1. “This is the ceremony you must follow when you consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams with no defects.
2. Then, using choice wheat flour and no yeast, make loaves of bread, thin cakes mixed with olive oil, and wafers spread with oil.
3. Place them all in a single basket, and present them at the entrance of the Tabernacle, along with the young bull and the two rams.
4. “Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and wash them with water.
5. Dress Aaron in his priestly garments—the tunic, the robe worn with the ephod, the ephod itself, and the chestpiece. Then wrap the decorative sash of the ephod around him.
6. Place the turban on his head, and fasten the sacred medallion to the turban.
7. Then anoint him by pouring the anointing oil over his head.
8. Next present his sons, and dress them in their tunics.
9. Wrap the sashes around the waists of Aaron and his sons, and put their special head coverings on them. Then the right to the priesthood will be theirs by law forever. In this way, you will ordain Aaron and his sons.
10. “Bring the young bull to the entrance of the Tabernacle, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.
11. Then slaughter the bull in the lord’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
12. Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.
13. Take all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and burn it all on the altar.
14. Then take the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burn it outside the camp as a sin offering.