Leviticus 8:1–13

The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons

¹Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

²“^aTake Aaron and his sons with him, and the ^bgarments and ^cthe anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread,

³and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting.”

⁴So Moses did just as Yahweh commanded him. Then the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting,

⁵and Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to do.”

⁶Then ^aMoses had Aaron and his sons come near and ^bwashed them with water.

⁷And he ^aput the tunic on him and girded him with the sash and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod, ¹with which he tied it to him.

⁸He then placed the ¹breastpiece on him, and in the ²breastpiece he put ^3athe Urim and the Thummim.

⁹He also placed the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its front, he placed ^athe golden plate, the holy crown, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.

¹⁰Moses then took ^athe anointing oil and anointed the ¹tabernacle and all that was in it and set them apart as holy.

¹¹And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the laver and its stand, to ^aset them apart as holy.

¹²Then he poured some of the ^aanointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to set him apart as holy.

^13aNext Moses brought Aaron’s sons near and clothed them with tunics and girded them with sashes and bound ¹caps on them, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses.