Exo 29:1-37, Lev 8-9, Heb 7:28 | ESV | STEP | Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests . Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish ,

1 “Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. ^aTake one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, 2 ^band unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. 3 You shall put them in one basket and bring them in the basket, and bring the bull and the two rams. 4 You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and ^cwash them with water. 5 Then ^dyou shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastpiece, and gird him with the ^eskillfully woven band of the ephod. 6 ^fAnd you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. 7 You shall take ^gthe anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. 8 Then you ^hshall bring his sons and put coats on them, 9 and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with ⁱsashes and bind caps on them. And ^jthe priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ^kordain Aaron and his sons.

10 “Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. ^lAaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. 11 Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting, 12 and ^mshall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the ⁿhorns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of ^{▼▼Hebrew all} the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar. 13 And you shall take all ^pthe fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. 14 But the flesh of the bull and its skin and its dung you shall burn with fire ^qoutside the camp; ^rit is a sin offering.

15 “Then ^syou shall take one of the rams, and ^tAaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, 16 and you shall kill the ram and shall take its blood and throw it against the sides of the altar. 17 Then you shall ^ucut the ram into pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head, 18 and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord. It is a ^vpleasing aroma, a food offering ^{▼▼Or an offering by fire; also verses 25, 41} to the Lord.

19 ^x“You shall take the other ram, ^yand Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram, 20 and you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tips of the right ears of his sons, and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the great toes of their right feet, and throw the rest of the blood against the sides of the altar. 21 Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the ^zanointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons’ garments with him. He and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

22 “You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the ^aafat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ^abordination), 23 and ^acone loaf of bread and one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the Lord. 24 You shall put all these on the palms of Aaron and on the palms of his sons, and ^adwave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25 Then ^aeyou shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a ^afpleasing aroma before the Lord. It is a food offering to the Lord.

26 “You shall take the ^agbreast of the ram of Aaron’s ^ahordination and ^aiwave it for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be your portion. 27 And you shall consecrate the ^ajbreast of the wave offering that is waved and the ^akthigh of the priests’ portion that is contributed from the ram of ^alordination, from what was Aaron’s and his sons’. 28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a ^amperpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a ^ancontribution. It shall be a ^aocontribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord.

29 “The holy garments of Aaron ^apshall be for his sons after him; they shall ^aqbe anointed in them and ordained in them. 30 The son who succeeds him as priest, who comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, shall wear them ^arseven days.

31 “You shall take the ram of ordination and ^asboil its flesh in a holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the ^atbread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting. 33 ^auThey shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an ^avoutsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy. 34 And if any of the flesh for the ordination or of the bread remain until the morning, then you shall ^awburn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 “Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Through ^axseven days shall you ordain them, 36 and every day you shall offer a ^aybull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall ^azanoint it to consecrate it. 37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the ^baaltar shall be most holy. ^bbWhatever touches the altar shall become holy.

Leviticus 8

Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

1 ^bcThe Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and ^bdthe garments and ^bethe anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread. 3 And assemble all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.” 4 And Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

5 And Moses said to the congregation, ^bf“This is the thing that the Lord has commanded to be done.” 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7 And he put ^bgthe 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. ^{▼▼Hebrew with it} 8 And he placed the breastpiece on him, and ^biin the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he set ^bjthe turban on his head, and ^bkon the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.

10 ^blThen Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. 11 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. 12 And ^bmhe poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. 13 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.

14 Then he brought ^bnthe bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons ^bolaid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. 15 And he ^{▼▼Probably Aaron or his representative; possibly Moses; also verses 16–23} killed it, and ^bqMoses 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. 16 ^brAnd 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. 17 But ^bsthe bull and its skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.

18 ^btThen he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 19 And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar. 20 He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned ^buthe head and the pieces and the fat. 21 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.

22 Then ^bvhe presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. 23 And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and ^bwput 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. 24 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. 25 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, 26 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. 27 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. 28 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. 29 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.

30 Then ^bxMoses 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.

31 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.’ 32 And what remains of the flesh and the bread you shall burn up with fire. 33 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 ^bywill take seven days to ordain you. 34 As has been done today, the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. 35 At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, performing what the Lord has ^bzcharged, so that you do not die, for so I have been commanded.” 36 And Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord commanded by Moses.

Leviticus 9

The Lord Accepts Aaron’s Offering

1 ^caOn the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, 2 and he said to Aaron, ^cb“Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and ^cca ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. 3 And say to the people of Israel, ^cd‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering, 4 and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and ^cea grain offering mixed with oil, for ^cftoday the Lord will appear to you.’” 5 And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the tent of meeting, and all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. 6 And Moses said, “This is the thing that the Lord commanded you to do, that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.” 7 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar and ^cgoffer your sin offering and your burnt offering and ^chmake atonement for yourself and for the people, and bring the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded.”

8 So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 9 ^ciAnd the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and ^cjput it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar. 10 ^ckBut the fat and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering he burned on the altar, ^clas the Lord commanded Moses. 11 ^cmThe flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp.

12 Then he killed the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he ^cnthrew it against the sides of the altar. 13 ^coAnd they handed the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14 ^cpAnd he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

15 ^cqThen he presented the people’s offering and took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and killed it and ^croffered it as a sin offering, ^cslike the first one. 16 And he presented the burnt offering and offered it ^ctaccording to the ^curule. 17 And he presented the ^cvgrain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, ^cwbesides the burnt offering of the morning.

18 Then he killed the ox and the ram, ^cxthe sacrifice of peace offerings for the people. And Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar. 19 But the fat pieces of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers ^cythe entrails and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver— 20 they put the fat pieces on the breasts, ^czand he burned the fat pieces on the altar, 21 but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved ^dafor a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded.

22 Then Aaron ^dblifted up his hands toward the people and ^dcblessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. 23 And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and ^ddthe glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24 And ^defire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, ^dfthey shouted and ^dgfell on their faces.

Hebrews 7:28

28 For the law appoints men ^dhin their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made ^diperfect forever.