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and it was killed. Moses smeared some of its blood on Aaron's right earlobe, some on his right thumb, and some on the big toe of his right foot.

Moses placed the bread on top of the meat and gave it all to Aaron and his sons, who lifted it up to show that it was dedicated to the Lord .

Finally, Moses sprinkled the priestly clothes of Aaron and his sons with some of the oil for ordination and with some of the blood from the altar. So Aaron and his sons, together with their priestly clothes, were dedicated to the Lord .

Moses said to Aaron and his sons: The Lord told me that you must boil this meat at the entrance to the sacred tent and eat it there with the bread.

Aaron and his sons obeyed everything that the Lord had told Moses they must do.

Eight days later Moses called together Aaron, his sons, and Israel's leaders.

Moses said: The Lord has ordered you to do this, so that he may appear to you in all of his glory.

Aaron stepped up to the altar and killed the bull that was to be the sacrifice for his sins.

His sons brought him the blood. He dipped a finger in it, smeared some on the four corners of the bronze altar, and poured out the rest at its foot.

Next, Aaron sacrificed the goat for the sins of the people, as he had done with the sacrifice for his own sins.

His sons placed all the fat, as well as the kidneys and the lower part of the liver

Aaron held out his hand and gave the people his blessing, before coming down from the bronze altar where he had offered the sacrifices.

He and Moses went into the sacred tent, and when they came out, they gave the people their blessing. Then the Lord appeared to the people in all of his glory.

Then Moses told Aaron and his other two sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: Don't show your sorrow by messing up your hair and tearing your priestly clothes, or the Lord will get angry. He will kill the three of you and punish everyone else. It's all right for your relatives, the people of Israel, to mourn for those he destroyed by fire.

But you are the Lord 's chosen priests, and you must not leave the sacred tent, or you will die. Aaron and his two sons obeyed Moses.

Moses told Aaron and his two sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: The grain sacrifice that was offered to give thanks to the Lord is very holy. So make bread without yeast from the part that wasn't sent up in smoke and eat it beside the altar.

He will then pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his left hand,

dip a finger of his right hand into the oil, and sprinkle some of it seven times toward the sacred tent.

and pour the rest of the oil from his palm on your head. Then he will offer the other two animals—one as a sacrifice for sin and the other as a sacrifice to please me, together with a grain sacrifice. After this you will be completely clean.

The priest will pour some of the olive oil into the palm of his left hand,