Jo’s Place

​ Completing the Ordination of Priests   (Continuing to follow the Lord’s instructions…) Moses then took all the offerings back from  (Aaron  and his sons)… and burned them, on the altar, on top of the burnt offering.  This was the ordination offering.  It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.  Then Moses took the breast …and lifted it up, as a special offering to the Lord.  This was Moses’ portion, of the ram of ordination, just as the Lord had commanded him.  Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil …and some of the blood that was on the altar, and he sprinkled them, on Aaron and his garments …and on his sons and their garments.  In this way, he made Aaron and his sons …and their garments holy.  Then, Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the remaining meat of the offerings, at the Tabernacle entrance, and eat it there, …along with the bread that is in the basket, of offerings for the ordination, just as ...

​ Ordaining the Priests (Continuing to follow the Lord’s instructions…) Moses presented the other ram, which was the ram of ordination.  Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head, and Moses slaughtered it.  Then Moses took some of its blood …and applied it to the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot.  Next, Moses presented Aaron’s sons …and applied some of the blood to the lobes of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet.  Moses then splattered the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.  Next, Moses took the fat, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys …and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.  On top of these, Moses placed a thin cake, of bread, made  without  yeast, a cake of bread mixed with olive oil, and a wafer spread with olive...

​ Sacrifice for Ordaining Priests (As the Lord commanded)  … Moses presented the bull, for the sin offering.  Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull’s head, and Moses slaughtered it.  Moses took some of the blood, and with his finger, he put it on the four horns of the altar, to purify it.  He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.  Through this process, he made the altar holy by purifying it.  Then Moses took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and he burned it all on the altar.  He took the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burned it on a fire outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded him.  Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering.  Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head, and Moses slaughtered it.  Then Moses took the ram’s blood and splattered it against all sides of the alt...