Exo 29:1-35, Lev 8:1-13, Lev 9, Isa 11:1-5, 61:1-3, Mat 3:16, Luk 1:35 | 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,

Leviticus 8:1-13

Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

1 ^ayThe Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and ^azthe garments and ^bathe 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, ^bb“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 ^bcthe 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 ^bein the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he set ^bfthe turban on his head, and ^bgon the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.

10 ^bhThen 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 ^bihe 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.

Leviticus 9

The Lord Accepts Aaron’s Offering

1 ^bjOn the eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, 2 and he said to Aaron, ^bk“Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and ^bla ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. 3 And say to the people of Israel, ^bm‘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 ^bna grain offering mixed with oil, for ^botoday 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 ^bpoffer your sin offering and your burnt offering and ^bqmake 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 ^brAnd the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and ^bsput it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar. 10 ^btBut the fat and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering he burned on the altar, ^buas the Lord commanded Moses. 11 ^bvThe 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 ^bwthrew it against the sides of the altar. 13 ^bxAnd they handed the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, and the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14 ^byAnd he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar.

15 ^bzThen he presented the people’s offering and took the goat of the sin offering that was for the people and killed it and ^caoffered it as a sin offering, ^cblike the first one. 16 And he presented the burnt offering and offered it ^ccaccording to the ^cdrule. 17 And he presented the ^cegrain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, ^cfbesides the burnt offering of the morning.

18 Then he killed the ox and the ram, ^cgthe 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 ^chthe entrails and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver— 20 they put the fat pieces on the breasts, ^ciand he burned the fat pieces on the altar, 21 but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved ^cjfor a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded.

22 Then Aaron ^cklifted up his hands toward the people and ^clblessed 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 ^cmthe glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24 And ^cnfire 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, ^cothey shouted and ^cpfell on their faces.

Isaiah 11:1-5

The Righteous Reign of the Branch

1 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of ^cqJesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
2 And ^crthe Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
^csHe shall not judge by ^ctwhat his eyes see,
or decide disputes by ^cuwhat his ears hear,
4 but ^cvwith righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall ^cwstrike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and ^cxwith the breath of his lips ^cyhe shall kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and ^czfaithfulness the belt of his loins.

Isaiah 61:1-3

The Year of the Lord’s Favor

1 ^daThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
because the Lord has ^dbanointed me
to bring good news to the poor; ^{▼▼Or afflicted}
he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
and ^ddthe opening of the prison to those who are bound; ^{▼▼Or the opening [of the eyes] to those who are blind; Septuagint and recovery of sight to the blind}
2 ^dfto proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
^dgand the day of vengeance of our God;
to comfort all who mourn;
3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
^dhto give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
^dithe oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
^djthat they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, ^dkthat he may be glorified. ^{▼▼Or that he may display his beauty}

Matthew 3:16

16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, ^dmthe heavens were opened to him, ^{▼▼Some manuscripts omit to him} and he ^dosaw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;

Luke 1:35

35 And the angel answered her, ^dp“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of ^dqthe Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born ^{▼▼Some manuscripts add of you} will be called ^dsholy— ^dtthe Son of God.