Moses Consecrates Aaron and His Sons
(Exodus 29:1–9)
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, Exo 28:2-4Exo 28:40Exo 39:1-31Exo 39:41Exo 40:12-15Heb 7:27Exo 30:23-37 and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.” 2Ch 30:13Act 2:11Ch 13:51Ch 15:32Ch 30:22Ch 30:252Ch 5:22Ch 5:6
So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him, and the assembly gathered at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. 1Co 11:231Co 15:3Deu 12:32Exo 39:1Exo 39:21Exo 39:26Exo 39:29Exo 39:31-32 And Moses said to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded to be done.” Exo 29:4-37
Then Moses presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 1Co 6:11Eph 5:26Exo 29:4Exo 30:19Exo 40:12Ezk 36:25Isa 1:16Psa 26:6 He put the tunic on Aaron, tied the sash around him, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He tied the woven band of the ephod around him and fastened it to him. Exo 28:4Exo 29:5Exo 39:1-7Gal 3:27Isa 61:10Rom 13:14Rom 3:22Isa 61:3 Then he put the breastpiece on him and placed the Urim and Thummim 1in the breastpiece. Ezr 2:631Th 5:8Eph 6:14Exo 28:15-30Exo 39:8-21Isa 59:17Sng 8:6 Moses also put the turban on Aaron’s head and set the gold plate, the holy diadem, on the front of the turban, as the LORD had commanded him. Php 2:9-11Exo 28:36-38Exo 28:4Exo 29:6Exo 39:28-30Zec 3:5Zec 6:11-14
Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them. Exo 40:9-11Exo 30:23-29Lev 8:2 He sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times, anointing the altar and all its utensils, and the basin with its stand, to consecrate them. Exo 16:14Exo 16:19Exo 30:29Exo 4:17Exo 4:6Ezk 36:25Isa 52:15Tit 3:6
He also poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. Exo 30:30Psa 133:2Exo 29:7Lev 21:10-12Exo 28:41Lev 4:3 Then Moses presented Aaron’s sons, put tunics on them, wrapped sashes around them, and tied headbands on them, just as the LORD had commanded him. Exo 29:8-91Pe 2:51Pe 2:9Exo 28:40-41Exo 40:14-15Isa 61:10Isa 61:6Psa 132:9
The Priests’ Sin Offering
Moses then brought the bull near for the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. Ezk 43:19Exo 29:10-14Lev 4:3-121Pe 3:182Co 5:21Heb 7:26-28Isa 53:10Lev 1:4 Moses slaughtered the bull, took some of the blood, and applied it with his finger to all four horns of the altar, purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it. Lev 4:72Ch 29:242Co 5:18-21Col 1:21-22Dan 9:24Eph 2:16Exo 29:10-12Exo 29:36-37
Moses also took all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys and their fat, and burned it all on the altar. Exo 29:13Lev 3:3-5Lev 4:8-9 But the bull with its hide, flesh, and dung he burned outside the camp, as the LORD had commanded him. Lev 4:11-12Exo 29:14Gal 3:13Heb 13:11-13Lev 16:27Lev 4:21Lev 6:30
The Priests’ Burnt Offering
Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. Exo 29:15-18Lev 8:2Lev 1:4-13 Moses slaughtered the ram and sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. He cut the ram into pieces and burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. Lev 1:8 He washed the entrails and legs with water and burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. Eph 5:2Exo 29:18Gen 8:21Lev 1:17Lev 2:9
The Ram of Ordination
(Exodus 29:10–30)
After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head. Lev 8:21Co 1:302Co 5:21Eph 5:25Eph 5:27Exo 29:19-31Jhn 17:19Lev 7:37 Moses slaughtered the ram and took some of its blood and put it on Aaron’s right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. Exo 29:20Lev 14:14Lev 14:17Rom 12:11Co 1:21Co 1:301Co 6:20Lev 14:28 Moses also presented Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then he sprinkled the blood on all sides of the altar. Heb 9:18-22
And Moses took the fat—the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with their fat—as well as the right thigh. Exo 29:22-25Isa 53:10Lev 3:3-5Lev 3:9Pro 23:26 And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh. Exo 29:231Ti 2:5Act 5:12Jhn 1:14 He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering. Exo 29:24-37Heb 9:14Jer 30:21Lev 7:30-31
Then Moses took these from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering. This was an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. Exo 29:25Heb 10:14-22Psa 22:13-14Zec 13:7 He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him. 1Co 10:311Pe 4:11Exo 29:26-27Isa 66:20Lev 7:30-34
Next, Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated Aaron and his garments, as well as Aaron’s sons and their garments. Exo 29:21Exo 30:30Num 3:31Jn 2:271Pe 1:2Gal 5:22-25Heb 2:11Isa 61:1
And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’ Exo 29:31-321Sa 2:13-17Deu 12:6-7Ezk 46:20-24Gal 2:20Jhn 6:33Jhn 6:35Jhn 6:51 Then you must burn up the remainder of the meat and bread. Exo 29:342Co 6:2Ecc 9:10Exo 12:10Heb 3:13-14Lev 7:17Pro 27:1
You must not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your ordination are complete; for it will take seven days to ordain you. Exo 29:35Exo 29:30Ezk 43:25-27Lev 14:8Num 19:12 What has been done today has been commanded by the LORD in order to make atonement on your behalf. Heb 7:27Heb 10:11-12Heb 7:16 You must remain at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days and keep the LORD’s charge so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded.” 1Ki 2:3Deu 11:1Num 3:7Num 9:191Ti 1:181Ti 1:3-41Ti 5:211Ti 6:13
So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses. Deu 12:321Sa 15:22Deu 4:2Exo 39:43Exo 40:16