1 Then the LORD said to Moses, 2 “Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, 3 and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.” 4 So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 5 And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.” 6 Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7 He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him. 8 Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece. 9 Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him. 10 Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them. 11 He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them. 12 He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. 13 Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him. 14 Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 15 Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it. 16 Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar. 17 But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him. 18 Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 19 Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. 20 He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. 21 He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. 22 After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 23 Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 24 Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. 25 And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh. 26 And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh. 27 He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering. 28 Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. 29 He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him. 30 Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments. 31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’ 32 Then you must burn up the remainder of the meat and bread. 33 You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you. 34 What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf. 35 You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.” 36 So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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- 2 Exodus 28:2–4; Exodus 40:12–15; Exodus 39:1–31; Exodus 28:40–29:4; Exodus 39:41
- 3 2 Chronicles 30:13; Acts 2:1; 2 Chronicles 30:25; Nehemiah 8:1; 1 Chronicles 15:3
- 4 Leviticus 8:29; Deuteronomy 12:32; Exodus 39:21; 1 Corinthians 15:3; Exodus 39:26
- 5 Exodus 29:4–37
- 6 Ephesians 5:26; 1 Corinthians 6:11; Exodus 29:4; Isaiah 1:16; Ezekiel 36:25
- 7 Exodus 28:4; Isaiah 61:10; Exodus 39:1–7; Exodus 29:5; Romans 13:14
- 8 Ezra 2:63; Exodus 28:15–30; Ephesians 6:14; Exodus 39:8–21; Song of Songs 8:6
- 9 Philippians 2:9–11; Exodus 28:36–38; Exodus 39:28–30; Zechariah 6:11–14; Exodus 28:4
- 10 Exodus 40:9–11; Leviticus 8:2; Exodus 30:23–29
- 11 Exodus 4:6; Exodus 30:29; Exodus 16:19; Titus 3:6; Exodus 16:14
- 12 Exodus 30:30; Psalm 133:2; Exodus 29:7; Leviticus 21:10–12; Leviticus 4:3
- 13 Exodus 29:8–9; 1 Peter 2:5; Exodus 40:14–15; Exodus 28:40–41; Revelation 5:10
- 14 Ezekiel 43:19; Leviticus 4:3–12; Exodus 29:10–14; Psalm 66:15; Leviticus 16:21
- 15 Leviticus 4:7; Leviticus 1:11; Leviticus 4:17–18; Ephesians 2:16; 2 Corinthians 5:18–21
- 16 Exodus 29:13; Leviticus 3:3–5; Leviticus 4:8–9
- 17 Leviticus 4:11–12; Exodus 29:14; Galatians 3:13; Leviticus 6:30; Leviticus 4:21
- 18 Leviticus 8:2; Exodus 29:15–18; Leviticus 1:4–13
- 20 Leviticus 1:8
- 21 Ephesians 5:2; Exodus 29:18; Genesis 8:21; Leviticus 2:9; Leviticus 1:17
- 22 Leviticus 8:2; John 17:19; Ephesians 5:27; Ephesians 5:25; Revelation 1:5–6
- 23 Exodus 29:20; Leviticus 14:17; Leviticus 14:14; Romans 12:1; Romans 6:13
- 24 Hebrews 9:18–22
- 25 Proverbs 23:26; Exodus 29:22–25; Leviticus 3:9; Leviticus 3:3–5; Isaiah 53:10
- 26 Exodus 29:23; Acts 5:12; John 1:14; 1 Timothy 2:5
- 27 Hebrews 9:14; Exodus 29:24–37; Jeremiah 30:21; Leviticus 7:30–31
- 28 Exodus 29:25; Hebrews 10:14–22; Zechariah 13:7; Psalm 22:13–14
- 29 1 Peter 4:11; Exodus 29:26–27; 1 Corinthians 10:31; Isaiah 66:20; Leviticus 7:30–34
- 30 Exodus 29:21; Exodus 30:30; Numbers 3:3; Leviticus 10:3; 1 John 2:27
- 31 Exodus 29:31–32; Leviticus 6:28; Galatians 2:20; John 6:51; 1 Samuel 2:13–17
- 32 Exodus 29:34; Proverbs 27:1; Leviticus 7:17; Exodus 12:10; Hebrews 3:13–14
- 33 Exodus 29:35; Numbers 19:12; Ezekiel 43:25–27; Exodus 29:30; Leviticus 14:8
- 34 Hebrews 7:27; Hebrews 10:11–12; Hebrews 7:16
- 35 Deuteronomy 11:1; 1 Kings 2:3; Numbers 3:7; Numbers 9:19; Hebrews 7:28
- 36 Deuteronomy 12:32; Exodus 40:16; 1 Samuel 15:22; Exodus 39:43; Deuteronomy 4:2
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And it is rightly named (Ecclesia) because it calls forth and assembles together all men; according as the Lord says in Leviticus, And make an assembly for all the congregation at the door of the tabernacle of witness.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)