Leviticus 8 · Parashat Tzav

And the Lord spoke to Moshe, saying,

Take Aharon and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;

and gather all the congregation together to the door of the Tent of Meeting.

And Moshe did as the Lord commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

And Moshe said to the congregation, This is the thing which the Lord commanded to be done.

And Moshe brought Aharon and his sons, and washed them with water.

And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the efod upon him, and he girded him with the artistically wrought girdle of the efod, and with it he bound it to him.

And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Tummim.

And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, upon its forepart, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And Moshe took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.

And he sprinkled of it upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, both the laver and its pedestal, to sanctify them.

And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aharon’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

And Moshe brought Aharon’s sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put turbans upon them; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aharon and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.

And he slaughtered it; and Moshe took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement upon it.

And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moshe burned it on the altar.

But the bullock, and its hide, its flesh, and its dung, he burnt with fire outside the camp; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aharon and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

And he killed it; and Moshe sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moshe burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moshe burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire to the Lord; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aharon and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

And he slaughtered it; and Moshe took of its blood, and put it upon the tip of Aharon’s right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

And he brought Aharon’s sons, and Moshe put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moshe sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder:

and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:

and he put all upon Aharon’s hands, and upon his sons’ hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord.

And Moshe took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering; they were a consecration offering for a sweet savour: it was an offering made by fire to the Lord.

And Moshe took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord: for of the ram of consecration it was Moshe’s part; as the Lord commanded Moshe.

And Moshe took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aharon, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons’ garments with him; and sanctified Aharon, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

And Moshe said to Aharon and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of the bread of consecration, as I commanded, saying, Aharon and his sons shall eat it.

And that which remains of the flesh and of the bread shall you burn with fire.

And you shall not go out of the door of the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.

As he has done this day, so the Lord has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.

And you shall abide at the door of the Tent of Meeting day and night for seven days, and keep the charge of the Lord, that you die not: for so I am commanded.

So Aharon and his sons did all the things which the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moshe.