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Leviticus 8:24-36 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

24. Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons close to the altar. He put some of the blood on the tip of their right ears, on the thumb of their right hands, and on the big toe of their right feet. Then he sprinkled the blood around on the altar.

25. He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat on the inner parts, the fat covering of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.

26. A basket of unleavened bread is put before the Lord each day. Moses took one of those loaves of bread, one loaf of bread mixed with oil, and one unleavened wafer. He put these pieces of bread on the fat and on the right thigh of the ram.

27. Then he put all of it in the hands of Aaron and his sons. Moses lifted these pieces to show he was offering them before the Lord.

28. Then Moses took these things from the hands of Aaron and his sons and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. So this was the offering for appointing Aaron and his sons as priests. It was a sweet-smelling gift to the Lord.

29. Moses took the breast and lifted it to show he had presented it to the Lord. It was Moses’ share of the ram for appointing the priests. This was just as the Lord had commanded him.

30. Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar. He sprinkled some on Aaron and on Aaron’s clothes. He sprinkled some on Aaron’s sons who were with Aaron and on their clothes. In this way Moses made Aaron, his clothes, his sons, and his sons’ clothes holy.

31. Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “I told you, ‘Aaron and his sons must eat these things.’ So take the basket of bread and meat from the ceremony for appointing the priests. Boil that meat at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. Eat the meat and bread at that place. Do this as I told you.

32. If any of the meat or bread is left, burn it.

33. The ceremony for appointing the priests will last for seven days. You must not leave the entrance of the Meeting Tent until that time is finished.

34. Everything we did today was what the Lord commanded us to do in order to make you pure.

35. You must stay at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days. If you don’t obey the Lord’S commands, you will die! The Lord gave me these commands.”

36. So Aaron and his sons did everything that the Lord had commanded Moses.

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