亚伦献祭
1第八天，摩西召来亚伦父子们和以色列的众长老。 2他对亚伦说：“你要在耶和华面前献上一头公牛犊作赎罪祭、一只公绵羊作燔祭，这些祭牲都要毫无残疾。 3然后，你要告诉以色列人，‘你们要取一只公山羊作赎罪祭、毫无残疾的一岁牛犊和羊羔各一只作燔祭、 4公牛和公绵羊各一只作平安祭，连同调油的素祭一起献给耶和华，因为今天耶和华要向你们显现。’” 5于是，以色列人遵照摩西的吩咐，把祭物带到会幕前。全体会众都聚集到那里，站在耶和华面前。 6摩西对他们说：“耶和华吩咐你们这样做，是为了向你们显出祂的荣耀。” 7随后，摩西对亚伦说：“你要到坛前来，献上你的赎罪祭和燔祭，为自己和民众赎罪。也要按照耶和华的吩咐，为百姓献上他们的祭物，为他们赎罪。”
8于是，亚伦走到坛前，宰杀为他作赎罪祭的牛犊。 9他儿子们把牛犊的血递给他，他用手指蘸血抹在坛角上，将剩下的血倒在坛脚旁。 10他照耶和华对摩西的吩咐，在坛上焚烧牛犊的脂肪、肾脏和肝叶， 11把皮和肉带到营外焚烧。
12亚伦宰了燔祭祭牲，他儿子们把祭牲的血递给他洒在祭坛四周。 13他们将祭牲切成块，连头颅一起交给亚伦献在坛上焚烧。 14亚伦洗净祭牲的内脏和腿，放在祭坛的燔祭上焚烧。
15随后，亚伦为民众献祭。他牵来那只为民众作赎罪祭的公山羊，宰杀后，像刚才为自己献赎罪祭一样为他们献上赎罪祭。 16他又牵来燔祭祭牲，依照条例献上燔祭。 17除了早晨的燔祭，亚伦又取来素祭，从中拿了一把献在坛上焚烧。 18然后，他宰了公牛和公绵羊，为民众献平安祭。他儿子们把祭牲的血递给他，他把血洒在祭坛四周。 19他们把公牛和公绵羊的脂肪，即肥尾巴、遮盖内脏的脂肪、肾脏和肝叶， 20放在祭牲的胸上，然后亚伦把那些脂肪放在坛上焚烧， 21将胸肉和右腿肉作为摇祭在耶和华面前摇一摇，都遵照摩西的吩咐。
22亚伦献完赎罪祭、燔祭和平安祭，举手为民众祝福后，走下祭坛。 23之后，摩西和亚伦走进会幕，又出来为民众祝福。这时，耶和华的荣耀向所有民众显现。 24有火从耶和华那里降下来，烧尽祭坛上的燔祭和脂肪。民众看见这景象，都欢呼起来，俯伏在地。
The priests begin their ministry
1On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel. 2He said to Aaron, ‘Take a bull calf for your sin offering9:2 Or purification offering; here and throughout this chapter and a ram for your burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the Lord. 3Then say to the Israelites: “Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb – both a year old and without defect – for a burnt offering, 4and an ox9:4 The Hebrew word can include both male and female; also in verses 18 and 19. and a ram for a fellowship offering to sacrifice before the Lord, together with a grain offering mixed with olive oil. For today the Lord will appear to you.” ’
5They took the things Moses commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the entire assembly came near and stood before the Lord. 6Then Moses said, ‘This is what the Lord has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.’
7Moses said to Aaron, ‘Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and the people; sacrifice the offering that is for the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord has commanded.’
8So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. 9His sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar. 10On the altar he burned the fat, the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, as the Lord commanded Moses; 11the flesh and the hide he burned outside the camp.
12Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar. 13They handed him the burnt offering piece by piece, including the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14He washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on top of the burnt offering on the altar.
15Aaron then brought the offering that was for the people. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering and slaughtered it and offered it for a sin offering as he did with the first one.
16He brought the burnt offering and offered it in the prescribed way. 17He also brought the grain offering, took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.
18He slaughtered the ox and the ram as the fellowship offering for the people. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the sides of the altar. 19But the fat portions of the ox and the ram – the fat tail, the layer of fat, the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver – 20these they laid on the breasts, and then Aaron burned the fat on the altar. 21Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh before the Lord as a wave offering, as Moses commanded.
22Then Aaron lifted his hands towards the people and blessed them. And having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering, he stepped down.
23Moses and Aaron then went into the tent of meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people; and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24Fire came out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell face down.
