Leviticus 8:1-30

The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

8¹ And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, ² Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened [bread]; ³ and gather all the assembly together at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁴ And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded him; and the assembly was collected at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁵ And Moses said to the assembly, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded to be done. ⁶ And Moses brought Aaron near, and his sons, and bathed them with water. ⁷ And he put upon him the vest and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the cloak, and put the ephod on him, and he girded him with the girdle of the ephod, and fastened the ephod on him. ⁸ And he put the breastplate on it, and put on the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim; ⁹ and he put the turban upon his head; and upon the turban, on the front of it, he put the golden plate, the holy diadem; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. ¹⁰ And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and hallowed them. ¹¹ And he sprinkled thereof on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, to hallow them. ¹² And he poured of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to hallow him. ¹³ And Moses brought Aaron's sons near and clothed them with the vests, and girded them with the girdles, and bound the high caps on them, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.

¹⁴ And he brought near the bullock for the sin-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bullock for the sin-offering; ¹⁵ and he slaughtered [it], and Moses took the blood, and put [it] on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and cleansed the altar from sin, and the blood he poured at the bottom of the altar, and hallowed it, making atonement for it. ¹⁶ And he took all the fat that was on the inwards, and the net of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned [them] on the altar. ¹⁷ And the bullock, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung he burned with fire outside the camp, as Jehovah had commanded Moses. ¹⁸ And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram; ¹⁹ and he slaughtered [it]; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. ²⁰ And the ram he cut up into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat; ²¹ and the inwards and the legs he washed in water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar: it was a burnt-offering for a sweet odour, it was an offering by fire to Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. ²² And he presented the second ram, the ram of consecration; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram; ²³ and one slaughtered [it]; and Moses took of its blood, and put [it] on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot; ²⁴ and he brought Aaron's sons near, and Moses put 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 Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. ²⁵ And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the inwards, and the net of 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 Jehovah he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and upon the right shoulder; ²⁷ and he gave all into Aaron's hands, and into his sons' hands, and waved them as a wave-offering before Jehovah. ²⁸ And Moses took them from off their hands, and burned [them] on the altar, over the burnt-offering: they were a consecration-offering for a sweet odour: it was an offering by fire to Jehovah. ²⁹ And Moses took the breast, and waved it as a wave-offering before Jehovah; of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. ³⁰ And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood that was on the altar, and sprinkled [it] on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him; and hallowed Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.