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Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of God Most High, brings bread and wine and blesses Abram. Abram gives him a tenth of everything.
A genealogy lists the heads of the households of Reuben, Simeon, and especially Levi. It traces the line that leads to Aaron and Moses and to Aaron's sons.
God tells the Israelites to supply pure olive oil so the lamps burn continually. Aaron and his sons will tend them from evening to morning as a lasting statute.
God directs Moses to bring Aaron and his four sons for priestly service. Skilled craftsmen are to make sacred garments to give them dignity, using gold, colored yarn and linen.
God describes the ephod, a woven garment, with two onyx stones engraved with the names of Israel's twelve sons on its shoulders as a memorial before the LORD.
God describes a breastpiece with four rows of gemstones for the twelve tribes, attached to the ephod by chains and rings. Aaron will carry the tribes' names over his heart, along with the Urim and Thummim.
God describes a blue robe with gold bells and pomegranates on the hem, and a gold plate reading HOLY TO THE LORD fixed to the turban. The bells sound as Aaron enters the sanctuary, and the plate helps make the people's gifts acceptable.
God directs that the remaining tunics, turban and sash be made, along with garments for Aaron's sons and linen undergarments. Priests must wear them when serving so they do not incur guilt and die.
God outlines how to consecrate Aaron and his sons: gather a bull, rams and bread, wash them, dress them in the holy garments, and anoint Aaron with oil. The priesthood is to be theirs by a lasting statute.
God describes the bull as a sin offering, one ram as a burnt offering, and a second ram of ordination whose blood is put on the priests' ear, thumb and toe. Portions are waved before the LORD and become the priests' share.
God says Aaron's garments pass to his successors, the ordination meal must be eaten at the tent entrance and leftovers burned. For seven days a bull is offered daily to cleanse and consecrate the altar.
God tells Moses to make a bronze basin between the tent and altar. Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and feet before serving so that they will not die.
God gives a recipe of myrrh, cinnamon, cane, cassia and olive oil for oil to anoint the tent, its furnishings and the priests. It may not be used on ordinary people or copied.
The workers weave the priestly garments for ministry. Bezalel makes the ephod with gold thread and colored yarn, and the onyx stones engraved with the names of Israel's sons are fastened to its shoulders.
The workers make the breastpiece with its twelve gems for the tribes, its gold chains and rings, and tie it to the ephod with a blue cord.
The workers make the blue robe with bells and pomegranates, the linen tunics, turbans, headbands, undergarments and sashes, and the gold plate engraved HOLY TO THE LORD. Each step is done as the LORD commanded.
The LORD tells Moses to set up the tabernacle on the first day of the first month, place its furnishings, anoint everything, and wash, clothe and anoint Aaron and his sons as priests.
A grain offering is made of fine flour with oil and frankincense. The priest burns a handful as a memorial portion, and the rest goes to Aaron and his sons as a most holy share.
Grain offerings may be baked in an oven, cooked on a griddle, or made in a pan, always unleavened and with oil. The priest burns the memorial portion and keeps the remainder.
When the anointed priest sins unintentionally and brings guilt on the people, he brings a young bull. Its blood is sprinkled before the veil and put on the incense altar's horns, and the carcass is burned outside the camp.
This section addresses the priests: the burnt offering stays on the altar all night. The priest removes the ashes each morning, and the altar fire must never go out.
After the memorial portion is burned, Aaron's sons eat the rest of the grain offering as unleavened bread in the courtyard. It is most holy and a permanent share for the priests.
On the day of his anointing, and regularly afterward, Aaron presents a grain offering of fine flour, half in the morning and half in the evening. A priest's grain offering is burned completely and not eaten.
The sin offering is slaughtered where the burnt offering is, and the priest who offers it eats it in the holy courtyard. If its blood was brought into the tent, the meat must instead be burned.
The guilt offering is handled like the sin offering: fat burned, blood splashed on the altar, and the meat eaten by male priests in a holy place. Priests also receive the hide of burnt offerings and most grain offerings.
The worshiper brings the fat and breast to be waved before the LORD. The fat is burned, the breast goes to Aaron and his sons, and the right thigh goes to the officiating priest as a permanent portion.
The LORD tells Moses to gather Aaron, his sons, their garments, the oil, and the animals at the entrance of the Tent. Moses obeys and tells the assembled congregation what the LORD has commanded.
Moses washes Aaron and his sons and dresses Aaron in the priestly garments, including the breastpiece and turban. He anoints the tabernacle, its furnishings, and Aaron with oil, then dresses Aaron's sons.
Aaron and his sons lay their hands on the bull, and Moses slaughters it. He puts its blood on the altar's horns to purify it and burns the fat on the altar, with the rest outside the camp.
Moses slaughters the second ram and puts its blood on Aaron's and his sons' right ear, thumb, and big toe. Portions of the ram and bread are waved before the LORD, and Moses sprinkles oil and blood on them and their garments.