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8 ‎[1] **The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: **
‎[2] **Take Aaron and his sons with him, the vestments **that they are to don when they minister, **the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, **all of which are necessary for appointing the priests. Moses was previously instructed with regard to the function of these items; 39 now God commands Moses to fulfill those commandments.
‎[3] **Assemble the entire congregation at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, **so that they may witness these events. Even though they would not actively minister, they would participate in the consecration of the priests, which inaugurated the priests as both messengers of God and representatives of the nation of Israel.
‎[4] **Moses did as the Lord had commanded him. **Moses took Aaron and his sons, and the items listed above, and instructed the congregation to assemble. **And the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. **
‎[5] **Moses said to the congregation: This is the matter that the Lord commanded to be done. **Moses stressed to the congregation that his actions were part of a sacred ceremony, and they must observe all the elements of the process.
‎[6] **Moses brought Aaron and his sons near, and he washed them with water, **that is, he commanded Aaron and his sons to immerse. 40
‎[7] **He placed upon him, **Aaron, **the tunic and girded him with the belt and clothed him with the robe, and placed the ephod on him, and he girded him with the belt of the ephod and adorned him with it, **the ephod, which was placed above the other vestments.
‎[8] **He placed the breast piece on him; and in the breast piece he placed the Urim and the Tumim, **whose nature is mysterious. 41
‎[9] **He placed the mitre on his, **Aaron’s, **head; and he placed on the mitre, toward **the front of **his head, the golden frontplate, the sacred diadem, **the crown of the High Priest, **as the Lord had commanded Moses. **
‎[10] **Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and all that was in it, and he consecrated them **through this anointing.
‎[11] **He sprinkled from it, **from the anointing oil, **on the altar seven times, and he anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to consecrate them. **
‎[12] **He poured from the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. **
‎[13] **Moses brought Aaron’s sons near, clothed them in tunics, girded them with a belt, and wrapped headdresses on them, **which were different from the mitre worn by the High Priest, 42 **as the Lord had commanded Moses. **
‎[14] Following the initial consecration of the Tabernacle and the priests, Moses began the sacrificial service:
**He brought forward the bull of the sin offering, and **just as any individual who brings an offering lays his hands on his offering, **Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. **
‎[15] **He, **Moses, 43 **slaughtered **the bull of the sin offering, **and Moses **alone **took the blood, placed it all around on the horns of the **outer **altar with his finger, and purified [ *vayeh **· *] the altar **. 44 Alternatively: And he performed the rites of the sin offering [ *ĥatat *] on the altar. **He poured the blood at the base of the altar, and he consecrated it to atone for it. **With the performance of this rite, the altar and the priests were consecrated and purified. For the time being, however, the Tabernacle’s rites continued to be performed by Moses rather than the priests.
‎[16] **He took all the fat that was on the innards, the diaphragm of, **that is, above, **the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it on the altar. **
‎[17] **The bull, its hide, its flesh, and its dung **that remained in its intestines, **he burned in fire outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded Moses. **Normally, only a sin offering whose blood is sprinkled inside the Sanctuary is burned outside the camp (see 4:13–21, 16:27). Nevertheless, God commanded that this bull should be burned outside the camp as well, even though its blood was sprinkled on the external altar, outside the Sanctuary.
‎[18] Following the sacrifice of the sin offering, whose purpose was purification, the priests presented their burnt offering, brought as a gift:
45 **He brought the ram of the burnt offering near, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, **as it was their offering.
‎[19] **He slaughtered it, and Moses cast the blood around the altar, **according to the laws of the burnt offering.
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**e cut the ram into its pieces, and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fats. **
‎[21] **The innards and the legs he washed with water, **according to the laws of the burnt offering, **and Moses burned the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma; it is a fire offering to the Lord as the Lord had commanded Moses. **
‎[22] **He brought near the second ram, the ram of investiture, **the ram brought specifically in honor of the investiture ceremony in which the priests would be officially appointed to their position and invested to minister, 46 **and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. **
‎[23] **He slaughtered, and Moses took from its blood and placed it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the big toe of his right foot. **
‎[24] **He brought Aaron’s sons near, and Moses placed the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot; and Moses cast the **remaining **blood around the altar. **
‎[25] **He took the fat, the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the innards, and the diaphragm of, **that is, above, **the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right haunch, **and brought all of them to the altar.
‎[26] **From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened loaf, one loaf of oil bread, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat and on the right haunch. **
‎[27] **He placed it all, **the loaves and the sacrificial portions, **on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and **Moses **waved them, **Aaron and his sons, or their palms, which held the sacrificial parts, 47 **as a wave offering before the Lord. **
‎[28] **Moses took them, **the loaves and sacrificial portions, **from on their palms and burned them on the altar on, **that is, after, **the burnt offering. They are an investiture offering for a pleasing aroma; it is a fire offering to the Lord. **
‎[29] **Moses took the breast **as well **and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord; it, **the breast, **was the portion for Moses from the ram of investiture, as the Lord had commanded Moses. **
‎[30] **Moses took from the anointing oil and from the blood that was **placed **on the altar, and he sprinkled it on Aaron, on his vestments, and on his sons, and on the vestments of his sons with him, and he **again **consecrated Aaron and his vestments, and his sons and the vestments of his sons with him. **
‎[31] **Moses said to Aaron and to his sons: Cook the flesh **that remains of the ram of investiture **at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and there you shall eat it and the bread that is in the basket of investiture, as I commanded, saying: Aaron and his sons shall eat it. **The ram and its loaves are considered offerings of the most sacred order; as such, they may not leave the Tabernacle.
‎[32] If the flesh and the bread are not consumed in their entirety by the next morning,
48 **that which remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn in fire. **
‎[33] **From the entrance of the Tent of Meeting you shall not emerge seven days, until the day of completion of the days of your investiture **as priests; **as for seven days He shall invest you. **
‎[34] **As he did on this day, **referring to all the sprinkling of blood and offerings, **the Lord commanded to do, to atone for you. **
‎[35] **At the entrance of the Tent of Meeting you shall remain day and night, **for all **seven days **of the investiture, **and **you shall serve as an honorary guard and **keep the commission of the Lord, that you shall not die, for so I was commanded. **Presumably, the priests did not go an entire week without sleep. Rather, the verse means that there shall be a rotation of priests standing watch at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 49
‎[36] **Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord commanded at the hand of Moses. **
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