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Exodus 29-30
Legacy Standard Bible

Setting Apart the Priests

29 “(A)Now this is [a]what you shall do to them to set them apart as holy to minister as priests to Me: take one bull from the herd and two rams without blemish, 2 and (B)unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers [b]spread with oil; you shall make them of fine wheat flour. 3 And you shall put them in one basket and bring them near in the basket along with the bull and the two rams. 4 Then (C)you shall bring Aaron and his sons near to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. 5 And you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the (D)tunic and (E)the robe of the ephod and (F)the ephod and (G)the [c]breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully (H)woven band of the ephod; 6 and you shall set the (I)turban on his head and put (J)the holy crown on the turban. 7 Then you shall take (K)the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. 8 And you shall bring his sons near and put (L)tunics on them. 9 You shall gird them with (M)sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind [d]caps on them, and they shall have (N)the priesthood by a perpetual statute. So you shall [e](O)ordain Aaron and his sons.

Slaughtering the Offerings

10 “Then you shall bring the bull near before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall (P)lay their hands on the head of the bull. 11 You shall slaughter the bull before Yahweh at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 12 You shall (Q)take some of the blood of the bull and put it on (R)the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. 13 You shall (S)take all the fat that covers the entrails and the [f]lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and you shall offer them up in smoke on the altar. 14 But (T)the flesh of the bull and its hide and its refuse, you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

15 “(U)You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram; 16 and you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and splash it around on the altar. 17 Then you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them [g]with its pieces and [h]its head. 18 You shall offer up in smoke the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to Yahweh: (V)it is a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh.

19 “Then (W)you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. 20 You shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the lobes of his sons’ right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet, and splash the rest of the blood around on the altar. 21 Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the (X)anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him; so he and his garments shall be set apart as holy, as well as his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

22 “You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails and the [i]lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them and the right thigh (for it is a ram of [j]ordination), 23 and one cake of bread and (Y)one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is set before Yahweh; 24 and you shall put [k]all these [l]in the [m]hands of Aaron and [n]in the [o]hands of his sons, and you shall wave them as a wave offering before Yahweh. 25 (Z)You shall take them from their hands and offer them up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering for a soothing aroma before Yahweh; it is an offering by fire to Yahweh.

26 “Then you shall take (AA)the breast of Aaron’s ram of [p]ordination and wave it as a wave offering before Yahweh; and it shall be your portion. 27 You shall set apart as holy the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the [q]contribution offering which was waved and which was [r]raised up as a contribution from the ram of [s]ordination, from the one which was for Aaron and from the one which was for his sons. 28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual statute from the sons of Israel, for it is a [t]contribution offering; and it shall be a [u]contribution offering from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their [v]contribution offering to Yahweh.

29 “(AB)The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, [w]that in them they may be anointed and ordained. 30 For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his stead shall put them on when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.

Yahweh Will Meet and Speak to Israel

31 “You shall take the ram of [x]ordination and (AC)boil its flesh in a holy place. 32 Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 33 Thus (AD)they shall eat [y]those things by which atonement was made [z]to ordain them, [aa]to set them apart as holy; but a [ab](AE)layman shall not eat them, because they are holy. 34 (AF)If any of the flesh of [ac]ordination or any of the bread remains until morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35 “Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you shall [ad]ordain them through (AG)seven days. 36 (AH)Each day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you shall [ae]purify the altar when you make atonement [af]for it, and (AI)you shall anoint it to set it apart as holy. 37 For seven days you shall make atonement [ag]for the altar and set it apart as holy; then (AJ)the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

38 “Now (AK)this is what you shall offer on the altar: two one year old lambs each day, continuously. 39 The (AL)one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the second lamb you shall offer [ah]at twilight; 40 and there shall be [ai]one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a [aj]hin of beaten oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with the one lamb. 41 The second lamb you shall offer [ak]at twilight, and you shall offer with it [al]the same grain offering and [am]the same drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh. 42 It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before Yahweh, (AM)where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. 43 I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be set apart as holy by My glory. 44 I will set the tent of meeting and the altar apart as holy; I will also set Aaron and his sons apart as holy to minister as priests to Me. 45 (AN)I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God. 46 They shall know that (AO)I am Yahweh their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am Yahweh their God.

The Altar of Incense

30 “Moreover, you shall make (AP)an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 Its length shall be a [an]cubit, and its width a cubit; it shall be square. And its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be [ao]of the same piece. 3 You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its [ap]sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it. 4 You shall make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls—on [aq]opposite sides—and [ar]they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it. 5 You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 6 You shall put [as]this altar in front of the veil that is [at]near the ark of the testimony, in front of the [au](AQ)mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. 7 Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps. 8 When Aaron [av]trims the lamps [aw]at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be continual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations. 9 You shall not offer any strange incense on [ax]this altar or burnt offering or grain offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it. 10 Aaron shall (AR)make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to Yahweh.”

The Census and the Atonement Price

11 Yahweh also spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “When you take (AS)a [ay]census of the sons of Israel [az]to number them, then each one of them shall give (AT)a price of atonement for [ba]himself to Yahweh when you [bb]number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you [bc]number them. 13 This is what everyone who [bd]is numbered shall give: half a [be]shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary ((AU)the shekel is twenty [bf]gerahs), half a shekel as a [bg]contribution to Yahweh. 14 Everyone who [bh]is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the [bi]contribution to Yahweh. 15 The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel when you give the [bj]contribution to Yahweh to make atonement for your souls. 16 And you shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a remembrance for the sons of Israel before Yahweh, to make atonement for your souls.”

The Laver for the Priestly Washing

17 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 18 “You shall also make (AV)a laver of [bk]bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing; and you shall (AW)put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. 19 And Aaron and his sons shall (AX)wash their hands and their feet from it; 20 when they come into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to Yahweh. 21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and (AY)it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for [bl]Aaron and his seed throughout their generations.”

The Holy Anointing Oil

22 Moreover, Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 23 “But as for you, take for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh 500 shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, 250, and of fragrant cane 250, 24 and of cassia 500, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a [bm]hin. 25 And you shall make [bn]of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be (AZ)a holy anointing oil. 26 And with it (BA)you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, 27 and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, 28 and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand. 29 You shall also set them apart as holy, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy. 30 (BB)And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall set them apart as holy, that they may minister as priests to Me. 31 And you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. 32 It shall not be poured on [bo]anyone’s body, nor shall you make any like it in [bp]the same specifications; (BC)it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. 33 (BD)Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a [bq]layman [br](BE)shall be cut off from his people.’”

The Incense

34 Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Take for yourself fragrances, stacte and onycha and galbanum, fragrances with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each. 35 With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. 36 You shall beat some of it very fine, and you shall put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting (BF)where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you. 37 The incense which you shall make, (BG)you shall not make in [bs]the same specifications for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for Yahweh. 38 (BH)Whoever shall make any like it, to [bt]use as perfume, [bu]shall be cut off from his people.”

Footnotes

  1. Exodus 29:1 Lit the thing which
  2. Exodus 29:2 Or anointed
  3. Exodus 29:5 Or pouch
  4. Exodus 29:9 Lit headgear
  5. Exodus 29:9 Lit fill the hand of
  6. Exodus 29:13 Or appendage on
  7. Exodus 29:17 Lit on
  8. Exodus 29:17 Lit on its
  9. Exodus 29:22 Or appendage on
  10. Exodus 29:22 Lit filling
  11. Exodus 29:24 Lit the whole
  12. Exodus 29:24 Lit on
  13. Exodus 29:24 Lit palms
  14. Exodus 29:24 Lit on
  15. Exodus 29:24 Lit palms
  16. Exodus 29:26 Lit filling
  17. Exodus 29:27 Or heave offering
  18. Exodus 29:27 Or heaved up
  19. Exodus 29:27 Lit filling
  20. Exodus 29:28 Or heave offering
  21. Exodus 29:28 Or heave offering
  22. Exodus 29:28 Or heave offering
  23. Exodus 29:29 Lit for anointing in them and filling their hand in them
  24. Exodus 29:31 Lit filling
  25. Exodus 29:33 Lit them
  26. Exodus 29:33 Lit to fill their hand
  27. Exodus 29:33 Or to sanctify them
  28. Exodus 29:33 Lit stranger
  29. Exodus 29:34 Lit filling
  30. Exodus 29:35 Lit fill their hand
  31. Exodus 29:36 Or offer a sin offering on the altar
  32. Exodus 29:36 Lit upon
  33. Exodus 29:37 Lit upon
  34. Exodus 29:39 Lit between the two evenings
  35. Exodus 29:40 Approx. 2.1 qt. or 2.3 l, an ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  36. Exodus 29:40 Approx. 1 qt. or 0.9 l, a hin was approx. 1 gal. or 3.8 l
  37. Exodus 29:41 Lit between the two evenings
  38. Exodus 29:41 Lit according to the grain offering of the morning
  39. Exodus 29:41 Lit according to its
  40. Exodus 30:2 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
  41. Exodus 30:2 Lit from itself
  42. Exodus 30:3 Lit walls
  43. Exodus 30:4 Lit its two
  44. Exodus 30:4 Lit it
  45. Exodus 30:6 Lit it
  46. Exodus 30:6 Or over; lit upon
  47. Exodus 30:6 Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement
  48. Exodus 30:8 Lit causes to ascend
  49. Exodus 30:8 Lit between the two evenings
  50. Exodus 30:9 Lit it
  51. Exodus 30:12 Lit sum
  52. Exodus 30:12 Lit for their being mustered
  53. Exodus 30:12 Lit his soul
  54. Exodus 30:12 Lit muster
  55. Exodus 30:12 Lit muster
  56. Exodus 30:13 Lit passes over to those who are mustered
  57. Exodus 30:13 A shekel was approx. 0.4 oz. or 11 gm
  58. Exodus 30:13 Approx. 0.5 oz. or 14 gm, a gerah was approx. 0.025 oz. or 0.7 gm
  59. Exodus 30:13 Lit heave offering
  60. Exodus 30:14 See v 13, note 1
  61. Exodus 30:14 Lit heave offering of Yahweh
  62. Exodus 30:15 Lit heave offering of Yahweh
  63. Exodus 30:18 Or copper
  64. Exodus 30:21 Lit him
  65. Exodus 30:24 A hin was approx. 1 gal. or 3.8 l
  66. Exodus 30:25 Lit it
  67. Exodus 30:32 Lit the flesh of man
  68. Exodus 30:32 Lit its proportion
  69. Exodus 30:33 Lit stranger
  70. Exodus 30:33 Lit even he shall
  71. Exodus 30:37 Lit its proportion
  72. Exodus 30:38 Lit smell of it
  73. Exodus 30:38 Lit even he shall
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