Focused Passage
The Consecration of the Priests and the LORD’s Promise to Dwell Among Israel
The LORD gives the procedure for consecrating Aaron and his sons: preparing sacrificial animals and bread, washing the priests, clothing Aaron, anointing him, clothing his sons, offering a bull as a sin offering, offering one ram as a burnt offering, offering another ram as an ordination offering, applying blood to the priests, waving and burning portions before the LORD, eating the ordination meal, repeating the consecration for seven days, offering daily burnt offerings, consecrating the altar, and receiving the LORD’s promise to meet, sanctify, dwell, and be Israel’s God.
Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources
15Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head.
16You are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splatter it on all sides of the altar.
17Cut the ram into pieces, wash the entrails and legs, and place them with its head and other pieces.
18Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
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