Shemot - Chapter 29

1. And this is the thing that you shall do for them to sanctify them to serve Me [as kohanim]: take one young bull and two rams, perfect ones.

2. And unleavened bread and unleavened loaves mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil; you shall make them out of fine wheat flour.

3. And you shall place them upon a basket, and you shall bring them in the basket, and the bull and the two rams.

4. And you shall bring Aaron and his sons near the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and you shall bathe them in water.

5. And you shall take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, with the robe of the ephod, with the ephod, and with the choshen, and you shall adorn him with the band of the ephod.

6. You shall place the cap upon his head and place the holy crown upon the cap.

7. You shall take the anointing oil and pour [it] on his head and anoint him.

8. And you shall bring his sons near, and you shall clothe them with tunics.

9. And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and you shall dress them with high hats, and the kehunah will be a perpetual statute for them, and you shall invest Aaron and his sons with full authority.

10. You shall bring the bull to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands upon the head of the bull.

11. You shall [then] slaughter the bull before the Lord, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

12. And you shall take [some] of the blood of the bull and apply it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and you shall pour out all the blood upon the base of the altar.

13. You shall then take all the fat that covers the innards, and the diaphragm with the liver, also the two kidneys and the fat that is upon them, and make them go up in smoke upon the altar.

14. But the flesh of the bull, its hide and its dung you shall burn in fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

15. And you shall take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands upon the ram's head.

16. You shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and sprinkle [it] on the altar all around.

17. And you shall dissect the ram into its parts, and you shall wash its innards and its legs and put them with its parts and with its head,

18. and you shall make the entire ram go up in smoke upon the altar; it is a burnt offering made to the Lord; it is a spirit of satisfaction, a fire offering for the Lord.

19. And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lean their hands upon the ram's head.

20. You shall slaughter the ram, take [some] of its blood and put it upon the cartilage of Aaron's right ear and upon the cartilage of Aaron's sons' right ears, upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the big toes of their right feet, and you shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar all around.

21. You shall [then] take [some] of the blood that is upon the altar and [some] of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and upon his garments, upon his sons and upon the garments of his sons with him; thus he will become holy along with his garments, and his sons and their garments with him.

22. And you shall take out of the ram the fat and the fat tail and the fat that covers the innards, the diaphragm of the liver, the two kidneys along with the fat that is upon them, and the right thigh, for it is a ram of perfection.

23. And one loaf of bread, one loaf of oil bread, and one wafer from the basket of matzoth that stands before the Lord,

24. and you shall place it all upon Aaron's palms and upon his sons' palms, and you shall wave them as a waving before the Lord.

25. You shall then take them from their hand[s] and make them go up in smoke upon the altar with the burnt offering as a spirit of satisfaction before the Lord; it is a fire offering for the Lord.

26. And you shall take the breast of the ram of perfection which is Aaron's, and wave it as a waving before the Lord, and it will become your portion.

27. And you shall sanctify the breast of the waving and the thigh of the uplifting, which was waved and which was lifted up, of the ram of perfection, of that which is Aaron's and of that which is his sons'.

28. And so it shall remain for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual allotment from the children of Israel; for it is an offering, and it shall remain an offering from the children of Israel of their peace offerings; it is their offering to the Lord.

29. The holy garments that are Aaron's shall be for his sons after him, to be exalted through them and invested with full authority through them.

30. Seven days shall the one of his sons [who will be] the kohen in his place wear them, the one who is to enter the Tent of Meeting to serve in the Holy.

31. You shall take the ram of perfection and cook its flesh in a holy place.

32. Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

33. They shall eat those things with which atonement has been effected, in order to invest them with full authority, to sanctify them, but a stranger shall not eat [of them], because they are a sacred thing.

34. If any of the flesh of the perfection [offering] or of the bread is left over until the next morning, what is left over you shall burn in fire; it shall not be eaten because it is a sacred thing.

35. So shall you do to Aaron and his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; for seven days you shall perform their investiture.

36. And a bull as a sin offering you shall offer up every day for the atonements, and you shall purify the altar by performing atonement upon it, and you shall anoint it, in order to sanctify it.

37. For seven days you shall perform atonement upon the altar and sanctify it. Henceforth, the altar shall be a holy of holies. Whatever touches the altar will be holy.

38. And this is what you shall offer upon the altar: lambs in their first year, two a day, continually.

39. The one lamb you shall offer up in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer up in the afternoon.

40. And one tenth of fine flour, thoroughly mixed with a quarter of a hin of crushed [olive] oil, and a libation of one quarter of a hin of wine, for the one lamb.

41. And the other lamb you shall offer up in the afternoon; you shall offer [it] up like the meal offering of the morning and its libation, as a spirit of satisfaction, a fire offering to the Lord.

42. It shall be a continual burnt offering for your generations, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, where I will arrange meetings with you, to speak to you there.

43. There I will arrange meetings with the children of Israel, and it will be sanctified by My glory.

44. I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will sanctify Aaron and his sons to serve Me [as kohanim].

45. I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel and I will be their God.

46. They will know that I, the Lord, am their God, Who brought them out of the land of Egypt in order that I may dwell in their midst; I am the Lord, their God.