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1 On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,
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On the eighth day, Moses called in Aaron and his sons and the leaders of Israel.
2 and he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
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He spoke to Aaron: "Take a bull-calf for your Absolution-Offering and a ram for your Whole-Burnt-Offering, both without defect, and offer them to God.
3 And say to the people of Israel, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering,
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"Then tell the People of Israel, Take a male goat for an Absolution-Offering and a calf and a lamb, both yearlings without defect, for a Whole-Burnt-Offering
4 and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil, for today the LORD will appear to you.'"
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and a bull and a ram for a Peace-Offering, to be sacrificed before God with a Grain-Offering mixed with oil, because God will appear to you today."
5 And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
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They brought the things that Moses had ordered to the Tent of Meeting. The whole congregation came near and stood before God.
6 And Moses said, "This is the thing that the LORD commanded you to do, that the glory of the LORD may appear to you."
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Moses said, "This is what God commanded you to do so that the Shining Glory of God will appear to you."
7 Then Moses said to Aaron, "Draw near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and for the people, and bring the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the LORD has commanded."
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Moses instructed Aaron, "Approach the Altar and sacrifice your Absolution-Offering and your Whole-Burnt-Offering. Make atonement for yourself and for the people. Sacrifice the offering that is for the people and make atonement for them, just as God commanded."
8 So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
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Aaron approached the Altar and slaughtered the calf as an Absolution-Offering for himself.
9 And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.
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Aaron's sons brought the blood to him. He dipped his finger in the blood and smeared some of it on the horns of the Altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the Altar.
10 But the fat and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering he burned on the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses.
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He burned the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the Absolution-Offering on the Altar, just as God had commanded Moses.
11 The flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp.
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He burned the meat and the skin outside the camp.
12 Then he killed the burnt offering, and Aaron's sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar.
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Then he slaughtered the Whole-Burnt-Offering. Aaron's sons handed him the blood and he threw it against each side of the Altar.
13 And they handed the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head, and he burned them on the altar.
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They handed him the pieces and the head and he burned these on the Altar.
14 And he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.
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He washed the entrails and the legs and burned them on top of the Whole-Burnt-Offering on the Altar.
15 Then he presented the people's offering and took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and killed it and offered it as a sin offering, like the first one.
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Next Aaron presented the offerings of the people. He took the male goat, the Absolution-Offering for the people, slaughtered it, and offered it as an Absolution-Offering just as he did with the first offering.
16 And he presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the rule.
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He presented the Whole-Burnt-Offering following the same procedures.
17 And he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
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He presented the Grain-Offering by taking a handful of it and burning it on the Altar along with the morning Whole-Burnt-Offering.
18 Then he killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings for the people. And Aaron's sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar.
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He slaughtered the bull and the ram, the people's Peace-Offerings. Aaron's sons handed him the blood and he threw it against each side of the Altar.
19 But the fat pieces of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers the entrails and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver--
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The fat pieces from the bull and the ram - the fat tail and the fat that covers the kidney and the lobe of the liver -
20 they put the fat pieces on the breasts, and he burned the fat pieces on the altar,
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they laid on the breasts and Aaron burned it on the Altar.
21 but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD, as Moses commanded.
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Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh before God as a Wave-Offering, just as God commanded.
22 Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.
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Aaron lifted his hands over the people and blessed them. Having completed the rituals of the Absolution-Offering, the Whole-Burnt-Offering, and the Peace-Offering, he came down from the Altar.
23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people.
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Moses and Aaron entered the Tent of Meeting. When they came out they blessed the people and the Glory of God appeared to all the people.
24 And fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.
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Fire blazed out from God and consumed the Whole-Burnt-Offering and the fat pieces on the Altar. When all the people saw it happen they cheered loudly and then fell down, bowing in reverence.
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