Consecration of Aaron and His Sons
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And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying:
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a "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and b the garments, c the anointing oil, a d bull as the sin offering, two e rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;
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"and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting."
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So Moses did as the LORD commanded him. And the congregation was gathered together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
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And Moses said to the congregation, "This is what the LORD commanded to be done."
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Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons and f washed them with water.
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And he g put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the intricately woven band of the ephod, and with it tied the ephod on him.
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Then he put the breastplate on him, and he h put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate.
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i And he put the turban on his head. Also on the turban, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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j Also Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.
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He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them.
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And he k poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him, to consecrate him.
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l Then Moses brought Aaron's sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes, and put hats on them, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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m And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons n laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering,
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and Moses killed it. o Then he took the blood, and put some on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make atonement for it.
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p Then he took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.
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But the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its offal, he burned with fire outside the camp, as the LORD q had commanded Moses.
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r Then he brought the ram as the burnt offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,
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and Moses killed it. Then he sprinkled the blood all around on the altar.
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And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses s burned the head, the pieces, and the fat.
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Then he washed the entrails and the legs in water. And Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD, t as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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And u he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram,
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and Moses killed it. Also he took some of v its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
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Then he brought Aaron's sons. And Moses put some of the w blood on the tips of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses sprinkled the blood all around on the altar.
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x Then he took the fat and the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh;
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y and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD he took one unleavened cake, a cake of bread anointed with oil, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and on the right thigh;
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and he put all these z in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the LORD.
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a Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar, on the burnt offering. They were consecration offerings for a sweet aroma. That was an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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And b Moses took the c breast and waved it as a wave offering before the LORD. It was Moses' d part of the ram of consecration, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Then e Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
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And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, f "Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration offerings, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'
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g "What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.
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"And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For h seven days he shall consecrate you.
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i "As he has done this day, so the LORD has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.
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"Therefore you shall stay at the door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night for seven days, and j keep the charge of the LORD, so that you may not die; for so I have been commanded."
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So Aaron and his sons did all the things that the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:1 - 3
And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish.
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Cross References
Exodus 28:2
And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty.
Exodus 28:4
And these are the garments which they shall make: a breastplate, an ephod, a robe, a skillfully woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. So they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister to Me as priest.
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Cross References
Exodus 30:24
Five hundred shekels of cassia, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil.
Exodus 30:25
And you shall make from these a holy anointing oil, an ointment compounded according to the art of the perfumer. It shall be a holy anointing oil.
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Exodus 29:10
You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.
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Exodus 29:15
You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.
Exodus 29:19
You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.
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Cross References
Exodus 30:20
When they go into the tabernacle of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.
Hebrews 10:22
Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Cross References
Exodus 39:1 - 31
Of the blue, purple, and scarlet thread they made garments of ministry, for ministering in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Cross References
Exodus 28:30
And you shall put in the breastplate of judgmen...
Numbers 27:21
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Deuteronomy 33:8
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1 Samuel 28:6
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Ezra 2:63
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Nehemiah 7:65
And the governor said to them that they should ...
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Cross References
Exodus 28:36
You shall also make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engraving of a signet: HOLINESS TO THE LORD.
Exodus 28:37
And you shall put it on a blue cord, that it may be on the turban; it shall be on the front of the turban.
Exodus 29:6
You shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.
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Cross References
Exodus 30:26 - 29
With it you shall anoint the tabernacle of meeting and the ark of the Testimony.
Exodus 40:10
You shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar. The altar shall be most holy.
Exodus 40:11
And you shall anoint the laver and its base, and consecrate it.
Leviticus 8:2
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, a bull as the sin offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread.
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Exodus 29:7
And you shall take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.
Exodus 30:30
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
Leviticus 21:10
He who is the high priest among his brethren, on whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes.
Leviticus 21:12
Nor shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
Psalms 133:2
It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments.
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Exodus 29:8
Then you shall bring his sons and put tunics on them.
Exodus 29:9
And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:10
You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.
Psalms 66:15
I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals, With the sweet aroma of rams; I will offer bulls with goats. Selah
Ezekiel 43:19
You shall give a young bull for a sin offering to the priests, the Levites, who are of the seed of Zadok, who approach Me to minister to Me,' says the Lord GOD.
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Cross References
Leviticus 4:4
He shall bring the bull to the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the LORD, lay his hand on the bull's head, and kill the bull before the LORD.
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Cross References
Exodus 29:12
You shall take some of the blood of the bull an...
Exodus 29:36
And you shall offer a bull every day as a sin o...
Leviticus 4:7
And the priest shall put some of the blood on t...
Ezekiel 43:20
You shall take some of its blood and put it on ...
Ezekiel 43:26
Seven days they shall make atonement for the al...
Hebrews 9:22
And according to the law almost all things are ...
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Cross References
Exodus 29:13
And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
Leviticus 4:8
He shall take from it all the fat of the bull as the sin offering. The fat that covers the entrails and all the fat which is on the entrails.
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Exodus 29:14
But the flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
Leviticus 4:11
But the bull's hide and all its flesh, with its head and legs, its entrails and offal -
Leviticus 4:12
The whole bull he shall carry outside the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned.
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Exodus 29:15
You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.
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Leviticus 1:8
Then the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat in order on the wood that is on the fire upon the altar.
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Exodus 29:18
And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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Exodus 29:19
You shall also take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram.
Exodus 29:31
And you shall take the ram of the consecration and boil its flesh in the holy place.
Leviticus 8:2
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, a bull as the sin offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread.
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Exodus 29:20
Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood all around on the altar.
Exodus 29:21
And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and he and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Leviticus 14:14
The priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
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Hebrews 9:13
For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh.
Hebrews 9:14
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Hebrews 9:18 - 23
Therefore not even the first covenant was dedicated without blood.
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Exodus 29:22
Also you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and the fat on them, the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration).
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Exodus 29:23
One loaf of bread, one cake made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD.
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Exodus 29:24
And you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD.
Leviticus 7:30
His own hands shall bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD. The fat with the breast he shall bring, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the LORD.
Leviticus 7:34
'For the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering I have taken from the children of Israel, from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the children of Israel by a statute forever.'"
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Exodus 29:25
You shall receive them back from their hands and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the LORD. It is an offering made by fire to the LORD.
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Psalms 99:6
Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called upon His name; They called upon the LORD, and He answered them.
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Exodus 29:27
And from the ram of the consecration you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering which is waved, and the thigh of the heave offering which is raised, of that which is for Aaron and of that which is for his sons.
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Exodus 29:26
Then you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration and wave it as a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your portion.
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Exodus 29:21
And you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar, and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments, on his sons and on the garments of his sons with him; and he and his garments shall be hallowed, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.
Exodus 30:30
And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to Me as priests.
Numbers 3:3
These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.
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Exodus 29:31
And you shall take the ram of the consecration and boil its flesh in the holy place.
Exodus 29:32
Then Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
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Exodus 29:34
And if any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
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Exodus 29:30
That son who becomes priest in his place shall put them on for seven days, when he enters the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy place.
Exodus 29:35
Thus you shall do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. Seven days you shall consecrate them.
Leviticus 10:7
You shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die, for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you." And they did according to the word of Moses.
Ezekiel 43:25
Every day for seven days you shall prepare a goat for a sin offering; they shall also prepare a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish.
Ezekiel 43:26
Seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it, and so consecrate it.
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Cross References
Hebrews 7:16
Who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life.
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Cross References
Numbers 1:53
"but the Levites shall camp around the tabernac...
Numbers 3:7
And they shall attend to his needs and the need...
Numbers 9:19
Even when the cloud continued long, many days a...
Deuteronomy 11:1
Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and...
1 Kings 2:3
And keep the charge of the LORD your God: to wa...
Ezekiel 48:11
It shall be for the priests of the sons of Zado...
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