Moses Consecrates Aaron and His Sons (Exodus 29:1–9)
1 ULT And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 ULT “Take Aaron and his sons with him and the clothes and the oil of anointing and the bull of the sin offering and two rams and a basket of unleavened bread. 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 ULT And assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.” BSB BSB: and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.”
4 ULT And Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him. And the congregation assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting. BSB BSB: So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
5 ULT And Moses said to the congregation,“This{ is} the thing that Yahweh commanded to do.” BSB BSB: And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.”
6 ULT Moses presented Aaron and his sons, and he washed them with water. BSB BSB: Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.
7 ULT And he put the tunic on him, and he wrapped him with the sash, and he clothed him{ with} the robe, and he put the ephod on him. And he wrapped him with the finely woven waistband of the ephod, and he fastened{ the ephod} on him with it. 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 ULT And he put the breastplate on him, and he put the Urim and the Thummim on the breastplate. BSB BSB: Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece.
9 ULT And he placed the turban on his head, and he placed on the turban— to the front of its face— the flower of gold, the crown of holiness, just as Yahweh commanded Moses. 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 ULT And Moses took the oil of anointing, and he anointed the Dwelling and all that{ was} in it. And he consecrated them. BSB BSB: Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
11 ULT And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and he anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its base to consecrate them. 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 ULT And he poured some of the oil of anointing on the head of Aaron, and he anointed him to consecrate him. BSB BSB: He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.
13 ULT And Moses presented the sons of Aaron, and he clothed them{ with} tunics, and he wrapped them{ with} sashes, and he bound headbands on them, just as Yahweh commanded Moses. 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.
The Priests’ Sin Offering 14 ULT And he brought the bull of the sin offering near. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. BSB BSB: Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
15 ULT And he slaughtered{ it}, and Moses took the blood, and he put{ it} on the horns of the altar all around with his finger. And he purified the altar, and he poured out the blood at the base of the altar. And he made it holy to make atonement on it. 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 ULT And he took all the fat that{ was} on the innards and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses caused{ them} to become smoke on the altar. 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 ULT But the bull and its skin and its meat and its dung he burned with fire on the outside of the camp, just as Yahweh commanded Moses. BSB BSB: But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him.
The Priests’ Burnt Offering 18 ULT And he presented the ram of the burnt offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. BSB BSB: Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
19 ULT And he slaughtered{ it}, and Moses splashed the blood on the altar all around. BSB BSB: Moses slaughtered the ram and splattered the blood on all sides of the altar.
20 ULT And he cut the ram into its pieces, and Moses caused the head and the pieces and the suet to become smoke. BSB BSB: He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
21 ULT But the innards and the legs he washed with water. And Moses caused the whole ram to become smoke on the altar. It{ was} a burnt offering for a scent of pleasing. It{ was} a gift to Yahweh, just as Yahweh commanded Moses. 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.
The Ram of Ordination (Exodus 29:10–30)
22 ULT And he presented the second ram, the ram of the ordination offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 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 ULT And he slaughtered{ it}, and Moses took some of its blood, and he put{ it} on the earlobe of the right ear of Aaron and on the thumb of his right hand and on 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 ULT And he presented the sons of Aaron, and Moses put some of the blood on the earlobe of their right ear and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. And Moses splashed the blood on the altar all around. 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 ULT And he took the fat and the fatty tail and all the fat that{ was} on the innards and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and their 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 ULT And from the basket of the unleavened bread that{ was} to the face of Yahweh, he took one loaf of unleavened bread and one loaf of bread of oil and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat and on the right thigh. 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 ULT And he put the whole on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and he raised them{ as} a raised offering to the face of Yahweh. 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 ULT And Moses took them from on their hands, and he caused{ them} to become smoke on the altar, on the burnt offering. They{ were} an ordination offering for a scent of pleasing. It{ was} a gift to Yahweh. 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 ULT And Moses took the breast, and he raised it{ as} a raised offering to the face of Yahweh from the ram of the ordination offering. It{ was} for Moses for a portion, just as Yahweh commanded 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 ULT And Moses took some of the oil of anointing and some of the blood that{ was} on the altar, and he sprinkled{ them} on Aaron, on his clothes, and on his sons, and on the clothes of his sons with him. And he consecrated Aaron, his clothes, and his sons, and the clothes of his sons with him. 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 ULT And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons,“Boil the meat at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and there you shall eat it and the bread that{ is} in the basket of the ordination offering, just as I commanded, saying,‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ 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 ULT But the remainder among the meat and among the bread you shall burn in the fire. BSB BSB: Then you must burn up the remainder of the meat and bread.
33 ULT And you shall not go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting{ for} seven days, until the day of the filling of the days of your ordination, because{ for} seven days, he will fill your hand. 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 ULT Just as he did on this day, Yahweh commanded to do, to make atonement for you. BSB BSB: What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf.
35 ULT And at the entrance of the tent of meeting, you shall stay day and night{ for} seven days, and you shall keep the watch of Yahweh, and you will not die, because thus I have been commanded.” 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 ULT And Aaron and his sons did all the things that Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses. BSB BSB: So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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