Old Testament · Leviticus

Leviticus 8

Moses Consecrates Aaron and His Sons

(Exodus 29:1–9)

1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: 2"Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the oil of anointing, and the bull of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; 3and assemble all the congregation to the opening of the tent^a of appointed time (mo-ed)."

4And Moses did as the LORD commanded^b him; and the congregation was assembled to the opening of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed). 5And Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done."

6And Moses brought near Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 7And he put on him the tunic, and girded him with the sash, and clothed him with the robe, and put on him the ephod, and girded him with the band of the ephod, and bound it on him with it. 8And he placed on him the breastplate; and into the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9And he placed the mitre on his head; and on the mitre, toward the front of his face, he placed the plate of gold, the crown of holiness; as the LORD commanded Moses.

10And Moses took the oil of anointing, and anointed the tabernacle^c and all that was in it, and sanctified them. 11And he sprinkled from it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them.

12And he poured from the oil of anointing on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. 13And Moses brought near the sons of Aaron, and clothed them with tunics, and girded them with sashes, and bound caps on them; as the LORD commanded Moses.

The Priests’ Sin Offering

14And he brought near the bull of the sin-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin-offering. 15And he slaughtered him; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar; and the blood he poured out at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.

16And he took all the fat that was on the inwards, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses made it smoke on the altar. 17But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh^d, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.

The Priests’ Burnt Offering

18And he brought near the ram of the burnt-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 19And he slaughtered him; and Moses dashed the blood on the altar round about. 20And the ram he cut into its pieces; and Moses made the head, and the pieces, and the suet smoke. 21And the inwards and the legs he washed with water; and Moses made the whole ram smoke on the altar; it was a burnt-offering for a soothing aroma, it was a fire-offering to the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

The Ram of Ordination

(Exodus 29:10–30)

22And he brought near the second ram, the ram of consecration; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23And he slaughtered him; and Moses took from his blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. 24And he brought near the sons of Aaron, and Moses put from the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses dashed the blood on the altar round about.

25And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the inwards, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh. 26And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh. 27And he put the whole on the palms of Aaron, and on the palms of his sons, and waved them as a wave-offering before the LORD.

28And Moses took them from on their palms, and made them smoke on the altar on the burnt-offering; they were consecration offerings for a soothing aroma, it was a fire-offering to the LORD. 29And Moses took the breast, and waved it as a wave-offering before the LORD; from the ram of consecration it was for Moses as a portion; as the LORD commanded Moses.

30And Moses took from the oil of anointing, and from the blood that was on the altar, and sprinkled on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him; and he sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

31And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the opening of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed); and there you shall eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.' 32And that which remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.

33And from the opening of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed) you shall not go out for seven days, until the day of the fulfilling of the days of your consecration; for seven days he shall fill your hand. 34As he did on this day, so the LORD commanded to do, to make atonement for you. 35And at the opening of the tent of appointed time (mo-ed) you shall dwell day and night seven days, and keep the charge^e of the LORD, that you do not die; for so I am commanded."

36And Aaron and his sons did all the things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.