1 ARST Then Yahweh told Moses, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 ARST “Bring Aaron and his sons, their special clothes, the oil that you will use to anoint them, the bull that you will offer as a purifying offering, the two rams that you will also offer, and a basket that contains some bread that you have baked without leaven. BSB BSB: “Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
3 ARST Then gather all the people together at the entrance to the sacred tent.” BSB BSB: and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
4 ARST Moses did exactly what Yahweh told him to do, and all the people gathered together at the entrance of the sacred tent. BSB BSB: So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
5 ARST Then Moses said to the whole people,“This is what Yahweh has told us to do.” BSB BSB: And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
6 ARST Moses then brought forth Aaron and his sons, and he washed them thoroughly. BSB BSB: Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
7 ARST Moses put the embroidered tunic on Aaron, tied the waistband around him, and clothed him with the robe and the priests’ sacred apron. He tied the carefully woven belt of the sacred apron around him, and so, clothed him in the priests’ sacred clothing. BSB BSB: He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him.
8 ARST He placed the chest pouch that attaches to the apron on Aaron' s chest and put into it the{ two stones called} the Urim and the Thummim. BSB BSB: Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.
9 ARST Then Moses wrapped the turban around Aaron’ s head and fastened the golden flower- shaped decoration, that sacred crown that demonstrates that Aaron serves Yahweh alone, to the front of the turban, exactly as Yahweh told Moses to do. BSB BSB: Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him.
10 ARST Then Moses took the olive oil that he was to use for dedicating people and objects to Yahweh, and he poured it out on the sacred tent and everything that was in it. By doing this, he set the entire space and everything in it apart and dedicated them wholly to Yahweh and his purposes. BSB BSB: Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
11 ARST Then he flicked some of the sacred oil on the altar seven times. He anointed the altar and all the tools that accompanied the altar, its washbasin, and its stand so that he could dedicate them wholly to Yahweh and his purposes. BSB BSB: He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.
12 ARST He poured out on Aaron’ s head some of the sacred olive oil that he was to use to dedicate people and objects wholly to Yahweh and so, he anointed him in order to set him apart and dedicate him wholly to Yahweh and to his purposes. BSB BSB: He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
13 ARST Then Moses brought forth Aaron’ s sons, and he clothed them with the embroidered tunics, tied the waistbands around them, and wrapped the headbands on their heads, exactly as Yahweh told Moses to do. BSB BSB: Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.
14 ARST Then Moses brought into the sacred tent the bull that he would offer as a purifying offering. Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the animal’ s head. BSB BSB: Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
15 ARST Then Aaron and his sons killed the bull,{ and, after collecting some of its blood in a bowl,} Moses took the blood, and, using his finger, put some of it on every one of the four projected corners of the altar. By doing this, Moses purified the altar from the impurity of sin. The rest of the blood Moses poured out on the base of the altar, and so, he set the altar apart and dedicated it as a suitable place on which to offer sacrifices that would remove people' s sins from them and restore them to relationship with Yahweh. BSB BSB: Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.
16 ARST Then Moses took all the visceral fat that was attached to the internal organs, the lobes of the bull’ s liver, the two kidneys, and their suet fat. He completely burned these internal organs and fat portions on the altar in a way that caused smoke to go up. BSB BSB: Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar.
17 ARST Another Israelite then completely burned the rest of the bull that Aaron and his sons had killed, including its skin, its other internal organs, and its excrement at a{ clean place} outside the camp, exactly as Yahweh told Moses to do. BSB BSB: But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
18 ARST Then Moses presented the ram that he was going to offer as a wholly burned sacrifice, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on its head. BSB BSB: Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
19 ARST Then, Aaron and his sons killed the ram, and Moses,{ after collecting some of the ram' s blood in a bowl,} flicked some of the blood on every side of the altar. BSB BSB: Moses slaughtered the ram and splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.
20 ARST After Aaron and his sons cut the ram into its appropriate portions, Moses burned the head, the portions of meat, and all the suet of the bull on the altar in a way that caused smoke to go up. BSB BSB: He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
21 ARST But the internal organs and the legs of the bull Aaron and his sons thoroughly washed before Moses also burned these on the altar in the same manner. In doing so, Moses fulfilled the requirements for offering a wholly burned sacrifice. Yahweh enjoyed the smell of the smoke, and he considered the sacrifice to be a gift, exactly as he had told Moses to do. BSB BSB: He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
22 ARST Then Moses presented the second ram, the one that Moses would offer to appoint the priests and dedicate them as priests to Yahweh, and Aaron and his sons placed their hands on its head. BSB BSB: After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
23 ARST Aaron and his sons slaughtered the ram. After Moses{ caught some of its blood in a bowl,} he took the blood and daubed some of it on Aaron— on the lobe of his right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot. BSB BSB: Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
24 ARST Moses then took Aaron’ s sons and did the same, daubing blood on them as well.{ He did this to set their ears, their hands, and their feet apart for service to Yahweh alone.} Then Moses splashed the remaining blood on every side of the altar. BSB BSB: Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.
25 ARST Moses took the intestinal fat of the ram, including the tail fat and all the visceral that was attached to the intestines. He also took the lobes of the ram’ s liver, the two kidneys and their suet fat, and the right thigh. BSB BSB: And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh.
26 ARST Then Moses took a loaf of unleavened bread, a loaf of unleavened bread that he had covered in olive oil, and a cracker from the basket that was in Yahweh’ s presence. He put these items on the fat portions and the right thigh of the ram that Aaron and his sons had killed. BSB BSB: And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
27 ARST Moses placed all of these sacrifices into the upturned, open hands of Aaron and his sons, who held them up and moved them about in Yahweh’ s presence. BSB BSB: He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
28 ARST Then Moses took all those things from the upturned, open hands of Aaron and his sons, and completely burned them on the altar, on top of the sacrifices that Moses was already burning, in a way that caused smoke to go up. By offering these items in this way, the sacrifice fulfilled the requirements for the appointing sacrifice. Yahweh enjoyed the smell of the smoke, and he considered this sacrifice to be a gift to him. BSB BSB: Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
29 ARST Moses then also took the breast meat from the second ram that Aaron and his sons offered as an appointing sacrifice. He held it up and moved it about in Yahweh’ s presence in the precincts of the sacred tent as a special contribution to Yahweh. The breast meat belonged to Moses as his allotted share of food, exactly as Yahweh told Moses. BSB BSB: He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
30 ARST Next, Moses took some of the olive oil that he used for anointing Aaron and his sons, and some of the blood that he had previously placed on the altar. He flicked both the blood and the olive oil on Aaron and his sons and on all their clothes{ in order to cleanse them from the impurity of sin}. By doing this, he set apart Aaron, his sons, and all their clothing for service to Yahweh and dedicated them wholly to Yahweh. BSB BSB: Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments.
31 ARST Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons,“Boil the meat of the second ram at the entrance of the sacred tent. You should eat it there with the bread that is in the basket that you are using for the appointing sacrifice, exactly as I told you to do when I said that Aaron and his sons should eat the bread and the meat of the ram. BSB BSB: And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’
32 ARST Make sure you completely burn any of the meat and bread that remains after you are finished eating. BSB BSB: Then you must burn up the remainder of the meat and bread.
33 ARST You should not leave the entrance of the sacred tent for seven days, until the day when your appointing ceremony is over. You should do this because Yahweh will give you the responsibilities of the priesthood over the course of the seven- day period. BSB BSB: You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you.
34 ARST Yahweh told you to do all these things exactly as you have done them today in order to restore you to relationship with Yahweh. BSB BSB: What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf.
35 ARST Again, make sure you remain in the entrance of the sacred tent from day to night for an entire week and carefully avoid exactly what Yahweh has told you to avoid. If you are careful to do this, Yahweh will not kill you, because Yahweh himself told me to do these things.” BSB BSB: You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.”
36 ARST So, Aaron and his sons did everything that Yahweh told them through Moses. BSB BSB: So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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