Leviticus 8

8 ¹ Our Father spoke to Moses:

² "Take Aaron and his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, ³ and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting."

⁴ So Moses did as our Father commanded him, and the congregation assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting. ⁵ And Moses said to the congregation, "This is what our Father has commanded to be done."

⁶ Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water. ⁷ He put the tunic on Aaron and tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him; he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him. ⁸ He placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. ¹ 1 v8 The Urim and Thummim were sacred objects kept in the breastpiece and used to seek God's guidance on important decisions. ⁹ He set the turban on Aaron's head, and on the turban, at the front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as our Father had commanded Moses.

¹⁰ Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and consecrated them. ¹¹ He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them.

¹² He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him. ² 2 v12 Aaron's anointing as high priest points forward to Jesus, the great High Priest our Father anointed to bring his children near to him. ¹³ Then Moses brought Aaron's sons forward, clothed them with tunics, tied sashes around them, and placed caps on their heads, as our Father had commanded Moses.

The Sin Offering for the Priests

¹⁴ Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. ¹⁵ Moses slaughtered it, took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar all around, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it, making atonement for it.

¹⁶ He took all the fat that was on the entrails, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and burned them on the altar. ¹⁷ But the bull, with its hide, its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp, as our Father had commanded Moses.

The Burnt Offering for the Priests

¹⁸ Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. ¹⁹ Moses slaughtered it and threw the blood against the sides of the altar. ²⁰ He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. ²¹ He washed the entrails and the legs with water, and burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to our Father, as our Father had commanded Moses.

The Ram of Ordination

²² Then he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. ²³ Moses slaughtered it, took some of its blood, and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. ²⁴ Then Moses brought Aaron's sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. And he threw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar.

²⁵ He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat on the entrails, the long lobe of the liver, the two kidneys with their fat, and the right thigh. ²⁶ From the basket of unleavened bread that was before our Father he took one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh. ²⁷ He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them as a wave offering before our Father.

²⁸ Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to our Father. ²⁹ Moses also took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before our Father. It was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, as our Father had commanded Moses.

³⁰ Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and their garments with him.

³¹ Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the meat at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of the ordination offering, as I commanded: 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'" ³² Whatever is left of the meat and the bread, burn it with fire.

³³ Do not leave the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until your ordination is complete, for it takes seven days to ordain you. ³⁴ What has been done today, our Father has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. ³⁵ Stay at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night for seven days, carrying out what our Father requires, so that you do not die; for this is what I was commanded.

³⁶ So Aaron and his sons did everything our Father had commanded through Moses.