^6 (A)Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. ⁷ Then he took ^(B)the Book of the Covenant and read it ^[a]as the people listened; and they said, “^(C)All that the Lord has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!” ⁸ So ^(D)Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, “Behold ^(E)the blood of the covenant, which the Lord has ^[b]made with you ^[c]in accordance with all these words.”

²⁶ “Then you shall take ^(A)the breast of Aaron’s ram of ^[a]ordination, and wave it as a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion.

²³ And he set the arrangement of ^(A)bread in order on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²⁴ Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. ²⁵ And he ^(B)lighted the lamps before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ²⁶ Then he ^(C)placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil; ²⁷ and he ^(D)burned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

8 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² “^(A)Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the ^(B)garments and ^(C)the 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 doorway of the tent of meeting.” ⁴ So Moses did just as the Lord commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting, ⁵ Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded us to do.”

⁶ Then ^(D)Moses had Aaron and his sons come near, and he ^(E)washed them with water. ⁷ Then he ^(F)put the tunic on ^[a]Aaron and wrapped his waist with the sash, and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he wrapped his waist with the artistic band of the ephod, ^[b]with which he fitted it to him. ⁸ He then placed the ^[c]breastpiece on him, and in the ^[d]breastpiece he put the ^[e](G)Urim and the Thummim. ⁹ He also placed the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its front, he placed ^(H)the golden plate, the holy crown, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁰ Moses then took ^(I)the anointing oil and anointed the ^[f]tabernacle and everything that was in it, and consecrated them. ¹¹ He also sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to ^(J)consecrate them. ¹² Then he poured some of the ^(K)anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him. ^13 (L)Next Moses had Aaron’s sons come near, and he clothed them with tunics and wrapped their waists with sashes, and bound ^[g]caps on them, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁴ Then he brought ^(M)the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. ¹⁵ Next ^[h]Moses slaughtered it and took the blood and with his finger ^(N)put some of it around on the horns of the altar, and purified the altar. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it, to make atonement for it. ¹⁶ He also ^(O)took all the fat that was on the entrails and the ^[i]lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat; and Moses offered it up in smoke on the altar. ^17 (P)But the bull and its hide, its flesh, and its refuse he burned in the fire outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁸ Then he presented ^(Q)the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ¹⁹ And ^[j]Moses slaughtered it and sprinkled the blood around on the altar. ²⁰ When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses ^(R)offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke. ²¹ After he had washed the entrails and the legs with water, Moses ^(S)offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

²² Then he presented the second ram, ^(T)the ram of ^[k]ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. ^23 [l]And Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and ^(U)put 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 He also had Aaron’s sons come near; and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. Moses then ^(V)sprinkled the rest of the blood around on the altar. ²⁵ He then took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the entrails, and the ^[m]lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh. ²⁶ And ^(W)from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake and one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer, and placed them on the portions of fat and on the right thigh. ²⁷ He then ^(X)put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, and presented them as a wave offering before the Lord. ²⁸ Then Moses ^(Y)took them from their hands and offered them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering for ^(Z)a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the Lord. ²⁹ Moses also took ^(AA)the breast and presented it as a wave offering before the Lord; it was ^(AB)Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

³⁰ So Moses ^(AC)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, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.