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Text -- Leviticus 8:18-36 (NET)
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8:18 Then he presented the burnt offering ram and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram ,
8:19 and he slaughtered it. Moses then splashed the blood against the altar’s sides .
8:20 Then he cut the ram into parts , and Moses offered the head , the parts , and the suet up in smoke,
8:21 but the entrails and the legs he washed with water , and Moses offered the whole ram up in smoke on the altar – it was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma , a gift to the Lord , just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
8:22 Then he presented the second ram , the ram of ordination , and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram
8:23 and he slaughtered it. Moses then 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 .
8:24 Next he brought Aaron’s sons forward, and Moses put some of the blood on their right earlobes , on their right thumbs , and on the big toes of their right feet , and Moses splashed the rest of the blood against the altar’s sides .
8:25 Then he took the fat (the fatty tail , all the fat on the entrails , the protruding lobe of the liver , and the two kidneys and their fat ) and the right thigh ,
8:26 and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened loaf , one loaf of bread mixed with olive oil , and one wafer , and placed them on the fat parts and on the right thigh .
8:27 He then put all of them on the palms of Aaron and his sons , who waved them as a wave offering before the Lord .
8:28 Moses then took them from their palms and offered them up in smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering – they were an ordination offering for a soothing aroma ; it was a gift to the Lord .
8:29 Finally, Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord from the ram of ordination . It was Moses ’ share just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
Anointing Aaron, his Sons, and their Garments
8:30 Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments , and on his sons and his sons ’ garments with him. So he consecrated Aaron , his garments , and his sons and his sons ’ garments with him.
8:31 Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons , “Boil the meat at the entrance of the Meeting Tent , and there you are to eat it and the bread which is in the ordination offering basket , just as I have commanded , saying , ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it,’
8:32 but the remainder of the meat and the bread you must burn with fire .
8:33 And you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent for seven days , until the day when your days of ordination are completed , because you must be ordained over a seven-day period.
8:34 What has been done on this day the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you.
8:35 You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the Lord so that you will not die , for this is what I have been commanded .”
8:36 So Aaron and his sons did all the things the Lord had commanded through Moses .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Aaron |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 1 |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
PRIESTS AND LEVITES |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
Israel |
CRITICISM |
Priest |
Offerings |
HAND |
CONSECRATE; CONSECRATION |
Blood |
BASKET |
Fat |
Symbols and Similitudes |
KNIFE |
MANNA |
Ear |
Breast |
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NET Notes: Lev 8:20 Heb “cut it into its parts.” One could translate here, “quartered it” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:133; cf. Lev 1:6, 12 abov...
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NET Notes: Lev 8:23 The term for “big toe” (בֹּהֶן, bohen) is the same as that for “thumb.” It refers to the l...
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NET Notes: Lev 8:31 Several major ancient versions have the passive form of the verb (see BHS v. 31 note c; cf. Lev 8:35; 10:13). In that case we would translate, “...
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NET Notes: Lev 8:32 Heb “but the remainder in the flesh and in the bread”; NAB, CEV “what is left over”; NRSV “what remains.”
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NET Notes: Lev 8:33 It is apparent that the term for “ordination offering” (מִלֻּאִים, millu’im; c...
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