The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,
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"This is what you are to do to Aaron and his sons to dedicate them as priests in my service. Take one young bull and two rams without any defects.
2 And unleavened bread, and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and thin unleavened cakes on which oil has been put, made of the best bread-meal;
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Use the best wheat flour, but no yeast, and make some bread with olive oil, some without it, and some in the form of thin cakes brushed with oil.
3 Put these in a basket and take them, with the ox and the two sheep.
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Put them in a basket and offer them to me when you sacrifice the bull and the two rams.
4 And let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting, and there let them be washed with water.
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"Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of my presence, and have them take a ritual bath.
5 Take the robes, and put the coat and the dress and the ephod and the priest's bag on Aaron; put the band of needlework round him,
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Then dress Aaron in the priestly garments - the shirt, the robe that goes under the ephod, the ephod, the breastpiece, and the belt.
6 And let the head-dress be placed on his head and the holy crown on the head-dress.
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Put the turban on him and tie on it the sacred sign of dedication engraved "Dedicated to the Lord.'
7 Then take the oil and put it on his head.
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Then take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.
8 And take his sons and put their robes on them;
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"Bring his sons and put shirts on them;
9 And put the linen bands round Aaron and his sons, and the head-dresses on them, to make them priests by my order for ever: so you are to make Aaron and his sons holy to me.
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put sashes around their waists and tie caps on their heads. That is how you are to ordain Aaron and his sons. They and their descendants are to serve me as priests forever.
10 Then let the ox be taken in front of the Tent of meeting: and let Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.
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"Bring the bull to the front of the Tent of my presence and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on its head.
11 And you are to put the ox to death before the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting.
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Kill the bull there in my holy presence at the entrance of the Tent.
12 Then take some of the blood of the ox, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, draining out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
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Take some of the bull's blood and with your finger put it on the projections of the altar. Then pour out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
13 And take all the fat covering the inside of the ox, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and let them be burned on the altar;
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Next, take all the fat which covers the internal organs, the best part of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar as an offering to me.
14 But the flesh of the ox and its skin and its waste parts are to be burned outside the circle of the tents, for it is a sin-offering.
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But burn the bull's flesh, its skin, and its intestines outside the camp. This is an offering to take away the sins of the priests.
15 Then take one of the sheep, and let Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.
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"Take one of the rams and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on its head.
16 Then let it be put to death, so that the sides of the altar are marked with its blood.
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Kill it, and take its blood and throw it against all four sides of the altar.
17 Then the sheep is to be cut up into its parts, and after washing its legs and its inside parts, you are to put them with the parts and the head,
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Cut the ram in pieces; wash its internal organs and its hind legs, and put them on top of the head and the other pieces.
18 And let them all be burned on the altar as a burned offering to the Lord: a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
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Burn the whole ram on the altar as a food offering. The odor of this offering pleases me.
19 Then take the other sheep; and after Aaron and his sons have put their hands on its head,
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"Take the other ram - the ram used for dedication - and tell Aaron and his sons to put their hands on its head.
20 You are to put the sheep to death, and take some of its blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear, and of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and the great toes of their right feet, dropping the rest of the blood on the sides of the altar.
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Kill it, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Throw the rest of the blood against all four sides of the altar.
21 Then take some of the blood on the altar, and the oil, and put it on Aaron and his robes and on his sons and on their robes, so that he and his robes and his sons and their robes may be made holy.
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Take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes and on his sons and their clothes. He, his sons, and their clothes will then be dedicated to me.
22 Then take the fat of the sheep, the fat tail, the fat covering the insides, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and the right leg; for by the offering of this sheep they are to be marked out as priests:
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"Cut away the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat covering the internal organs, the best part of the liver, the two kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh.
23 And take one bit of bread and one cake of oiled bread and one thin cake out of the basket of unleavened bread which is before the Lord:
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From the basket of bread which has been offered to me, take one loaf of each kind: one loaf made with olive oil and one made without it and one thin cake.
24 And put them all on the hands of Aaron and of his sons, to be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.
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Put all this food in the hands of Aaron and his sons and have them dedicate it to me as a special gift.
25 Then take them from their hands, and let them be burned on the burned offering on the altar, a sweet smell before the Lord, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
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Then take it from them and burn it on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, as a food offering to me. The odor of this offering pleases me.
26 Then take the breast of Aaron's sheep, waving it before the Lord; and it is to be your part of the offering.
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"Take the breast of this ram and dedicate it to me as a special gift. This part of the animal will be yours.
27 So you are to make holy the breast of the sheep which is waved and the leg which is lifted up on high, that is, of the sheep which is offered for Aaron and his sons;
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"When a priest is ordained, the breast and the thigh of the ram being used for the ordination are to be dedicated to me as a special gift and set aside for the priests.
28 And it will be their part as a right for ever from the children of Israel, it is a special offering from the children of Israel, made from their peace-offerings, a special offering lifted up to the Lord.
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It is my unchanging decision that when my people make their fellowship offerings, the breast and the thigh of the animal belong to the priests. This is the people's gift to me, the Lord.
29 And Aaron's holy robes will be used by his sons after him; they will put them on when they are made priests.
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"Aaron's priestly garments are to be handed on to his sons after his death, for them to wear when they are ordained.
30 For seven days the son who becomes priest in his place will put them on when he comes into the Tent of meeting to do the work of the holy place.
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The son of Aaron who succeeds him as priest and who goes into the Tent of my presence to serve in the Holy Place is to wear these garments for seven days.
31 Then take the sheep of the wave offering and let its flesh be cooked in water in a holy place.
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"Take the meat of the ram used for the ordination of Aaron and his sons and boil it in a holy place.
32 And let Aaron and his sons make a meal of it, with the bread in the basket, at the door of the Tent of meeting.
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At the entrance of the Tent of my presence they are to eat it along with the bread left in the basket.
33 All those things which were used as offerings to take away sin, and to make them holy to be priests, they may have for food: but no one who is not a priest may have them, for they are holy food.
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They shall eat what was used in the ritual of forgiveness at their ordination. Only priests may eat this food, because it is sacred.
34 And if any of the flesh of the offering or of the bread is over till the morning, let it be burned with fire; it is not to be used for food, for it is holy.
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If some of the meat or some of the bread is not eaten by morning, it is to be burned; it is not to be eaten, for it is sacred.
35 All these things you are to do to Aaron and his sons as I have given you orders: for seven days the work of making them priests is to go on.
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"Perform the rites of ordination for Aaron and his sons for seven days exactly as I have commanded you.
36 Every day an ox is to be offered as a sin-offering, to take away sins: and by this offering on it, you will make the altar clean from sin; and you are to put oil on it and make it holy.
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Each day you must offer a bull as a sacrifice, so that sin may be forgiven. This will purify the altar. Then anoint it with olive oil to make it holy.
37 For seven days you are to make offerings for the altar and make it holy, so that it may become completely holy, and anything touching it will become holy.
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Do this every day for seven days. Then the altar will be completely holy, and anyone or anything that touches it will be harmed by the power of its holiness.
38 Now this is the offering which you are to make on the altar: two lambs in their first year, every day regularly.
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"Every day for all time to come, sacrifice on the altar two one-year-old lambs.
39 One lamb is to be offered in the morning and the other in the evening:
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Sacrifice one of the lambs in the morning and the other in the evening.
40 And with the one lamb, a tenth part of an ephah of the best meal, mixed with a fourth part of a hin of clear oil; and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.
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With the first lamb offer two pounds of fine wheat flour mixed with one quart of pure olive oil. Pour out one quart of wine as an offering.
41 And the other lamb is to be offered in the evening, and with it the same meal offering and drink offering, for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
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Sacrifice the second lamb in the evening, and offer with it the same amounts of flour, olive oil, and wine as in the morning. This is a food offering to me, the Lord, and its odor pleases me.
42 This is to be a regular burned offering made from generation to generation, at the door of the Tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will come face to face with you and have talk with you.
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For all time to come, this burnt offering is to be offered in my presence at the entrance of the Tent of my presence. That is where I will meet my people and speak to you.
43 There I will come face to face with the children of Israel, and the Tent will be made holy by my glory
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There I will meet the people of Israel, and the dazzling light of my presence will make the place holy.
44 I will make holy the Tent of meeting and the altar: and Aaron and his sons I will make holy, to be my priests
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I will make the Tent and the altar holy, and I will set Aaron and his sons apart to serve me as priests.
45 Among the children of Israel I will make my living-place, and I will be their God.
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I will live among the people of Israel, and I will be their God.
46 And they will see that I am the Lord their God, who took them out of the land of Egypt, so that I might be ever with them: I am the Lord their God.
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They will know that I am the Lord their God who brought them out of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the Lord their God.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.