The sacrifices and ceremonies

EXODUS.

of consecrating the priests.

5 And thou shalt take the garments, and shall be hallowed. and his garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of his sons, and his sons' garments with him. the ephod, and the ephod, and the breast- 22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the plate, and gird him with the curious girdle fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth of the ephod: the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder: for it is a ram of consecration:

6 And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.

7 Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. 8 And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them.

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23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread, that is before the LORD.

9 And thou shalt gird them with girdles 24 And thou shalt put all in the hands (Aaron and his sons) and put the bonnets of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; on them; and the priest's office shall be and shalt wave them for a wave-offering theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou before the LORD.

shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.

25 And thou shalt receive them of their

10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be hands, and burn them upon the altar for a brought before the tabernacle of the con- burnt-offering, for a sweet savour before gregation; and Aaron and his sons shall put the LORD: it is an offering made by fire their hands upon the head of the bullock, unto the LORD.

11 And thou shalt kill the bullock be- 26 And thou shalt take the breast of the fore the LORD, by the door of the taberna-ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it cle of the congregation. for a wave-offering before the LORD: and

12 And thou shalt take of the blood of it shall be thy part.

the bullock, and put it upon the horns of 27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the the wave-offering, and the shoulder of the blood beside the bottom of the altar. heave-offering, which is waved and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

13 And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

28 And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever, from the children of 14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his Israel: for it is a heave-offering and it skin, and his dung shalt thou burn with fire shali be a heave-offering from the chilwithout the camp: it is a sin-offering. dren of Israel of the sacrifice of their 15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and peace-offerings, even their heave-offering Aaron and his sons shall put their hands unto the LORD. upon the head of the ram.

16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

29 And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

30 And that son that is priest in his 17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, stead shall put them on seven days, when and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, he cometh into the tabernacle of the conand put them unto his pieces, and unto his gregation to minister in the holy place. head. 31 And thou shalt take the ram of the 18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram consecration, and seethe his flesh in the upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering unto holy place.

the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering 32 And Aaron and his sons shall eat the made by fire unto the LORD. flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in 19 And thou shalt take the other ram; the basket, by the door of the tabernacle and Aaron and his sons shall put their of the congregation. hands upon the head of the ram.

33 And they shall eat those things where20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, and with the atonement was made, to consetake of his blood, and put it upon the tip crate and to sanctify them: but a stranger of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon 34 And if aught of the flesh of the conthe thumb of their right hand, and upon secrations,or of the bread, remain unto the the great toe of their right foot, and sprin- morning, then thou shalt burn the remainkle the blood upon the altar round about. der with fire: it shall not be eaten, because 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that it is holy.

is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil,] 35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his and to his sons, according to all things garments, and upon his sons, and upon the which I have commanded thee: seven garments of his sons with him: and he days shalt thou consecrate thein.