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1 “This is the ceremony you must follow when you consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams with no defects.
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"This is the ceremony for consecrating them as priests. Take a young bull and two rams, healthy and without defects.
2 Then, using choice wheat flour and no yeast, make loaves of bread, thin cakes mixed with olive oil, and wafers spread with oil.
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Using fine wheat flour but no yeast make bread and cakes mixed with oil and wafers spread with oil.
3 Place them all in a single basket, and present them at the entrance of the Tabernacle, along with the young bull and the two rams.
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Place them in a basket and carry them along with the bull and the two rams.
4 “Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and wash them with water.
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Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
5 Dress Aaron in his priestly garments—the tunic, the robe worn with the ephod, the ephod itself, and the chestpiece. Then wrap the decorative sash of the ephod around him.
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"Then take the vestments and dress Aaron in the tunic, the robe of the Ephod, the Ephod, and the Breastpiece, belting the Ephod on him with the embroidered waistband.
6 Place the turban on his head, and fasten the sacred medallion to the turban.
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Set the turban on his head and place the sacred crown on the turban.
7 Then anoint him by pouring the anointing oil over his head.
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Then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head, anointing him.
8 Next present his sons, and dress them in their tunics.
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Then bring his sons, put tunics on them
9 Wrap the sashes around the waists of Aaron and his sons, and put their special head coverings on them. Then the right to the priesthood will be theirs by law forever. In this way, you will ordain Aaron and his sons.
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and gird them with sashes, both Aaron and his sons, and set hats on them. Their priesthood is upheld by law and is permanent.
10 “Bring the young bull to the entrance of the Tabernacle, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.
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Bring the bull to the Tent of Meeting. Aaron and his sons will place their hands on the head of the bull.
11 Then slaughter the bull in the LORD ’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
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Then you will slaughter the bull in the presence of God at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
12 Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.
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Take some of the bull's blood and smear it on the horns of the Altar with your finger; pour the rest of the blood on the base of the Altar.
13 Take all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and burn it all on the altar.
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Next take all the fat that covers the innards, fat from around the liver and the two kidneys, and burn it on the Altar.
14 Then take the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burn it outside the camp as a sin offering.
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But the flesh of the bull, including its hide and dung, you will burn up outside the camp. It is an Absolution-Offering.
15 “Next Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the head of one of the rams.
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"Then take one of the rams. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on the head of the ram.
16 Then slaughter the ram, and splatter its blood against all sides of the altar.
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Slaughter the ram and take its blood and throw it against the Altar, all around.
17 Cut the ram into pieces, and wash off the internal organs and the legs. Set them alongside the head and the other pieces of the body,
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Cut the ram into pieces; wash its innards and legs, then gather the pieces and its head
18 then burn the entire animal on the altar. This is a burnt offering to the LORD ; it is a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD .
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and burn the whole ram on the Altar. It is a Whole-Burnt-Offering to God, a pleasant fragrance, an offering by fire to God.
19 “Now take the other ram, and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on its head.
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"Then take the second ram. Have Aaron and his sons place their hands on the ram's head.
20 Then slaughter it, and apply some of its blood to the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons. Also put it on the thumbs of their right hands and the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.
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Slaughter the ram. Take some of its blood and rub it on Aaron's right earlobe and on the right earlobes of his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Sprinkle the rest of the blood against all sides of the Altar.
21 Then take some of the blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his sons and on their garments. In this way, they and their garments will be set apart as holy.
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Then take some of the blood that is on the Altar, mix it with some of the anointing oil, and splash it on Aaron and his clothes and on his sons and their clothes so that Aaron and his clothes and his sons and his sons' clothes will be made holy.
22 “Since this is the ram for the ordination of Aaron and his sons, take the fat of the ram, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.
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"Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the long lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, and the right thigh: this is the ordination ram.
23 Then take one round loaf of bread, one thin cake mixed with olive oil, and one wafer from the basket of bread without yeast that was placed in the LORD ’s presence.
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Also take one loaf of bread, an oil cake, and a wafer from the breadbasket that is in the presence of God.
24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons to be lifted up as a special offering to the LORD .
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"Place all of these in the open hands of Aaron and his sons who will wave them before God, a Wave-Offering.
25 Afterward take the various breads from their hands, and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. It is a pleasing aroma to the LORD, a special gift for him.
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Then take them from their hands and burn them on the Altar with the Whole-Burnt-Offering - a pleasing fragrance before God, a gift to God.
26 Then take the breast of Aaron’s ordination ram, and lift it up in the LORD ’s presence as a special offering to him. Then keep it as your own portion.
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"Now take the breast from Aaron's ordination ram and wave it before God, a Wave-Offering. That will be your portion.
27 “Set aside the portions of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons. This includes the breast and the thigh that were lifted up before the LORD as a special offering.
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"Consecrate the Wave-Offering breast and the thigh that was held up. These are the parts of the ordination ram that are for Aaron and his sons.
28 In the future, whenever the people of Israel lift up a peace offering, a portion of it must be set aside for Aaron and his descendants. This is their permanent right, and it is a sacred offering from the Israelites to the LORD .
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Aaron and his sons are always to get this offering from the Israelites; the Israelites are to make this offering regularly from their Peace-Offerings.
29 “Aaron’s sacred garments must be preserved for his descendants who succeed him, and they will wear them when they are anointed and ordained.
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"Aaron's sacred garments are to be handed down to his descendants so they can be anointed and ordained in them.
30 The descendant who succeeds him as high priest will wear these clothes for seven days as he ministers in the Tabernacle and the Holy Place.
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The son who succeeds him as priest is to wear them for seven days and enter the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place.
31 “Take the ram used in the ordination ceremony, and boil its meat in a sacred place.
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"Take the ordination ram and boil the meat in the Holy Place.
32 Then Aaron and his sons will eat this meat, along with the bread in the basket, at the Tabernacle entrance.
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At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons will eat the boiled ram and the bread that is in the basket.
33 They alone may eat the meat and bread used for their purification in the ordination ceremony. No one else may eat them, for these things are set apart and holy.
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Atoned by these offerings, ordained and consecrated by them, they are the only ones who are to eat them. No outsiders are to eat them; they're holy.
34 If any of the ordination meat or bread remains until the morning, it must be burned. It may not be eaten, for it is holy.
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Anything from the ordination ram or from the bread that is left over until morning you are to burn up. Don't eat it; it's holy.
35 “This is how you will ordain Aaron and his sons to their offices, just as I have commanded you. The ordination ceremony will go on for seven days.
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"Do everything for the ordination of Aaron and his sons exactly as I've commanded you throughout the seven days.
36 Each day you must sacrifice a young bull as a sin offering to purify them, making them right with the LORD . Afterward, cleanse the altar by purifying it ; make it holy by anointing it with oil.
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Offer a bull as an Absolution-Offering for atonement each day. Offer it on the Altar when you make atonement for it: Anoint and consecrate it.
37 Purify the altar, and consecrate it every day for seven days. After that, the altar will be absolutely holy, and whatever touches it will become holy.
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Make atonement for the Altar and consecrate it for seven days; the Altar will become soaked in holiness - anyone who so much as touches the Altar will become holy.
38 “These are the sacrifices you are to offer regularly on the altar. Each day, offer two lambs that are a year old,
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"This is what you are to offer on the Altar: two year-old lambs each and every day,
39 one in the morning and the other in the evening.
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one lamb in the morning and the second lamb at evening.
40 With one of them, offer two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of pure oil of pressed olives; also, offer one quart of wine as a liquid offering.
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With the sacrifice of the first lamb offer two quarts of fine flour with a quart of virgin olive oil, plus a quart of wine for a Drink-Offering.
41 Offer the other lamb in the evening, along with the same offerings of flour and wine as in the morning. It will be a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD .
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The sacrifice of the second lamb, the one at evening, is also to be accompanied by the same Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering of the morning sacrifice to give a pleasing fragrance, a gift to God.
42 “These burnt offerings are to be made each day from generation to generation. Offer them in the LORD ’s presence at the Tabernacle entrance; there I will meet with you and speak with you.
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"This is to be your regular, daily Whole-Burnt-Offering before God, generation after generation, sacrificed at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. That's where I'll meet you; that's where I'll speak with you;
43 I will meet the people of Israel there, in the place made holy by my glorious presence.
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that's where I'll meet the Israelites, at the place made holy by my Glory.
44 Yes, I will consecrate the Tabernacle and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.
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I'll make the Tent of Meeting and the Altar holy. I'll make Aaron and his sons holy in order to serve me as priests.
45 Then I will live among the people of Israel and be their God,
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I'll move in and live with the Israelites. I'll be their God.
46 and they will know that I am the LORD their God. I am the one who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the LORD their God.
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They'll realize that I am their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could live with them. I am God, your God.
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