Leviticus 8:1–13

The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

¹Then the Lord 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 the Lord commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting,

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

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

⁷He ^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 artistic band of the ephod, ¹with which he tied it to him.

⁸He then placed the ¹breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put ^2athe 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 the Lord had commanded Moses.

¹⁰Moses then took ^athe anointing oil and anointed the ¹tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.

¹¹He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to ^aconsecrate them.

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

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