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Leviticus 8:14-25 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

14. Moses led out the bull that was to be sacrificed for sin, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

15. After it was killed, Moses dipped a finger in the blood and smeared some of it on each of the four corners of the bronze altar, before pouring out the rest at the foot of the altar. This purified the altar and made it a fit place for offering the sacrifice for sin.

16. Moses then took the fat on the bull's insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and sent them up in smoke on the altar fire.

17. Finally, he took the skin and the flesh of the bull, together with the food still in its stomach, and burnt them outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded.

18. Moses led out the ram for the sacrifice to please the Lord. After Aaron and his sons had laid their hands on its head,

19. Moses killed the ram and splattered its blood against the four sides of the altar.

20-21. Moses had the animal cut up, and he washed its insides and hind legs. Then he laid the head, the fat, and the rest of the ram on the altar and sent them up in smoke with a smell that pleased the Lord. All this was done just as the Lord had commanded.

22. Moses led out the ram for the ceremony of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head,

23. and it was killed. Moses smeared some of its blood on Aaron's right ear lobe, some on his right thumb, and some on the big toe of his right foot.

24. Moses did the same thing for Aaron's sons, before splattering the rest of the blood against the four sides of the altar.

25. He took the animal's fat tail, the fat on its insides, and the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and the right hind leg.

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