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.
26. Then he took from a basket some of each of the three kinds of bread that had been made without yeast and had been dedicated to the Lord.
27. Moses placed the bread on top of the meat and gave it all to Aaron and his sons, who lifted it up to show that it was dedicated to the Lord.
28. After this, Moses placed it on the fires of the altar and sent it up in smoke with a smell that pleased the Lord. This was part of the ordination ceremony.
29. Moses lifted up the choice ribs of the ram to show that they were dedicated to the Lord. This was the part that the Lord had said Moses could have.
30. Finally, Moses sprinkled the priestly clothes of Aaron and his sons with some of the oil for ordination and with some of the blood from the altar. So Aaron and his sons, together with their priestly clothes, were dedicated to the Lord.
31. Moses said to Aaron and his sons:The Lord told me that you must boil this meat at the entrance to the sacred tent and eat it there with the bread.
32. Burn what is left over
33. and stay near the entrance to the sacred tent until the ordination ceremony ends seven days from now.
34. We have obeyed the Lord in everything that has been done today, so that your sins may be forgiven.
35. The Lord has told me that you must stay near the entrance to the tent for seven days and nights, or else you will die.