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It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is the priests' portion to be offered by the people of Israel from their peace offerings; it is their offering to the LORD.

"The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them and ordained in them.

The son who is priest in his place shall wear them seven days, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.

and Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.

"Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; through seven days shall you ordain them,

I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate, to serve me as priests.

with which Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet.

They shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die: it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his descendants throughout their generations."

And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.

Whoever compounds any like it or whoever puts any of it on an outsider shall be cut off from his people.'"

Whoever makes any like it to use as perfume shall be cut off from his people."

and the finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests,

You shall keep the sabbath, because it is holy for you; every one who profanes it shall be put to death; whoever does any work on it, that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

But Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, "O LORD, why does thy wrath burn hot against thy people, whom thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand?

And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the testimony in his hands, tables that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

And as soon as he came near the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burned hot, and he threw the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain.

And he said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Put every man his sword on his side, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.'"

And Moses said, "Today you have ordained yourselves for the service of the LORD, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, that he may bestow a blessing upon you this day."

When the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.