29Exodus 29

Instructions for Ordaining Priests / The said to Moses:

1When you ordain Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests, choose a young bull and two rams that have nothing wrong with them.Select Exodus 29:1

2Then from your finest flour make three batches of dough without yeast. Shape some of it into larger loaves, some into smaller loaves mixed with olive oil, and the rest into thin wafers brushed with oil.Select Exodus 29:2

3Put all of this bread in a basket and bring it when you come to sacrifice the three animals to me.Select Exodus 29:3

4Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the sacred tent and tell them to wash themselves.Select Exodus 29:4

5Dress Aaron in the priestly shirt, the robe that goes under the sacred vest, the vest itself, the breastpiece, and the sash.Select Exodus 29:5

6Put on his turban with its narrow strip of engraved goldSelect Exodus 29:6

7and then ordain him by pouring olive oil on his head.Select Exodus 29:7

8Next, dress Aaron's sons in their special shirts,Select Exodus 29:8

9caps, and sashes, then ordain them, because they and their descendants will always be priests.Select Exodus 29:9

10Lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.Select Exodus 29:10

11Kill the bull near my altar in front of the tent.Select Exodus 29:11

12Use a finger to smear some of its blood on each of the four corners of the altar and pour out the rest of the blood on the ground next to the altar.Select Exodus 29:12

13Then take the fat from the animal's insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and send them up as an offering to me in the smoke from the altar.Select Exodus 29:13

14But the meat, the skin, and the food still in the bull's stomach must be burned outside the camp as an offering to ask forgiveness for the sins of the priests.Select Exodus 29:14

15Bring one of the rams to Aaron and his sons and tell them to lay their hands on its head.Select Exodus 29:15

16Kill the ram and splatter its blood against all four sides of the altar.Select Exodus 29:16

17Cut up the ram, wash its insides and legs, and lay all of its parts on the altar, including the head.Select Exodus 29:17

18Then make sure that the whole animal goes up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.Select Exodus 29:18

19Bring the other ram to Aaron and his sons and tell them to lay their hands on its head.Select Exodus 29:19

20Kill the ram and place some of its blood on Aaron's right ear lobe, his right thumb, and the big toe of his right foot. Do the same for each of his sons and splatter the rest of the blood against the four sides of the altar.Select Exodus 29:20

21Then take some of the blood from the altar, mix it with the oil used for ordination, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes, and also on his sons and their clothes. This will show that they and their clothes have been dedicated to me.Select Exodus 29:21

22This ram is part of the ordination service. So remove its right hind leg, its fat tail, the fat on its insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat.Select Exodus 29:22

23Take one loaf of each kind of bread from the basket,Select Exodus 29:23

24and put this bread, together with the meat, into the hands of Aaron and his sons. Then they will lift it all up to show that it is dedicated to me.Select Exodus 29:24

25After this, put the meat and bread on the altar and send them up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.Select Exodus 29:25

26You may eat the choice ribs from this second ram, but you must first lift them up to show that this meat is dedicated to me.Select Exodus 29:26

28In the future, when anyone from Israel offers the ribs and a hind leg of a ram either to ordain a priest or to ask for my blessing, the meat belongs to me, but it may be eaten by the priests. This law will never change.Select Exodus 29:28

30After Aaron's death, his priestly clothes are to be handed down to each descendant who succeeds him as high priest, and these clothes must be worn during the seven-day ceremony of ordination.Select Exodus 29:30

31Boil the meat of the ordination ram in a sacred place,Select Exodus 29:31

32then Aaron and his sons are to eat it together with the three kinds of bread at the entrance to the sacred tent.Select Exodus 29:32

33At their ordination, a ceremony of forgiveness was performed for them with this sacred food, and only they have the right to eat it.Select Exodus 29:33

34If any of the sacred food is left until morning, it must be completely burned.Select Exodus 29:34

35Repeat this ordination ceremony for Aaron and his sons seven days in a row, just as I have instructed you.Select Exodus 29:35

36Each day you must offer a bull as a sacrifice for sin and as a way of purifying the altar. In addition, you must smear the altar with olive oil to make it completely holy.Select Exodus 29:36

37Do this for seven days, and the altar will become so holy that anyone who touches it will become holy.Select Exodus 29:37

Daily Sacrifices / The said:

38Each day you must sacrifice two lambs a year old,Select Exodus 29:38

39one in the morning and one in the evening.Select Exodus 29:39

41With each lamb offer one kilogram of your finest flour mixed with a liter of pure olive oil, and also pour out a liter of wine as an offering. The smell of this sacrifice on the fires of the altar will be pleasing to me.Select Exodus 29:41

43You and your descendants must always offer this sacrifice on the altar at the entrance to the sacred tent. People of Israel, I will meet and speak with you there, and my shining glory will make the place holy.Select Exodus 29:43

44Because of who I am, the tent will become sacred, and Aaron and his sons will become worthy to serve as my priests.Select Exodus 29:44

45I will live among you as your God,Select Exodus 29:45

46and you will know that I am the Lord your God, the one who rescued you from Egypt, so that I could live among you.Select Exodus 29:46