Leviticus 8

New King James Version

Aaron and His Sons Consecrated^(A)

8 And theLordspoke to Moses, saying:^2 (B)“Take Aaron and his sons with him, and^(C)the garments,^(D)the anointing oil, a^(E)bull as the sin offering, two^(F)rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;³ and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.”

⁴ So Moses did as theLordcommanded him. And the congregation was gathered together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.⁵ And Moses said to the congregation, “Thisiswhat theLordcommanded to be done.”

⁶ Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons and^(G)washed them with water.⁷ And he^(H)put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the intricately woven band of the ephod, and with it tiedthe ephodon him.⁸ Then he put the breastplate on him, and he^(I)put the^[a]Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate.^9 (J)And he put the turban on his head. Also on the turban, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as theLordhad commanded Moses.

^10 (K)Also Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all thatwasin it, and consecrated them.¹¹ He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to^[b]consecrate them.¹² And he^(L)poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him.

^13 (M)Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes, and put^[c]hats on them, as theLordhad commanded Moses.

^14 (N)And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons^(O)laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering,¹⁵ and Moses killedit.^(P)Then he took the blood, and putsomeon the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make^[d]atonement for it.^16 (Q)Then he took all the fat thatwason the entrails, the fatty lobeattached tothe liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burnedthemon the altar.¹⁷ But the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its offal, he burned with fire outside the camp, as theLord^(R)had commanded Moses.

^18 (S)Then he brought the ram as the burnt offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,¹⁹ and Moses killedit.Then he sprinkled the blood all around on the altar.²⁰ And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses^(T)burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.²¹ Then he washed the entrails and the legs in water. And Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. Itwasa burnt sacrifice for a^[e]sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to theLord,^(U)as theLordhad commanded Moses.

²² And^(V)he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,²³ and Moses killedit.Also he tooksomeof^(W)its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.²⁴ Then he brought Aaron’s sons. And Moses putsomeof the^(X)blood on the tips of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses sprinkled the blood all around on the altar.^25 (Y)Then he took the fat and the fat tail, all the fat thatwason the entrails, the fatty lobeattached tothe liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh;^26 (Z)and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before theLordhe took one unleavened cake, a cake of breadanointed withoil, and one wafer, and putthemon the fat and on the right thigh;²⁷ and he put allthese^(AA)in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved themasa wave offering before theLord.^28 (AB)Then Moses took them from their hands and burnedthemon the altar, on the burnt offering. Theywereconsecration offerings for a sweet aroma. Thatwasan offering made by fire to theLord.²⁹ And^(AC)Moses took the^(AD)breast and waved itasa wave offering before theLord. It was Moses’^(AE)part of the ram of consecration, as theLordhad commanded Moses.

³⁰ Then^(AF)Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood whichwason the altar, and sprinklediton Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

³¹ And Moses said to Aaron and his sons,^(AG)“Boil the fleshatthe door of the tabernacle of meeting, and eat it there with the bread thatisin the basket of consecration offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’^32 (AH)What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.³³ And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meetingforseven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For^(AI)seven days he shall consecrate you.^34 (AJ)As he has done this day,sotheLordhas commanded to do, to make atonement for you.³⁵ Therefore you shall stayatthe door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night for seven days, and^(AK)keep the^[f]charge of theLord, so that you may not die; for so I have been commanded.”³⁶ So Aaron and his sons did all the things that theLordhad commanded by the hand of Moses.