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1 The day after the ordination rites were completed, Moses called Aaron and his sons and the leaders of Israel.
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On the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,
2 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.
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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.
3 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,
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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,
4 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."
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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. ’”
5 They brought to the front of the Tent everything that Moses had commanded, and the whole community assembled there to worship the Lord.
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And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord.
6 Moses said, "The Lord has commanded you to do all this, so that the dazzling light of his presence can appear to you."
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And Moses said, “This is the thing that the Lord commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lord may appear to you. ”
7 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."
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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. ”
8 Aaron went to the altar and killed the young bull which was for his own sin offering.
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So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.
9 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.
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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.
10 Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the best part of the liver, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
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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.
11 But he burned the meat and the skin outside the camp.
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The flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp.
12 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.
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Then he killed the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar.
13 They handed him the head and the other pieces of the animal, and he burned them on the altar.
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And they handed the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head, and he burned them on the altar.
14 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.
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And he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.
15 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.
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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.
16 He also brought the animal for the burnt offering and offered it according to the regulations.
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And he presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the rule.
17 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.)
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And he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.
18 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.
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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.
19 Aaron put the fat parts of the bull and the ram
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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—
20 on top of the breasts of the animals and carried it all to the altar. He burned the fat on the altar
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they put the fat pieces on the breasts, and he burned the fat pieces on the altar,
21 and presented the breasts and the right hind legs as the special gift to the Lord for the priests, as Moses had commanded.
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but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded.
22 When Aaron had finished all the sacrifices, he raised his hands over the people and blessed them, and then stepped down.
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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.
23 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.
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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.
24 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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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.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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