Exo 28:1-14, 29:1-37, Lev 8:2, Heb 10:11 | ESV | STEP | Then bring near to you Aaron your brother , and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel , to serve me as priests — Aaron and Aaron’s sons , Nadab and Abihu , Eleazar and Ithamar .

1 “Then bring near to you ^aAaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, ^bNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 ^cAnd you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. 3 You shall speak to all the ^dskillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood. 4 These are the garments that they shall make: a ^ebreastpiece, an ^fephod, ^ga robe, ^ha coat of checker work, ⁱa turban, and ^ja sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests. 5 They shall receive ^kgold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen.

6 ^l“And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and of fine twined linen, skillfully worked. 7 It shall have two shoulder pieces attached to its two edges, so that it may be joined together. 8 And the ^mskillfully woven band on it shall be made like it and be of one piece with it, of gold, blue and purple and scarlet yarns, and fine twined linen. 9 You shall take two onyx stones, and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, 10 six of their names on the one stone, and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, in the order of their birth. 11 As a jeweler engraves signets, so shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel. You shall enclose them in settings of gold filigree. 12 And you shall set the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel. And ⁿAaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders ^ofor remembrance. 13 You shall make settings of gold filigree, 14 and two chains of pure gold, twisted like cords; and you shall attach the corded chains to the settings.

Exodus 29:1-37

Consecration of the Priests

1 “Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. ^pTake one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish, 2 ^qand 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 ^rwash them with water. 5 Then ^syou 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 ^tskillfully woven band of the ephod. 6 ^uAnd you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. 7 You shall take ^vthe anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. 8 Then you ^wshall bring his sons and put coats on them, 9 and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with ^xsashes and bind caps on them. And ^ythe priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ^zordain Aaron and his sons.

10 “Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. ^aaAaron 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 ^abshall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the ^achorns 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 ^aethe 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 ^afoutside the camp; ^agit is a sin offering.

15 “Then ^ahyou shall take one of the rams, and ^aiAaron 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 ^ajcut 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 ^akpleasing aroma, a food offering ^{▼▼Or an offering by fire; also verses 25, 41} to the Lord.

19 ^am“You shall take the other ram, ^anand 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 ^aoanointing 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 ^apfat 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 ^aqordination), 23 and ^arone 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 ^aswave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25 Then ^atyou shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a ^aupleasing aroma before the Lord. It is a food offering to the Lord.

26 “You shall take the ^avbreast of the ram of Aaron’s ^awordination and ^axwave it for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be your portion. 27 And you shall consecrate the ^aybreast of the wave offering that is waved and the ^azthigh of the priests’ portion that is contributed from the ram of ^baordination, from what was Aaron’s and his sons’. 28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a ^bbperpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a ^bccontribution. It shall be a ^bdcontribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord.

29 “The holy garments of Aaron ^beshall be for his sons after him; they shall ^bfbe 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 ^bgseven days.

31 “You shall take the ram of ordination and ^bhboil its flesh in a holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the ^bibread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting. 33 ^bjThey shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an ^bkoutsider 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 ^blburn 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 ^bmseven days shall you ordain them, 36 and every day you shall offer a ^bnbull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall ^boanoint it to consecrate it. 37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the ^bpaltar shall be most holy. ^bqWhatever touches the altar shall become holy.

Leviticus 8:2

2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and ^brthe garments and ^bsthe anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread.

Hebrews 10:11

11 And every priest stands ^btdaily at his service, ^buoffering repeatedly the same sacrifices, ^bvwhich can never take away sins.