Moses indsætter præsterne i deres embede
1Derpå sagde Herren til Moses: 2-3„Før Aron og hans sønner hen til åbenbaringsteltets indgang og bring også deres præstedragter, salveolien, ungtyren, der skal bruges til syndoffer, de to væddere og kurven med det usyrnede brød. Og kald så hele folket sammen!”
4Så samledes hele Israels folk uden for åbenbaringsteltet, 5hvorefter Moses sagde til dem: „Det, som nu skal ske, er noget, Herren har befalet mig at gøre.”
6Så lod han Aron og hans sønner træde frem og vaskede dem med vand. 7Derefter iklædte han Aron inderkjortlen med bæltet, yderkjortlen og efoden med det fintvævede livbånd. 8Så gav han ham brystklædet på og lagde Urim og Tummim inden i, 9hvorefter han satte turbanen med guldpladen på hans hoved, sådan som Herren havde befalet ham.
10Derefter tog Moses salveolien og stænkede den på teltet og alt dets inventar for på den måde at indvi stedet. 11Han stænkede alteret syv gange og stænkede også alterredskaberne, vaskefadet og dets stativ, så det hele var indviet. 12Derpå salvede han Aron ved at hælde olien ud over hans hoved. Aron var nu indviet til tjenesten som ypperstepræst. 13Derefter kom turen til Arons sønner. Moses iklædte dem deres særlige dragter med bælter og hovedbeklædning, sådan som Herren havde befalet ham.
14Moses tog nu den unge tyr, der var udvalgt til syndoffer, og Aron og hans sønner lagde hænderne på tyrens hoved, 15hvorefter Moses slagtede den. Så dyppede han sin finger i det opsamlede blod og smurte noget rundt om alterets fire horn for på den måde at indvi alteret. Resten af blodet hældte han ud ved alterets fod. Alteret var nu indviet og renset for urenhed. 16Så tog han fedtet fra tyrens indvolde, fedtklumpen over leveren, begge nyrer og fedtet rundt om og brændte det hele på alteret. 17Kødet, huden og resten af indvoldene blev derefter brændt uden for lejren, sådan som Herren havde befalet ham.
18Så førte Moses den vædder frem, som skulle være et brændoffer for Herren. Aron og hans sønner lagde hænderne på vædderens hoved, 19og Moses slagtede den, hvorefter han stænkede dens blod på alterets sider hele vejen rundt. 20Dernæst parterede han vædderen og brændte kødstykkerne samt hovedet og fedtet. 21Så vaskede han dyrets ben og indvoldene med vand og lagde det på alteret, så hele vædderen blev brændt som et lifligt offer. På den måde fulgte Moses Herrens befaling.
22Nu førte Moses den anden vædder frem, som skulle være et indvielsesoffer for præsterne. Aron og hans sønner lagde hænderne på vædderens hoved, 23hvorefter Moses slagtede den og smurte noget af blodet på Arons højre øre, højre tommelfinger og højre storetå. 24Derefter smurte han noget af blodet på Arons sønner, på deres højre øreflip, tommelfinger og storetå. Resten af blodet stænkede han på alteret hele vejen rundt.
25Så tog han alt fedtet, fedthalen, fedtet omkring indvoldene og ved leveren og begge nyrer med det omkringliggende fedt, samt det højre lår. 26Ovenpå placerede han et rundbrød og et fladbrød med olivenolie, samt et pandekageformet brød. Alle brødene var bagt uden surdej, og han tog dem fra brødkurven, som var stillet frem for Herren. 27Alt dette lagde han derefter i hænderne på Aron og hans sønner og beordrede dem at svinge det foran Herrens alter. 28Derefter tog Moses offergaverne og brændte dem på Herrens alter sammen med brændofferet som et lifligt offer. 29Moses tog nu brystet af vædderen og svingede det foran Herrens alter. Det var Moses’ personlige andel af offeret i overensstemmelse med, hvad Herren havde befalet ham.
30Dernæst tog Moses noget af blodet fra alteret og noget af olivenolien og stænkede det på Aron og hans tøj og på Arons sønner og deres tøj. Nu var Aron, hans sønner og deres præstedragter indviet til at gøre altertjeneste for Herren.
31Da sagde Moses til Aron og hans sønner: „Kog kødet ved indgangen til åbenbaringsteltet og spis det dér sammen med brødet fra offerkurven, sådan som jeg har fået befaling om. 32Hvad der levnes af kødet og brødet, skal I brænde. 33I skal blive uden for teltets indgang i syv dage, for så er indvielsen forbi. 34Det, som er sket i dag, er efter Herrens befaling, for at I kunne blive renset og indviet. 35Bliv ved indgangen i syv dage, dag og nat. I skal adlyde Herrens befalinger, ellers skal I dø! Det har Herren sagt til mig.”
36Så gjorde Aron og hans sønner nøjagtig, som Herren havde befalet gennem Moses.
The ordination of Aaron and his sons
1The Lord said to Moses, 2‘Bring Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering,8:2 Or purification offering; also in verse 14 the two rams and the basket containing bread made without yeast, 3and gather the entire assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting.’ 4Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
5Moses said to the assembly, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded to be done.’ 6Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water. 7He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash round him, clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him. He also fastened the ephod with a decorative waistband, which he tied round him. 8He placed the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece. 9Then he placed the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the sacred emblem, on the front of it, as the Lord commanded Moses.
10Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. 11He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them. 12He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. 13Then he brought Aaron’s sons forward, put tunics on them, tied sashes round them and fastened caps on them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
14He then presented the bull for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 15Moses slaughtered the bull and took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on all the horns of the altar to purify the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. So he consecrated it to make atonement for it. 16Moses also took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it on the altar. 17But the bull with its hide and its flesh and its intestines he burned outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses.
18He then presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 19Then Moses slaughtered the ram and splashed the blood against the sides of the altar. 20He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces and the fat. 21He washed the internal organs and the legs with water and burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
22He then presented the other ram, the ram for the ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. 23Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. 24Moses also brought Aaron’s sons forward and put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he splashed blood against the sides of the altar. 25After that, he took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, both kidneys and their fat and the right thigh. 26And from the basket of bread made without yeast, which was before the Lord, he took one thick loaf, one thick loaf with olive oil mixed in, and one thin loaf, and he put these on the fat portions and on the right thigh. 27He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and they waved them before the Lord as a wave offering. 28Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering as an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord. 29Moses also took the breast, which was his share of the ordination ram, and waved it before the Lord as a wave offering, as the Lord commanded Moses.
30Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments and his sons and their garments.
31Moses then said to Aaron and his sons, ‘Cook the meat at the entrance to the tent of meeting and eat it there with the bread from the basket of ordination offerings, as I was commanded: “Aaron and his sons are to eat it.” 32Then burn the rest of the meat and the bread. 33Do not leave the entrance to the tent of meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, for your ordination will last seven days. 34What has been done today was commanded by the Lord to make atonement for you. 35You must stay at the entrance to the tent of meeting day and night for seven days and do what the Lord requires, so that you will not die; for that is what I have been commanded.’
36So Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord commanded through Moses.
