"Now thisis whatyou shall doto them to consecratethem to ministeras prieststo Me: takeoneyoungbulland tworamswithoutblemish,
"Have you not drivenout the priestsof the LORD,the sonsof Aaronand the Levites,and madefor yourselves priestslike the peoplesof [other] lands?Whoevercomesto consecratehimselfwith a youngbulland sevenrams,even he may becomea priestof [what are] nogods.
Your lambshall be an unblemishedmalea yearold;you may takeit from the sheepor from the goats.
"For in sixdaysthe LORDmadethe heavensand the earth,the seaand allthat is in them, and restedon the seventhday;thereforethe LORDblessedthe sabbathdayand madeit holy.
"Then bringnearto yourself Aaronyour brother,and his sonswith him, from amongthe sonsof Israel,to ministeras priestto Me-- Aaron,Nadaband Abihu,Eleazarand Ithamar,Aaron'ssons.
"You shall speakto allthe skillfulpersonswhomI have endowedwith the spiritof wisdom,that they makeAaron'sgarmentsto consecratehim, that he may ministeras priestto Me.
"You shall putthem on Aaronyour brotherand on his sonswith him; and you shall anointthem and ordainthem and consecratethem, that they may serveMe as priests.
"Then you shall takesomeof the bloodthat is on the altarand someof the anointingoil,and sprinkle[it] on Aaronand on his garmentsand on his sonsand on his sons'garmentswith him; so he and his garmentsshall be consecrated,as well as his sonsand his sons'garmentswith him.
When you have finishedcleansing[it], you shall presenta youngbullwithoutblemishand a ramwithoutblemishfrom the flock.
and the priestwho pronounceshim cleanshall presentthe manto be cleansedand the aforesaid beforethe LORDat the doorwayof the tentof meeting.
"Aaronshall enterthe holyplace with this:with a bullfor a sinofferingand a ramfor a burntoffering.
Whateverhas a defect,you shall not offer,for it will not be acceptedfor you.
ifthe anointedpriestsinsso as to bringguilton the people,then let him offerto the LORDa bullwithoutdefectas a sinofferingfor the sinhe has committed.
Fireshall be kept burningcontinuallyon the altar;it is not to goout.
"Then he shall bringto the priesthis guiltofferingto the LORD,a ramwithoutdefectfrom the flock,according to your valuation,for a guiltoffering,
Thisis that whichis consecratedto Aaronand that whichis consecratedto his sonsfrom the offeringsby fireto the LORD,in that daywhen he presentedthem to serveas prieststo the LORD.
Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
and he saidto Aaron,"Takefor yourself a calf,a bull,for a sinofferingand a ramfor a burntoffering,[both] withoutdefect,and offer[them] beforethe LORD.
"Pray,then,in this way:'Our Fatherwhois in heaven,Hallowedbe Your name.
For it was fittingfor us to have sucha high priest,holy,innocent,undefiled,separatedfrom sinnersand exaltedabove the heavens;
but with preciousblood,as of a lambunblemishedand spotless,[the blood] of Christ.
