near to the altar and ^(F1)(C1)offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, so that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then make the offering ^(F2)for the people, so that you may make atonement for them, just as the LORD has commanded."

^8 (C1)So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself.^9 (C1)Aaron's sons then presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood and ^(C2)put some on the horns of the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.¹⁰ The fat and the kidneys and the ^(F1)lobe of the liver of the sin offering he then offered up in smoke on the altar, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.^11 (C1)The flesh and the hide, however, he burned with fire outside the camp.

¹² Then he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar.¹³ They brought the burnt offering to him in ^(F1)pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar.¹⁴ He also washed the entrails and the legs, and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar.

¹⁵ Then he presented the people's offering, and took the ^(C1)goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first.¹⁶ He also presented the burnt offering, and ^(F1)offered it according to ^(C1)the ordinance.¹⁷ Next he presented ^(C1)the grain offering, and filled his ^(F1)hand with some of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar, ^(C2)besides the burnt offering of the morning.

¹⁸ Then ^(C1)he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron's sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar.¹⁹ As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, the fat ^(C1)covering, the kidneys, and the ^(F1)lobe of the liver,²⁰ they now placed the portions of fat on the breasts; and he offered ^(F1)them up in smoke on the altar.²¹ But ^(C1)the breasts and the right thigh Aaron ^(F1)presented as a wave offering before the LORD, just as Moses had commanded.

²² Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and ^(C1)blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings.²³ And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. When they came out and blessed the people, ^(C1)the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.^24 (C1)Then fire went out from the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell ^(F1)face downward.