The Bible in Basic English BBE
Good News Translation GNT
1 And on the eighth day Moses sent for Aaron and his sons and the responsible men of Israel;
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The day after the ordination rites were completed, Moses called Aaron and his sons and the leaders of Israel.
2 And he said to Aaron, Take a young ox for a sin-offering and a male sheep for a burned offering, without a mark, and make an offering of them before the Lord.
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He said to Aaron, "Take a young bull and a ram without any defects and offer them to the Lord, the bull for a sin offering and the ram for a burnt offering.
3 And say to the children of Israel: Take a he-goat for a sin-offering, and a young ox and a lamb, in their first year, without any mark on them, for a burned offering;
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Then tell the people of Israel to take a male goat for a sin offering, a one-year-old calf, and a one-year-old lamb without any defects for a burnt offering,
4 And an ox and a male sheep for peace-offerings, to be put to death before the Lord; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for this day you are to see the Lord.
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and a bull and a ram for a fellowship offering. They are to sacrifice them to the Lord with the grain offering mixed with oil. They must do this because the Lord will appear to them today."
5 And they took the things ordered by Moses, before the Tent of meeting, and all the people came near, waiting before the Lord.
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They brought to the front of the Tent everything that Moses had commanded, and the whole community assembled there to worship the Lord.
6 And Moses said, This is what the Lord has said you are to do; and you will see the glory of the Lord.
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Moses said, "The Lord has commanded you to do all this, so that the dazzling light of his presence can appear to you."
7 And Moses said to Aaron, Come near to the altar and make your sin-offering and your burned offering to take away your sin and the sin of the people, and make the people's offering to take away their sin; as the Lord has given orders.
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Then he said to Aaron, "Go to the altar and offer the sin offering and the burnt offering to take away your sins and the sins of the people. Present this offering to take away the sins of the people, just as the Lord commanded."
8 So Aaron came near to the altar and put to death the ox for the sin-offering for himself;
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Aaron went to the altar and killed the young bull which was for his own sin offering.
9 And the sons of Aaron gave him the blood and he put his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, draining out the blood at the base of the altar;
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His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger in it, put some of it on the projections at the corners of the altar, and poured out the rest of it at the base of the altar.
10 But the fat and the kidneys and the fat on the liver of the sin-offering were burned by him on the altar as the Lord gave orders to Moses.
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Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the best part of the liver, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
11 And the flesh and the skin were burned with fire outside the tent-circle;
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But he burned the meat and the skin outside the camp.
12 And he put to death the burned offering; and Aaron's sons gave him the blood and he put some of it on and round the altar;
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He killed the animal which was for his own burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he threw it on all four sides of the altar.
13 And they gave him the parts of the burned offering, in their order, and the head, to be burned on the altar.
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They handed him the head and the other pieces of the animal, and he burned them on the altar.
14 And the inside parts and the legs, when they had been washed with water, were burned on the burned offering on the altar.
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Then he washed the internal organs and the hind legs and burned them on the altar on top of the rest of the burnt offering.
15 And he made an offering for the people and took the goat of the sin-offering for the people and put it to death, offering it for sin, in the same way as the first.
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After that, he presented the people's offerings. He took the goat that was to be offered for the people's sins, killed it, and offered it, as he had done with his own sin offering.
16 And he took the burned offering, offering it in the ordered way;
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He also brought the animal for the burnt offering and offered it according to the regulations.
17 And he put the meal offering before the Lord, and taking some of it in his hand he had it burned on the altar, separately from the burned offering of the morning.
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He presented the grain offering and took a handful of flour and burned it on the altar. (This was in addition to the daily burnt offering.)
18 And he put to death the ox and the sheep, which were the peace-offerings for the people; and Aaron's sons gave him the blood and he put some of it on and round the altar;
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He killed the bull and the ram as a fellowship offering for the people. His sons brought him the blood, and he threw it on all four sides of the altar.
19 And as for the fat of the ox and the fat tail of the sheep and the fat covering the inside parts and the kidneys and the fat on the liver;
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Aaron put the fat parts of the bull and the ram
20 They put the fat on the breasts, and the fat was burned on the altar.
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on top of the breasts of the animals and carried it all to the altar. He burned the fat on the altar
21 And Aaron took the breasts and the right leg, waving them for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses gave orders.
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and presented the breasts and the right hind legs as the special gift to the Lord for the priests, as Moses had commanded.
22 And Aaron, lifting up his hands to the people, gave them a blessing; and he came down from offering the sin-offering, and the burned offering, and the peace-offerings.
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When Aaron had finished all the sacrifices, he raised his hands over the people and blessed them, and then stepped down.
23 And Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of meeting, and came out and gave the people a blessing, and the glory of the Lord was seen by all the people.
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Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of the Lord's presence, and when they came out, they blessed the people, and the dazzling light of the Lord's presence appeared to all the people.
24 And fire came out from before the Lord, burning up the offering on the altar and the fat: and when all the people saw it, they gave a loud cry, falling down on their faces.
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Suddenly the Lord sent a fire, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar. When the people saw it, they all shouted and bowed down with their faces to the ground.
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Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.