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Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it as his share of the offerings made to the Lord by fire, and this will continue from now on. Whatever touches these offerings shall become holy.'"

If he brings the fellowship offering to show his thanks, he should also bring loaves of bread made without yeast that are mixed with oil, wafers made without yeast that have oil poured over them, and loaves of fine flour that are mixed with oil.

He must also offer loaves of bread made with yeast along with his fellowship offering, which he gives to show thanks.

But if anyone is unclean and eats the meat from the fellowship offering that belongs to the Lord , he must be cut off from his people.

"‘If anyone touches something unclean—uncleanness that comes from people, from an animal, or from some hated thing—touching it will make him unclean. If he then eats meat from the fellowship offering that belongs to the Lord , he must be cut off from his people.'"

If someone eats fat from an animal offering made by fire to the Lord , he must be cut off from his people.

Anyone who eats blood must be cut off from his people.'"

"Tell the people of Israel: ‘If someone brings a fellowship offering to the Lord , he must give part of it as his sacrifice to the Lord .

He must carry that part of the gift in his own hands as an offering made by fire to the Lord . He must bring the fat and the breast of the animal to the priest, to be presented to the Lord as the priests' share.

This is the portion that belongs to Aaron and his sons from the offerings made by fire to the Lord . They were given this share on the day they were presented to the Lord as priests.

"Bring Aaron and his sons and their clothes, the special olive oil used in appointing people and things to the service of the Lord , the bull of the sin offering and the two male sheep, and the basket of bread made without yeast.

Bringing Aaron and his sons forward, Moses washed them with water.

Then Moses brought the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

Moses killed the bull, took the blood, and with his finger put some of it on all the corners of the altar, to make it pure. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the bottom of the altar. In this way he made it holy and ready for service to God.

Next Moses brought the male sheep of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

Then Moses brought the other male sheep, the one used in appointing Aaron and his sons as priests, and Aaron and his sons put their hands on its head.

Then Moses killed the sheep and put some of its blood on the bottom of Aaron's right ear, some on the thumb of Aaron's right hand, and some on the big toe of his right foot.

All these things he put in the hands of Aaron and his sons and presented them as an offering before the Lord .

Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. So this was the offering for appointing Aaron and his sons as priests. It was an offering made by fire to the Lord , and its smell was pleasing to him.

Moses took some of the special oil and some of the blood which was on the altar, and he sprinkled them on Aaron and Aaron's clothes and on Aaron's sons and their clothes. In this way Moses made Aaron, his clothes, his sons, and their clothes holy for the Lord .