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9 ‎[1] **It was on the eighth day **of the days of inauguration, that **Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. **On this day, the inauguration of the Tabernacle was completed. It was this pivotal ceremony, the transition from preparing the Tabernacle to ministering in it, that constituted its inauguration.
‎[2] **He, **Moses, **said to Aaron: Take for yourself a young calf as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, unblemished, and present them before the Lord. **This is the first day on which Aaron ministers as a priest.
‎[3] Aaron must also command the people with regard to their offerings:
**Speak to the children of Israel, saying: Take a goat as a sin offering and a calf and a lamb, one year old, unblemished, as a burnt offering, **
‎[4] **and a bull and a ram as peace offerings, to slaughter before the Lord, and a meal offering **of flour **mixed with oil. For today the Lord appears to you **in the Tabernacle.
‎[5] **They took that which Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting, and the entire congregation approached and stood before the Lord. **
‎[6] **Moses said: This is the matter that the Lord commanded that you shall do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you. **If you obey my commands precisely, God will reveal Himself to you.
‎[7] **Moses said to Aaron: Approach the altar and perform your sin offering and your burnt offering, and atone for yourself and **then atone **for the people; perform the offering of the people and atone for them, as the Lord commanded. **Until now, Aaron was like any other member of Israel whose offerings were sacrificed on his behalf. Until this point, he was considered an apprentice; now he must perform the sacred service himself.
‎[8] **Aaron approached the altar **in the courtyard of the Tabernacle, **and he slaughtered the calf of the sin offering that was for him, **that is, that belonged to him, 1 and that was to atone for him so that he should enter the priesthood in a state of spiritual purity. 2
‎[9] **The sons of Aaron, **who were newly inaugurated to the priesthood and were also required to learn the procedures of the service, **presented the blood **in a vessel **to him, **their father. Aaron **dipped his finger in the blood, and he placed it on the horns of the altar, **according to the laws of the sin offering, **and he poured **the remainder of **the blood at the base of the altar. **
‎[10] **The fat, the kidneys, and the diaphragm above the liver of the sin offering he burned on the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses. **
‎[11] **The flesh and the skin he burned in fire outside the camp. **Unlike the flesh of ordinary sin offerings, which was eaten by the priests, the flesh of this sin offering was burned.
‎[12] After the sin offering,
**he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons **stretched out their hands and **passed the blood to him, and he cast it around the altar **by means of a vessel, in accordance with the laws of the burnt offering (see 1:5).
‎[13] **They passed the burnt offering to him in its pieces, and the head. **For seven days, Aaron’s sons had practiced the various sacrificial rites. They had watched Moses perform them and learned how to properly carry out their priestly duties. Now they cut the offering into its pieces in the proper manner and brought its parts to their father, **and he burned them, **the pieces and the head, **on the altar. **
‎[14] **He washed the innards and the legs and burned them on **the pieces of **the burnt offering **that he had placed **on the altar. **
‎[15] After sacrificing his sin offering and burnt offering,
**he, **Aaron **, brought the people’s offering near, **as the priest must first offer his own atonement before offering that of another. 3 **He took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and slaughtered it and presented it as a sin offering like the first, **like Aaron’s first sin offering. That is, its blood was placed with a finger on the corners of the altar, and its sacrificial portions were placed upon the altar for burning. Perhaps the remaining flesh was burned as well, like that of Aaron’s sin offering. 4 Some say that the flesh of the people’s sin offering was eaten. 5
‎[16] **He brought the burnt offering near, and he performed it in accordance with the procedure **stated with regard to the burnt offering (see chap. 1).
‎[17] **He brought the meal offering near, and he filled his palm from it, **he removed a handful, **and burned it on the altar, in addition to the morning burnt offering. **The morning burnt offering is part of the daily service; it is not one of the special offerings of the inauguration.
‎[18] **He slaughtered the bull and the ram, the peace offerings that were for the people; and Aaron’s sons passed the blood to him, and he cast it around the altar, **in accordance with the laws of the peace offering (3:2).
‎[19] They passed him
**the fats from the bull and from the ram, the fat tail **of the ram, **and those that cover, **the fats of the bull and the ram that cover various parts of the animal, **and the kidneys, and the diaphragm above the liver. **
‎[20] **They placed the fats upon the breasts, and he burned the fats on the altar. **
‎[21] **Aaron waved the breasts and the right haunch as a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses had commanded. **
‎[22] **Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. **Although the formula of this blessing does not appear in the verse, it appears later in the Torah 6 as the priestly blessing that is part of the daily service. 7 **And he descended from **the altar after **performing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. **
‎[23] **Moses and Aaron came into the Tent of Meeting. **Until this point, the entire service was performed in the courtyard of the Tabernacle, where the outer altar, upon which all the offerings were sacrificed, was situated. Now Moses and Aaron entered the Sanctuary, the tent covered with tapestries and hides, presumably in order to pray. 8 **And **they **emerged and blessed the people; and **then **the glory of the Lord appeared to the entire people. **This revelation did not occur during the sacrifice of the offerings or even after the priestly blessing. Rather, the pivotal moment followed the blessing of Moses and Aaron.
‎[24] **Fire emerged from before the Lord and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fats; all the people saw it, **the fire consuming the offerings, which was a sign that God accepted their service and their prayers, **and sang praise, **or shouted, 9 **and fell upon their faces **due to this revelation. 10 Now the people knew that the Tabernacle was properly constructed and that the presence of God dwelled within it.
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