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Text -- Leviticus 8:3-36 (NET)
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8:3 and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the Meeting Tent .”
8:4 So Moses did just as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation assembled at the entrance of the Meeting Tent .
8:5 Then Moses said to the congregation : “This is what the Lord has commanded to be done .”
Clothing Aaron
8:6 So Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water .
8:7 Then he put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, and clothed him with the robe . Next he put the ephod on him and placed on him the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band.
8:8 He then set the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece .
8:9 Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate , the holy diadem , to the front of the turban just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
Anointing the Tabernacle and Aaron, and Clothing Aaron’s Sons
8:10 Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them.
8:11 Next he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and so anointed the altar , all its vessels , and the wash basin and its stand to consecrate them.
8:12 He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him.
8:13 Moses also brought forward Aaron’s sons , clothed them with tunics , wrapped sashes around them, and wrapped headbands on them just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
Consecration Offerings
8:14 Then he brought near the sin offering bull and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the sin offering bull ,
8:15 and he slaughtered it. Moses then took the blood and put it all around on the horns of the altar with his finger and decontaminated the altar , and he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and so consecrated it to make atonement on it.
8:16 Then he took all the fat on the entrails , the protruding lobe of the liver , and the two kidneys and their fat , and Moses offered it all up in smoke on the altar ,
8:17 but the rest of the bull – its hide , its flesh , and its dung – he completely burned up outside the camp just as the Lord had commanded Moses .
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 |
LEVITICUS, 2 |
LAW IN THE OLD TESTAMENT |
Israel |
CRITICISM |
EXODUS, THE BOOK OF, 1 |
PRIESTS AND LEVITES |
LEVITICUS, 1 |
Priest |
Anointing |
HAND |
Blood |
Offerings |
CONSECRATE; CONSECRATION |
Fat |
Caul |
BASKET |
PRIEST, HIGH |
KNIFE |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 |
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NET Notes -> Lev 8:3; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:7; Lev 8:8; Lev 8:8; Lev 8:9; Lev 8:9; Lev 8:9; Lev 8:10; Lev 8:13; Lev 8:13; Lev 8:13; Lev 8:13; Lev 8:14; Lev 8:15; Lev 8:15; Lev 8:15; Lev 8:16; Lev 8:16; Lev 8:16; Lev 8:17; Lev 8:17; Lev 8:19; Lev 8:20; Lev 8:20; Lev 8:21; Lev 8:21; Lev 8:22; Lev 8:23; Lev 8:23; Lev 8:23; Lev 8:25; Lev 8:25; Lev 8:25; Lev 8:26; Lev 8:27; Lev 8:27; Lev 8:27; Lev 8:28; Lev 8:31; Lev 8:32; Lev 8:33; Lev 8:33; Lev 8:34; Lev 8:34; Lev 8:36
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NET Notes: Lev 8:7 The decorated band of the ephod served as a sort of belt around Aaron’s body that would hold the ephod closely to him rather than allowing it to...
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NET Notes: Lev 8:8 The Urim and Thummim were two small objects used in the casting of lots to discern the will of God (see Exod 28:30; Num 27:21; Deut 33:8; 1 Sam 14:41 ...
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NET Notes: Lev 8:9 The gold plate was attached as a holy diadem to the front of the turban by means of a blue cord, and had written on it “Holy to the Lord” ...
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NET Notes: Lev 8:10 The expression “and consecrated it” refers to the effect of the anointing earlier in the verse (cf. “to consecrate them/him” i...
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NET Notes: Lev 8:13 Notice that the priestly garments of Aaron’s sons are quite limited compared to those of Aaron himself, the high priest (cf. vv. 7-9 above). The...
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NET Notes: Lev 8:14 See Lev 4:3-12 above for the sin offering of the priests. In this case, however, the blood manipulation is different because Moses, not Aaron (and his...
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NET Notes: Lev 8:15 Similar to v. 10 above, “and consecrated it” refers to the effect of the blood manipulation earlier in the verse. The goal here was to con...
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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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