Exodus 29

1Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them for ministering to Me as priests, to serve Me in the priesthood: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

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2and unleavened loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil. You shall make them of wheat flour.

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3You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, with the young bull and the two rams.

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4'Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of testimony, and wash them with water.

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5Then taking the garments, you shall dress Aaron your brother with the cloak, the ephod, the full-length robe, and the oracle, and you shall attach the oracle on the ephod for him.

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6You shall put the miter on his head, and the sanctified golden plate on the miter.

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7You shall take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.

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8Then you shall bring his sons and put the robes on them.

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9You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and crest them with turbans. Their priesthood to Me shall be for a continual ordinance. So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

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10'You shall also have the young bull brought before the tabernacle of testimony, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the young bull before the Lord at the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.

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11Then you shall kill the young bull before the Lord at the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.

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12You shall take some of the blood of the young bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the base of the altar.

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13You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat on them and burn them on the altar.

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14But the flesh of the young bull, with its skin and offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.

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15'You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram;

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16and you shall kill the ram and take its blood and sprinkle it all around on the altar.

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17Then you shall cut the ram in pieces, wash its entrails and legs, and put them with its pieces and its head.

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18You shall offer the whole ram on the altar. It is a whole burnt offering to the Lord for a sweet aroma, an offering of incense to the Lord.

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19You shall also take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.

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20Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron's right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, on the big toe of his right foot, and on the earlobes of his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet.

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21You shall take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his robe, on his sons and on his sons' robes with him; and he and his garments shall be sanctified, and his sons and his sons' garments with him. But the blood of the ram you shall pour all around on the altar.

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22'You shall also take the fat of the ram, and the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),

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23and one loaf of bread, one unleavened cake from the basket of unleavened bread set before the Lord;

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24and you shall put all these things in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall set them aside as a separate offering before the Lord.

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25You shall receive them from their hands and offer them on the altar as a whole burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the Lord. It is an offering to the Lord.

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26'Then you shall take the breast from the ram of Aaron's consecration and set it aside before the Lord. It shall be your portion.

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27You shall sanctify the reserved breast and the shoulder that was lifted (both that which was reserved and that which was lifted) from the ram of consecration, both Aaron's portion and that of his sons.

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28It shall be for Aaron and his sons an ordinance forever among the children of Israel. For it shall be a special offering from the children of Israel from their peace offerings, a special offering to the Lord.

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29'Moreover, Aaron's holy garment of the sanctuary shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed and consecrated in them.

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30That son who succeeds him as priest shall put them on for seven days when he enters the tabernacle of testimony to minister in the holy place.

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31You shall then take the ram of the consecration and boil its flesh in the holy place.

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32Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread in the basket by the doors of the tabernacle of testimony.

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33They shall eat those things by which they were sanctified to consecrate their hands. But an outsider shall not eat them, because they are holy.

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34If any of the flesh of the consecration offerings or of the loaves remains until the morning, you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten because it is holy.

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35'Thus you shall do for Aaron and his sons according to all I have commanded you. Seven days you shall consecrate their hands.

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36You shall sacrifice a young calf for the sin offering on the day of purification. You shall purify the altar when you perform a consecration on it, and anoint it so as to sanctify it.

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37Seven days you shall purify the altar and sanctify it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar will be holy.

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38'Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two unblemished lambs of the first year, day by day continually.

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39One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer in the evening.

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40With the one lamb shall be one-tenth of a measure of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

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41The other lamb you shall offer in the evening, as at the morning offering, and according to the drink offering of the morning lamb. You shall offer it as a sacrifice of sweet aroma to the Lord.

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42'This shall be a continual sacrifice throughout your generations at the doors of the tabernacle of testimony before the Lord, where I will be known to you to speak to you.

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43There I shall give directions to the children of Israel, and I shall be sanctified in My glory.

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44So I will sanctify the tabernacle of testimony and the altar. I will also consecrate both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me as priests.

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45I will be called upon among the children of Israel and will be their God.

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46So they shall know I am the Lord their God, who brought them up out of the land of Egypt to be called upon among them and to be their God.

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