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Exodus 29:22-39 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

22. Now, from this ram you shall take its fat: its fatty tail, the fat that covers its inner organs, the lobe of its liver, its two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and its right thigh, since this is the ram for installation;

23. then, out of the basket of unleavened food that you have set before the Lord, you shall take one of the loaves of bread, one of the cakes made with oil, and one of the wafers.

24. All these things you shall put into the hands of Aaron and his sons, so that they may raise them as an elevated offering before the Lord.

25. After you receive them back from their hands, you shall burn them on top of the burnt offering on the altar as a sweet-smelling oblation to the Lord.

26. Finally, take the brisket of Aaron’s installation ram and raise it as an elevated offering before the Lord; this is to be your own portion.

27. Thus shall you set aside the brisket of whatever elevated offering is raised, as well as the thigh of whatever contribution is raised up, whether this be the installation ram or anything else belonging to Aaron or to his sons.

28. Such things are due to Aaron and his sons from the Israelites by a perpetual statute as a contribution. From their communion offerings, too, the Israelites shall make a contribution, their contribution to the Lord.

29. The sacred vestments of Aaron shall be passed down to his sons after him, that in them they may be anointed and installed.

30. The son who succeeds him as priest and who is to enter the tent of meeting to minister in the sanctuary shall be clothed with them for seven days.

31. You shall take the installation ram and boil its meat in a holy place.

32. At the entrance of the tent of meeting Aaron and his sons shall eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.

33. They themselves are to eat of these things by which atonement was made at their installation and consecration; but no unauthorized person may eat of them, since they are sacred.

34. If some of the meat of the installation sacrifice or some of the bread remains over on the next day, this remnant you must burn up; it is not to be eaten, since it is sacred.

35. Carry out all these commands in regard to Aaron and his sons just as I have given them to you. Seven days you shall spend installing them,

36. sacrificing a bull each day as a purification offering, to make atonement. Thus you shall purify the altar by purging it, and you shall anoint it in order to consecrate it.

37. Seven days you shall spend in purging the altar and in consecrating it. Then the altar will be most sacred, and whatever touches it will become sacred.

38. Now, this is what you shall regularly offer on the altar: two yearling lambs as the sacrifice established for each day;

39. one lamb in the morning and the other lamb at the evening twilight.

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