Leviticus 8

Ritual Washing and Dressing Leviticus 8:6–13

⁶Verse 6. Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. ⁷Verse 7. He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it. ⁸Verse 8. He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim. ⁹Verse 9. He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses. ¹⁰Verse 10. Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.

¹¹Verse 11. He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them. ¹²Verse 12. He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. ¹³Verse 13. Moses brought Aaron’s sons, and clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Sin and Burnt Offerings Leviticus 8:14–21

¹⁴Verse 14. 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. ¹⁵Verse 15. He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it. ¹⁶Verse 16. He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar.

¹⁷Verse 17. But the bull, and its skin, and its meat, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses. ¹⁸Verse 18. He presented the ram of the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ¹⁹Verse 19. He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar. ²⁰Verse 20. He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat. ²¹Verse 21. He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

Consecration through Blood and Oil Leviticus 8:22–30

²²Verse 22. He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ²³Verse 23. He killed it; and Moses took some of its 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. ²⁴Verse 24. He brought Aaron’s sons; and Moses put some of 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 sprinkled the blood around on the altar.

²⁵Verse 25. He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh; ²⁶Verse 26. and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Yahweh, 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. ²⁷Verse 27. He put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh. ²⁸Verse 28. Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

²⁹Verse 29. Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of consecration, as Yahweh commanded Moses. ³⁰Verse 30. Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

Final Instructions and Obedience Leviticus 8:31–36

³¹Verse 31. Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the meat at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ ³²Verse 32. What remains of the meat and of the bread you shall burn with fire. ³³Verse 33. You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days. ³⁴Verse 34. What has been done today, so Yahweh has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.

³⁵Verse 35. You shall stay at the door of the Tent of Meeting day and night seven days, and keep Yahweh’s command, that you don’t die: for so I am commanded.” ³⁶Verse 36. Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh commanded by Moses.