Exo 7:1, 12, 28:1-2, 12, 29-38, 29:5-46, Lev 8:7-36 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord said to Moses , See , I have made you like God to Pharaoh , and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet .

1 “Then bring near to you ^cAaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, ^dNadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 2 ^eAnd you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.

Exodus 28:12

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 ^fAaron shall bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders ^gfor remembrance.

Exodus 28:29-38

29 ^hSo Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment on his heart, when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them to regular ⁱremembrance before the Lord. 30 And in the breastpiece of judgment ^jyou shall put the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be on Aaron’s heart, when he goes in before the Lord. Thus Aaron shall bear the judgment of the people of Israel on his heart before the Lord regularly.

31 ^k“You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. 32 It shall have an opening for the head in the middle of it, with a woven binding around the opening, like the opening in a garment, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain; possibly coat of mail} so that it may not tear. 33 On its hem you shall make pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet yarns, around its hem, with bells of gold between them, 34 a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe. 35 And it shall be on Aaron when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes into the Holy Place before the Lord, and when he comes out, so that he does not die.

36 “You shall make ^ma plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet, ⁿ‘Holy to the Lord.’ 37 And you shall fasten it on the turban by a cord of blue. It shall be on the front of the turban. 38 It shall be on Aaron’s forehead, and Aaron shall ^obear any guilt from the holy things that the people of Israel consecrate as their holy gifts. It shall regularly be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.

Exodus 29:5-46

5 Then ^pyou 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 ^qskillfully woven band of the ephod. 6 ^rAnd you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. 7 You shall take ^sthe anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. 8 Then you ^tshall bring his sons and put coats on them, 9 and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with ^usashes and bind caps on them. And ^vthe priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ^wordain Aaron and his sons.

10 “Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting. ^xAaron 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 ^yshall take part of the blood of the bull and put it on the ^zhorns 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 ^abthe 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 ^acoutside the camp; ^adit is a sin offering.

15 “Then ^aeyou shall take one of the rams, and ^afAaron 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 ^agcut 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 ^ahpleasing aroma, a food offering ^{▼▼Or an offering by fire; also verses 25, 41} to the Lord.

19 ^aj“You shall take the other ram, ^akand 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 ^alanointing 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 ^amfat 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 ^anordination), 23 and ^aoone 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 ^apwave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25 Then ^aqyou shall take them from their hands and burn them on the altar on top of the burnt offering, as a ^arpleasing aroma before the Lord. It is a food offering to the Lord.

26 “You shall take the ^asbreast of the ram of Aaron’s ^atordination and ^auwave it for a wave offering before the Lord, and it shall be your portion. 27 And you shall consecrate the ^avbreast of the wave offering that is waved and the ^awthigh of the priests’ portion that is contributed from the ram of ^axordination, from what was Aaron’s and his sons’. 28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a ^ayperpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is a ^azcontribution. It shall be a ^bacontribution from the people of Israel from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord.

29 “The holy garments of Aaron ^bbshall be for his sons after him; they shall ^bcbe 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 ^bdseven days.

31 “You shall take the ram of ordination and ^beboil its flesh in a holy place. 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the ^bfbread that is in the basket in the entrance of the tent of meeting. 33 ^bgThey shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an ^bhoutsider 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 ^biburn 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 ^bjseven days shall you ordain them, 36 and every day you shall offer a ^bkbull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall purify the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall ^blanoint it to consecrate it. 37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the ^bmaltar shall be most holy. ^bnWhatever touches the altar shall become holy.

38 “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: ^botwo lambs a year old ^bpday by day regularly. 39 One lamb you shall offer ^bqin the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer ^brat twilight. 40 And with the first lamb a tenth measure ^{▼▼Possibly an ephah (about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters)} of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin ^{▼▼A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters} of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering. 41 The other lamb you shall offer ^buat twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as ^bvin the morning, for a ^bwpleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. 42 It shall be a ^bxregular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, ^bywhere I will meet with you, to speak to you there. 43 There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be ^bzsanctified by my glory. 44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. ^caAaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests. 45 ^cbI will dwell among the people of Israel and will be their God. 46 And they shall know that ^ccI am the Lord their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.

Leviticus 8:7-36

7 And he put ^cdthe 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 ^cfin the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. 9 And he set ^cgthe turban on his head, and ^chon the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord commanded Moses.

10 ^ciThen 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 ^cjhe 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 ^ckthe bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons ^cllaid 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 ^cnMoses 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 ^coAnd 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 ^cpthe bull and its skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.

18 ^cqThen 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 ^crthe 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 ^cshe 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 ^ctput 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 ^cuMoses 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 ^cvwill 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 ^cwcharged, 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.