When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow will be a feast to the Lord.”

and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,

and Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet from it.

“And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests – Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them,

Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert.

Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping.

“For Aaron’s sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for glory and for beauty.

“You are to present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the tent of meeting. You are to wash them with water

“You are to take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head,

“You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head,

Aaron is to burn sweet incense on it morning by morning; when he attends to the lamps he is to burn incense.

When Aaron sets up the lamps around sundown he is to burn incense on it; it is to be a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations.

“You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests.

So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron.

Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies.

And the Lord sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf – the one Aaron made.