The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “Take Aaron and his sons with
him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin
offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread. And
assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of
meeting.” And Moses did as the LORD commanded him, and the
congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
And Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing that the
LORD has commanded to be done.” And Moses brought Aaron and his
sons and washed them with water. And he put the coat on him and
tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and
put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the
ephod around him, binding it to him with the band. And he placed
the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and
the Thummim. And he set the turban on his head, and on the turban,
in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the LORD
commanded Moses.
Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and
all that was in it, and consecrated them. And he sprinkled some of
it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its
utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them. And he
poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him
to consecrate him. And Moses brought Aaron's sons and clothed them
with coats and tied sashes around their waists and bound caps on
them, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his
sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
And he killed it, and Moses took the blood, and with his finger put
it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and
poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to
make atonement for it. And he took all the fat that was on the
entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with
their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar. But the bull and its
skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the
camp, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and
his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. And he killed it,
and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. He cut
the ram into pieces, and Moses burned the head and the pieces and
the fat. He washed the entrails and the legs with water, and Moses
burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering with a
pleasing aroma, a food offering for the LORD, as the LORD commanded
Moses.
Then he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron
and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. And he killed
it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of
Aaron's right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big
toe of his right foot. Then he presented Aaron's sons, and Moses
put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the
thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right
feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar.
Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all the fat that was on
the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys
with their fat and the right thigh, and out of the basket of
unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened
loaf and one loaf of bread with oil and one wafer and placed them
on the pieces of fat and on the right thigh. And he put all these
in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them
as a wave offering before the LORD. Then Moses took them from their
hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This
was an ordination offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering
to the LORD. And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave
offering before the LORD. It was Moses' portion of the ram of
ordination, as the LORD commanded Moses.
Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that
was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and
also on his sons and his sons' garments. So he consecrated Aaron
and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the flesh at the
entrance of the tent of meeting, and there eat it and the bread
that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded,
saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ And what remains of the
flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire. And you shall not
go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days,
until the days of your ordination are completed, for it will take
seven days to ordain you. As has been done today, the LORD has
commanded to be done to make atonement for you. At the entrance of
the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days,
performing what the LORD has charged, so that you do not die, for
so I have been commanded.” And Aaron and his sons did all the
things that the LORD commanded by Moses.
