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1 "Here is what you are to do to consecrate them for ministry to me in the office of cohen. Take one young bull and two rams without defect,
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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,
2 also matzah, matzah cakes mixed with olive oil, and matzah wafers spread with oil - all made from fine wheat flour;
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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;
3 put them together in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.
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Put these in a basket and take them, with the ox and the two sheep.
4 "Bring Aharon and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting, and wash them with water.
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And let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting, and there let them be washed with water.
5 Take the garments, and put on Aharon the tunic, the robe for the ritual vest, the vest itself, and the breastplate. Fasten the vest on him with its belt.
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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,
6 Put the turban on his head and attach the holy ornament to the turban.
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And let the head-dress be placed on his head and the holy crown on the head-dress.
7 Then take the anointing oil, and anoint him by pouring it on his head.
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Then take the oil and put it on his head.
8 Bring his sons; put tunics on them;
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And take his sons and put their robes on them;
9 wrap sashes around them, Aharon and his sons; and put the headgear on their heads. The office of cohen is to be theirs by a permanent regulation. Thus you will consecrate Aharon and his sons.
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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.
10 "Bring the young bull to the front of the tent of meeting. Aharon and his sons are to lay their hands on the bull's head,
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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.
11 and you are to slaughter the bull in the presence of ADONAI at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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And you are to put the ox to death before the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting.
12 Take some of the bull's blood, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.
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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.
13 Take all the fat that covers the inner organs, the covering of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and offer them up in smoke on the altar.
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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;
14 But the bull's flesh, skin and dung you are to destroy by fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.
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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.
15 "Take one of the rams: Aharon and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head;
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Then take one of the sheep, and let Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.
16 and you are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splash it on all sides of the altar.
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Then let it be put to death, so that the sides of the altar are marked with its blood.
17 Quarter the ram, wash the inner organs and the lower parts of the legs, and put them with the quarters and the head.
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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,
18 Then offer up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering for ADONAI, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to ADONAI by fire.
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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.
19 "Take the other ram: Aharon and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head;
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Then take the other sheep; and after Aaron and his sons have put their hands on its head,
20 and you are to slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the lobe of Aharon's right ear, on the lobes of his sons' right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Take the rest of the blood and splash it on all sides of the altar.
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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.
21 Then take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aharon and his clothing and on his sons and the clothing of his sons with him; so that he and his clothing will be consecrated, and with him his sons and his sons' clothing.
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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.
22 Also take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inner organs, the two kidneys, the fat covering them and the right thigh - for it is a ram of consecration -
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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:
23 along with one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread and one wafer from the basket of matzah which is before ADONAI -
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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:
24 and put it all in the hands of Aharon and his sons. They are to wave them as a wave offering in the presence of ADONAI.
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And put them all on the hands of Aaron and of his sons, to be waved for a wave offering before the Lord.
25 Then take them back; and burn them up in smoke on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, to be a pleasing aroma before ADONAI; it is an offering made to ADONAI by fire.
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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.
26 "Take the breast of the ram for Aharon's consecration, and wave it as a wave offering before ADONAI; it will be your share.
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Then take the breast of Aaron's sheep, waving it before the Lord; and it is to be your part of the offering.
27 Consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of any contribution that has been waved and raised up, whether from the ram of consecration, or from anything else meant for Aharon or his sons;
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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;
28 this will belong to Aharon and his sons as their share perpetually due from the people of Isra'el - it will be a contribution from the people of Isra'el from their peace offerings, their contribution to ADONAI.
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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.
29 "The holy garments of Aharon will be used by his sons after him; they will be anointed and consecrated in them.
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And Aaron's holy robes will be used by his sons after him; they will put them on when they are made priests.
30 The son who becomes cohen in his place, who comes into the tent of meeting to serve in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.
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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.
31 Take the ram of consecration, and boil its meat in a holy place.
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Then take the sheep of the wave offering and let its flesh be cooked in water in a holy place.
32 Aharon and his sons will eat the ram's meat and the bread in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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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.
33 They are to eat the things with which atonement was made for them, to inaugurate and consecrate them; no one else may eat this food, because it is holy.
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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.
34 If any of the meat for the consecration or any of the bread remains until morning, burn up what remains; it is not to be eaten, because it is holy.
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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.
35 Carry out all these orders I have given you concerning Aharon and his sons. You are to spend seven days consecrating them.
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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.
36 "Each day, offer a young bull as a sin offering, besides the other offerings of atonement; offer the sin offering on the altar as your atonement for it; then anoint it to consecrate it.
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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.
37 Seven days you will make atonement on the altar and consecrate it; thus the altar will be especially holy, and whatever touches the altar will become holy.
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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.
38 "Now this is what you are to offer on the altar: two lambs a year old, regularly, every day.
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Now this is the offering which you are to make on the altar: two lambs in their first year, every day regularly.
39 The one lamb you are to offer in the morning and the other lamb at dusk.
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One lamb is to be offered in the morning and the other in the evening:
40 With the one lamb offer two quarts of finely ground flour mixed with one quart of oil from pressed olives; along with one quart of wine as a drink offering.
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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.
41 The other lamb you are to offer at dusk; do with it as with the morning grain and drink offerings - it will be a pleasing aroma, an offering made to ADONAI by fire.
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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.
42 Through all your generations this is to be the regular burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting before ADONAI. There is where I will meet with you to speak with you.
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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.
43 There I will meet with the people of Isra'el; and the place will be consecrated by my glory.
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There I will come face to face with the children of Israel, and the Tent will be made holy by my glory
44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar, likewise I will consecrate Aharon and his sons to serve me in the office of cohen.
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I will make holy the Tent of meeting and the altar: and Aaron and his sons I will make holy, to be my priests
45 Then I will live with the people of Isra'el and be their God:
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Among the children of Israel I will make my living-place, and I will be their God.
46 they will know that I am ADONAI their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt in order to live with them. I am ADONAI their God.
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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.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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