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祭司の任職式
1-3主はモーセに命じました。「アロンとその子らを幕屋の入口に連れて来なさい。装束、注ぎの油、罪の赦しのためのいけにえ用の若い雄牛一頭、雄羊二頭、パン種を入れないパンが入ったかごを用意し、すべての民を集めなさい。」
4-5幕屋の入口に集まった全員に、モーセは語りました。「これからすることは主のご命令だ。」
6こう言うと、アロンとその子らを呼び寄せ、彼らの体を水で洗い、 7アロンには特製の上着、飾り帯、青地の長い式服を着せ、美しく織った帯でエポデ（祭司が祭儀において着用する聖なる装束）をつけさせました。 8次は胸当てです。その袋にはウリムとトンミム〔神意を伺う一種のくじ〕を入れました。 9ターバンをかぶらせ、主に特別に選ばれた者であることを表す金のプレートを、正面につけさせました。主に命じられたとおりです。
10それから聖なる注ぎの油を手に取り、幕屋とその中の用具全部に振りかけ、神聖なものとしてきよめました。 11祭壇には特別に七回、その用具や、洗い鉢と台にも振りかけて、きよめました。 12最後はアロンでした。頭に油を注ぎ、特別にきよめ分けられた主の祭司に任命しました。 13それが終わると、今度はアロンの息子たちに式服を着せ、帯を締めさせ、ターバンをかぶらせました。主に命じられたとおりです。
14いよいよいけにえをささげる時です。モーセは、罪の赦しのためのいけにえ用の若い雄牛を引いて来ました。アロンとその子らはその頭に手を置き、 15-16モーセが牛をほふりました。モーセはその血を指につけ、祭壇の四本の角に塗って祭壇をきよめ、残りの血は祭壇の土台に注ぎました。こうして、祭壇を神聖なものとし、きよい儀式に使えるようにしたのです。次に、内臓を覆う脂肪、胆のう、二つの腎臓とその脂肪を祭壇で焼きました。 17そのほかの部分は、皮も肉も糞も、野営地の外で焼き捨てました。主に命じられたとおりです。
18次にモーセは、焼き尽くすいけにえとして雄羊をささげました。アロンとその子らがその頭に手を置き、 19モーセがほふって血を祭壇の回りに振りかけました。 20そのあと四肢に切り分け、まず頭と脂肪をいっしょに焼きます。 21内臓と足は水洗いし、祭壇で焼きます。こうして全部を主の前で焼き尽くすのです。これが、主の受け入れる焼き尽くすいけにえです。モーセは、すべて主の命令どおりきちんと行いました。
22それからモーセは、もう一頭の任職式用の雄羊を引いて来ました。まず、アロンとその子らがその頭に手を置きます。 23モーセは雄羊をほふり、その血をアロンの右の耳たぶと手足の右の親指に塗りました。 24続いて、アロンの息子たちにも同じようにします。残りの血は祭壇の回りに振りかけました。
25次に、背骨に沿ってついている脂肪と内臓を覆う脂肪、胆のう、二つの腎臓とその脂肪、右のももなどを取りました。 26その上に、かごから、パン種を入れないパンと、油を入れて焼いたドーナツ型のパンを一個ずつ、それに、オリーブ油を塗った薄焼きパン一枚を取り出して載せました。 27それを全部、アロンとその子らの手に載せ、祭壇の前で揺り動かして主にささげさせたのです。 28モーセはそれをもう一度もらい受け、焼き尽くすいけにえといっしょに、祭壇で焼きました。これが祭司任職のいけにえで、主に受け入れられるささげ物です。 29このあとモーセは、雄羊の胸の部分を祭壇の前で揺り動かして主にささげました。これはモーセが受け取る分です。すべて主に命じられたとおりです。
30続いてモーセは、注ぎの油と祭壇に振りかけた血を取り、アロンとその装束、息子たちとその装束に振りかけました。アロンとその子ら、およびその装束を、主の務めにささげるためです。
31モーセは、アロンとその子らとに言いました。「教えたとおり、幕屋の入口で肉を煮て、任職式用のかごに入っているパンといっしょに食べなさい。 32残った肉やパンは焼き捨てなさい。」 33またモーセは、七日間は幕屋の入口を離れないようにと命じました。祭司の任命には七日を要するからです。 34さらに、その日の儀式はすべて、主が命じられたとおりだと言いました。 35そして最後にもう一度、七日間は昼も夜も幕屋の入口を離れてはならないこと、もし離れたら必ず死ぬと主に言われたことを告げました。
36アロンとその子らは、主がモーセに命じたことをみな行いました。
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.
