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1 ADONAI said to Moshe,
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And the Lord said to Moses,
2 "Take Aharon and his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams and the basket of matzah;
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Take Aaron, and his sons with him, and the robes and the holy oil and the ox of the sin-offering and the two male sheep and the basket of unleavened bread;
3 and assemble the entire community at the entrance to the tent of meeting."
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And let all the people come together at the door of the Tent of meeting.
4 Moshe did as ADONAI ordered him, and the community was assembled at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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And Moses did as the Lord said, and all the people came together at the door of the Tent of meeting.
5 Moshe said to the community, "This is what ADONAI has ordered to be done."
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And Moses said to the people, This is what the Lord has given orders to be done.
6 Moshe brought Aharon and his sons, washed them with water,
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Then Moses took Aaron and his sons; and after washing them with water,
7 put the tunic on him, wrapped the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, put the ritual vest on him, wrapped around him the decorated belt and fastened the vest to him with it.
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He put the coat on him, making it tight with its band, and then the robe, and over it the ephod, with its band of needlework to keep it in place.
8 He put the breastplate on him, and on the breastplate he put the urim and tumim.
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And he put the priest's bag on him, and in the bag he put the Urim and Thummim.
9 He set the turban on his head, and on the front of the turban he affixed the gold plate, the holy ornament, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.
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And on his head he put the head-dress, and in front of the head-dress the plate of gold, the holy crown, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
10 Then Moshe took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, thus consecrating them.
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And Moses took the holy oil and put it on the House and on all the things in it, to make them holy.
11 He sprinkled some on the altar seven times, anointing the altar with all its utensils and the basin with its base, to consecrate them.
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Seven times he put oil on the altar and on all its vessels, and on the washing-basin and its base, to make them holy.
12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aharon's head and anointed him, to consecrate him.
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And some of the oil he put on Aaron's head, to make him holy.
13 Moshe brought Aharon's sons, clothed them with tunics, wrapped sashes on them and put headgear on them, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.
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Then he took Aaron's sons, clothing them with the coats, and putting the bands round them, and the head-dresses on their heads, as the Lord had given him orders.
14 Then the young bull for the sin offering was brought, and Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering.
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And he took the ox of the sin-offering: and Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the ox,
15 After it had been slaughtered, Moshe took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar all the way around with his finger, thus purifying the altar. The remaining blood he poured out at the base of the altar and consecrated it, to make atonement for it.
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And he put it to death; and Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and round it with his finger, and made the altar clean, draining out the blood at the base of the altar; so he made it holy, taking away what was unclean.
16 Moshe took all the fat on the inner organs, the covering of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and made it go up in smoke on the altar.
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And he took all the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, to be burned on the altar;
17 But the bull, its hide, its flesh and its dung were taken outside the camp and burned up completely, as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.
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But the ox, with its skin and its flesh and its waste, was burned with fire outside the tent-circle, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
18 Next, the ram for the burnt offering was presented. Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram;
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And he put the male sheep of the burned offering before the Lord, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head,
19 and after it had been slaughtered, Moshe splashed the blood on all sides of the altar.
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And he put it to death; and Moses put some of the blood on and round the altar.
20 When the ram had been cut in pieces, Moshe made the head, the pieces and the fat go up in smoke.
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And when the sheep had been cut into parts, the head and the parts and the fat were burned by Moses.
21 When the inner organs and the lower parts of the legs had been washed with water, Moshe made the entire ram go up in smoke on the altar; it was a burnt offering giving a fragrant aroma, an offering made by fire to ADONAI - as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.
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And the inside parts and the legs were washed with water and all the sheep was burned by Moses on the altar; it was a burned offering for a sweet smell: it was an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
22 Then the other ram was presented, the ram of consecration; Aharon and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
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And he put the other sheep before the Lord, the sheep with which they were made priests; and Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the sheep,
23 After it had been slaughtered, Moshe took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aharon's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
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And he put it to death; and Moses took some of the blood and put it on the point of Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the great toe of his right foot.
24 Next Aharon's sons were brought, and Moshe put some of the blood on the tips of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet; then Moshe splashed the blood on all sides of the altar.
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Then he took Aaron's sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the point of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet: and Moses put the blood on and round the altar.
25 He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat covering the inner organs, the covering of the liver, the two kidneys with their fat, and the right thigh.
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And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and the fat on the inside parts, and the fat on the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and the right leg;
26 From the basket of matzah that was before ADONAI he took one piece of matzah, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh.
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And out of the basket of unleavened bread which was before the Lord he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of bread with oil on it, and one thin cake, and put them on the fat and on the right leg:
27 Then he put it all in Aharon's hands and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering before ADONAI.
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And he put them all on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord.
28 Moshe took them out of their hands and made them go up in smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering; they were a consecration offering giving a fragrant aroma; an offering made by fire to ADONAI.
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And Moses took them from their hands, and they were burned on the altar on the burned offering, as a priest's offering for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
29 Moshe took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before ADONAI; it was Moshe's portion of the ram of consecration - as ADONAI had ordered Moshe.
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And Moses took the breast, waving it for a wave offering before the Lord; it was Moses' part of the sheep of the priest's offering, as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
30 Moshe took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aharon and his clothing, and on his sons with him and their clothing, and consecrated Aharon and his clothing together with his sons and their clothing.
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And Moses took some of the holy oil and of the blood which was on the altar and put it on Aaron and on his robes, and on his sons and on his sons' robes; and made Aaron holy, and his robes and his sons and his sons' robes with him.
31 Moshe said to Aharon and his sons, "Boil the meat at the door of the tent of meeting; and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I ordered when I said that Aharon and his sons are to eat it.
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And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, The flesh is to be cooked in water at the door of the Tent of meeting, and there you are to take it as food, together with the bread in the basket, as I have given orders, saying, It is the food of Aaron and his sons.
32 Whatever is left over of the meat and bread you are to burn up completely.
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And that which is over of the flesh and of the bread is to be burned with fire.
33 You are not to go out from the entrance to the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are over; since ADONAI will be consecrating you for seven days.
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And you are not to go out from the door of the Tent of meeting for seven days, till the days for making you priest are ended; for this will be the work of seven days.
34 He ordered done what has been done today, in order to make atonement for you.
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What has been done this day, has been ordered by the Lord to take away your sin.
35 You are to remain at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, thereby obeying what ADONAI ordered done, so that you may not die. For this is what I was ordered."
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And you are to keep watch for the Lord at the door of the Tent of meeting day and night for seven days, so that death may not come to you: for so he has given me orders.
36 Aharon and his sons did all the things which ADONAI ordered through Moshe. Suggested readings for Parashah Tzav from the B'rit Hadashah: Mark
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And Aaron and his sons did all the things about which the Lord had given orders through Moses.
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