Leviticus
Chapter 8
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Leningrad Codex, through the Open Scriptures Westminster Leningrad Codex. The written consonants are printed. A Masoretic reading is footnoted when it differs. No Dead Sea reading was substituted unless it was read from a fragment. The Samaritan Pentateuch and the Greek, Syriac, and Latin versions are witnesses, not the default.
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1God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. spoke to Moses:
2Take Aaron and his sons with him, the garments, the Pouring oil to set someone apart for God. oil, the bull of the offense offering, the two rams, and the basket of Made without yeast, so the bread stays flat. bread,
3and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
4Moses did as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. commanded him, and the congregation assembled at the entrance of the tent of meeting.
5Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. has commanded to be done.
6Moses brought Aaron and his sons near and washed them with water.
7He put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, put the A special vest the priest wore. on him, girded him with the designed band of the A special vest the priest wore., and bound the A special vest the priest wore. on him with it.
8He set the breast-piece on him, and he put the One of the objects the priest used when asking God for a decision. and the One of the objects the priest used when asking God for a decision. into the breast-piece.
9He set the turban on his head, and he set on the turban, at the front of his face, the gold plate, the holy diadem, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
10Moses took the Pouring oil to set someone apart for God. oil and Set apart for God by having oil poured on. the dwelling and everything that was in it, and he set them apart.
11He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and he Set apart for God by having oil poured on. the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to set them apart.
12He poured some of the Pouring oil to set someone apart for God. oil on Aaron’s head and Set apart for God by having oil poured on. him, to set him apart.
13Moses brought the sons of Aaron near, clothed them with tunics, girded them with a sash, and bound caps on them, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
14He brought the bull of the offense offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the offense offering.
15He slaughtered it. Moses took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and he purged the altar. He poured the blood at the base of the altar and set it apart, to make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for it.
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Yechatte is to purge by the offense offering. The altar is treated with that blood. It is not a second animal.
16He took all the fat that was on the innards, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses turned them into smoke on the altar.
17The bull, its hide, its meat, and its dung he burned in fire outside the camp, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
18He brought the ram of the whole offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
19He slaughtered it, and Moses dashed the blood on the altar all around.
20He cut the ram into its pieces, and Moses turned the head, the pieces, and the The hard fat inside an animal. into smoke.
21The innards and the legs he washed in water, and Moses turned the whole ram into smoke on the altar. It was a whole offering for a soothing scent. It was a food gift to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
22He brought the second ram, the ram of The ceremony that puts a priest into his work., and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
23He slaughtered it. Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.
24He brought the sons of Aaron near, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ears, on the thumb of their right hands, and on the big toe of their right feet, and Moses dashed the blood on the altar all around.
25He took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the innards, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh.
26From the basket of Made without yeast, so the bread stays flat. bread that was before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. he took one Made without yeast, so the bread stays flat. cake, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and he set them on the fats and on the right thigh.
27He put the whole of it on Aaron’s palms and on his sons’ palms, and he raised them as a raised offering before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
28Moses took them from their palms and turned them into smoke on the altar, on the whole offering. They were an The ceremony that puts a priest into his work., for a soothing scent. It was a food gift to God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary..
29Moses took the breast and raised it as a raised offering before God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary.. From the ram of The ceremony that puts a priest into his work. it was Moses’ portion, as God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded Moses.
30Moses took some of the Pouring oil to set someone apart for God. oil and some of the blood that was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him. He set Aaron apart, his garments, his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.
31Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the meat at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and eat it there, and the bread that is in the basket of The ceremony that puts a priest into his work., as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
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Leningrad writes “as I commanded.” The first person is printed. No other reading was substituted.
32What is left of the meat and of the bread you shall burn in fire.
33You shall not go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that the days of your The ceremony that puts a priest into his work. are fulfilled, because for seven days he shall fill your hand.
34As he did on this day, God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. commanded to be done, to make Making someone right with God after a wrong. for you.
35At the entrance of the tent of meeting you shall sit day and night for seven days, and you shall keep the watch of God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary., and you shall not die, because so I was commanded.
36Aaron and his sons did all the things that God’s own name. The Hebrew writes YHWH. See the glossary. had commanded by the hand of Moses.