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And these are the things which thou shalt do to them: thou shalt sanctify them, so that they shall serve me in the priesthood; and thou shalt take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams ²and unleavened loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil: thou shalt make them of fine flour of wheat. ³And thou shalt put them on one basket, and thou shalt offer them on the basket, and the young calf and the two rams. ⁴And thou shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doors of the tabernacle of testimony and thou shalt wash them with water. ⁵ And having taken the garments thou shalt put on Aaron thy brother both the full-length robe and the ephod and the oracle; and thou shalt

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me as priest. ⁴And these are the. garments which they shall make: the breast-plate and the shoulder-piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests. ⁵And they shall take the gold, and the blue, and the purple, and the scarlet, and the fine linen. ⁶And they shall make the shoulder-piece of fine linen spun, the woven work of the embroiderer. ⁷¹ It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined together, fastened on the two sides. ⁸And the woven work of the shoulder-pieces which is upon ² it, shall be of one piece according to the work, of pure gold and blue and purple, and spun scarlet and fine twined linen. ⁹And thou shalt take the two stones, the stones of emerald, and thou shalt grave on them the names of the children of Israel. ¹⁰Six names on the first stone, and the other six names on the second stone, according to their births. ¹¹It shall be the work of the stone-engraver's art; as the graving of a seal thou shalt engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel. ¹²And thou shalt put the two stones on the shoulders of the shoulder-piece: they are memorial stones for the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel before the Lord on his two shoulders, a memorial for them. ¹³And thou shalt make ³ circlets of pure gold; ¹⁴and thou shalt make two fringes of pure gold, variegated with flowers, wreathe work; and thou shall put the wreathe fringes on the circlets, fastening them on their shoulder-pieces in front.

¹⁵And thou shalt make the oracle of judgment, the work of the embroiderer: in keeping with the ephod, thou shalt make it of gold, and blue and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen spun. ¹⁶Thou shalt make it square: it shall be double; of a span the length of it, and of a span the breadth. ¹⁷And thou shalt interweave with it a texture of four rows of stone; there shall be a row of stones, a sardius, a topaz, an emerald, the first row. ¹⁸And the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and a jasper. ¹⁹And the third row, a ligure, an agate, an amethyst: ²⁰and the fourth row, a chrysolite, and a beryl, and an onyx stone, set round with gold, bound together with gold: let them be according to their row. ²¹And let the stones of the names of the children of Israel be twelve according to their names; engravings as of seals: let them be for the twelve tribes each according to the name. ²²And thou shalt make on the oracle woven fringes, a chain-work of pure gold. ²³And Aaron shall take the names of the children of Israel, on the oracle of judgment on his breast; a memorial before God for him as he goes into the sanctuary. ²⁴And thou shalt put the fringes on the oracle of judgment; thou shalt put the wreaths on both sides of the oracle, ²⁵and then thou shalt put the two circlets on both the shoulders of the ephod in front. ²⁶And thou shalt put the ⁴ Manifestation and the Truth on the oracle of judgment; and it shall be on the breast of Aaron, when

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take them from their hands, and shalt offer them up on the altar of whole burnt-offering for a sweet-smelling savour before the Lord: it is an offering to the Lord. ²⁶And thou shalt take the breast from the ram of consecration which is Aaron's, and thou shalt separate it as a separate offering before the Lord, and it shall be to thee for a portion. ²⁷And thou shalt sanctify the separated breast and the shoulder of removal which has been separated, and which has been removed from the ram of consecration, of the portion of Aaron and of that of his sons. ²⁸And it shall be a perpetual statute of the children of Israel to Aaron and his sons, for this is a separate offering, and it shall be a ⁵ special offering from the children of Israel, from the peace-offerings of the children of Israel, a special offering to the Lord.

²⁹And the apparel of the sanctuary which is Aaron's shall be his sons' after him, for them to be anointed in them, and to fill their hands. ³⁰The priest his successor from among his sons who shall go into the tabernacle of witness to minister in the holies, shall put them on seven days. ³¹And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and thou shalt boil the flesh in the holy place. ³²And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the loaves in the basket, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. ³³They shall eat the offerings with which they were sanctified to fill their hands, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat of them for they are holy. ³⁴ And if aught be left of the flesh of the sacrifice of consecration and of the loaves until the morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, for it is a holy thing.

And thus shalt thou do for Aaron and for his sons according to all things that I have commanded thee; seven days shalt thou fill their hands. ³⁶And thou shalt sacrifice the calf of the sin-offering on the day of purification, and thou shalt purify the altar when thou dost ⁶ perform consecration upon it, and thou shalt anoint it so as to sanctify it. ³⁷Seven days shalt thou purify the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy, every one that touches the altar shall be hallowed. ³⁸And these are the offerings which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two unblemished lambs of a year old daily on the altar continually, a constant offering.

³⁹One lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the second lamb thou shalt offer in the evening. ⁴⁰ And a tenth measure of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil, and a drink-offering the fourth part of a hin of wine for one lamb. ⁴¹And thou shalt offer the second lamb in the evening. after the manner of the morning-offering, and according to the drink-offering ⁷ of the morning lamb; thou shalt offer it an offering to the Lord for a sweet-smelling savour, ⁴²a perpetual sacrifice ⁸ throughout your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord; wherein I will be known to thee from thence, so as to speak to thee. ⁴³And I will there give orders to the children of Israel, and I will be sanctified in my glory. ⁴⁴And I will

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join for him the oracle to the ephod. ⁶And thou shalt put the mitre on his head; and thou shalt put the plate, even the Holiness, on the mitre. ⁷And thou shalt take of the anointing oil, and thou shalt pour it on his head, and shalt anoint him, ⁸and thou shalt bring his sons and put garments on them. ⁹And thou shalt gird them with the girdles and put the tires upon them, and they shall have a priestly office to me for ever; and thou shalt ⁹ fill the hands of Aaron and the hands of his sons. ¹⁰And thou shalt bring the calf to the door of the tabernacle of witness; and Aaron and his sons, shall lay their hands on the head of the calf, before the Lord, by the doors of the. tabernacle of witness. ¹¹And thou shalt slay the, calf before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. ¹²And thou shalt take of the blood of the calf, and put it on the horns of the altar with thy finger; but all the rest of the blood thou shalt pour out at the foot of the altar. ¹³And thou shalt take all the fat that is on the belly and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt put them upon the altar. ¹⁴But the flesh of the calf, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp; for it is an offering on account of sin.

¹⁵And thou shalt take one ram and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. ¹⁶And thou shalt kill it and take the blood and pour it on the star round about. ¹⁷And thou shalt divide the ram by his several limbs, and thou shalt wash the inward parts and the feet with water, and thou shalt put them on the divided parts with the head. ¹⁸And thou shalt offer the whole ram on the altar, a whole burnt-offering to the Lord for a sweet-smelling savor: it is an offering of incense to the Lord. ¹⁹And thou shalt take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. ²⁰And thou shalt kill it, and take of the blood of it, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, and on the tips of the right ears of his sons and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet. ²¹And thou shalt take of the blood from the altar, and of the anointing oil; and. thou shalt sprinkle it upon Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons garments with him: and be shall be sanctified and his apparel, and his sons and his sons' apparel with him: but the blood of the ram thou. shalt pour round about upon the altar. ²²And thou shalt take from the ram its fat both the fat that, covers the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder, for this is a ¹⁰ consecration. ²³And one cake made with oil, and one cake from the basket of unleavened bread set forth before the Lord. ²⁴And thou shalt put them all on the hands of Aaron, and on the hands of his sons, and thou shalt ¹¹ separate them as a separate offering before the Lord. ²⁵And thou shalt

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their hands and their feet with water from it. ²⁰Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt-offerings to the Lord. ²¹They shall wash their hands and feet with water, whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness; they shall wash themselves with water, that they die not, and it shall be for them a perpetual statute for him and his ¹² posterity after him. ²²And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²³Do thou also take sweet herbs, the flower of choice myrrh five hundred shekels, and the half of this two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet-smelling cinnamon, and two hundred and fifty shekels of sweet smelling calamus, ²⁴and of ¹³ cassia five hundred shekels of the sanctuary, and a hin of olive oil. ²⁵And thou shall make it a holy anointing oil, a perfumed ointment tempered by the art of the perfumer: it shall be a holy anointing oil. ²⁶And thou shalt anoint with it the tabernacle of witness and the ark of the tabernacle of witness, ²⁷and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense, ²⁸and the altar of whole burnt-offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver. ²⁹And thou shalt sanctify them, and they shall be most holy: every one that touches them shall be hallowed. ³⁰And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests. ³¹³²On man's flesh it shall not be poured, and ye shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition: it is holy, and shall be holiness to you. ³³Whosoever shall make it in like manner, and whosoever shall give of it to a stranger, shall be destroyed from among his people.

³⁴And the Lord said to Moses, Take for thyself sweet herbs, stacte, onycha, sweet galbanum and transparent frankincense; there shall be ¹⁴ an equal weight of each. ³⁵And they shall make with it perfumed incense, tempered with the art of a perfumer, a pure holy work. ³⁶And of these thou shalt beat some small and thou shalt put it before the testimonies in the tabernacle of testimony, whence I will make myself known to thee: it shall be to you a most holy incense. ³⁷Ye shall not make any for yourselves according to this composition; it shall be to you a holy thing for the Lord. ³⁸Whosoever shall make any in like manner, so as ¹⁵ to smell it, shall perish from his people.