You shall consecratehim, therefore, for he offersthe foodof your God;he shall be holyto you; for I the LORD,who sanctifiesyou, am holy.
Rememberthem, O my God,becausethey have defiledthe priesthoodand the covenantof the priesthoodand the Levites.
The LORDalso saidto Moses,"Goto the peopleand consecratethem todayand tomorrow,and let them washtheir garments;
So Moseswentdownfrom the mountainto the peopleand consecratedthe people,and they washedtheir garments.
"You shall putthem on Aaronyour brotherand on his sonswith him; and you shall anointthem and ordainthem and consecratethem, that they may serveMe as priests.
"Now thisis whatyou shall doto them to consecratethem to ministeras prieststo Me: takeoneyoungbulland tworamswithoutblemish,
"Speakto allthe congregationof the sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'You shall be holy,for I the LORDyour Godam holy.
They shall be holyto their Godand not profanethe nameof their God,for they presentthe offeringsby fireto the LORD,the foodof their God;so they shall be holy.
and [so] cause them to bearpunishmentfor guiltby eatingtheir holy[gifts]; for I am the LORDwho sanctifiesthem.'"
Then the priestshall offer[it] up in smokeon the altar[as] food,an offeringby fireto the LORD.
"[You] are presentingdefiledfoodupon My altar.But you say,'Howhave we defiledYou?' In that you say,The tableof the LORDis to be despised.'
"Commandthe sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'You shall be carefulto presentMy offering,My foodfor My offeringsby fire,of a soothingaromato Me, at their appointedtime.'
do you sayof Him, whomthe Fathersanctifiedand sentinto the world,'You are blaspheming,'becauseI said,I amthe Sonof God'?
"For their sakesI sanctifyMyself,that they themselvesalsomay be sanctifiedin truth.
How muchsevererpunishmentdo you thinkhe will deservewho has trampled under footthe Sonof God,and has regardedas uncleanthe bloodof the covenantby whichhe was sanctified,and has insultedthe Spiritof grace?
For it was fittingfor us to have sucha high priest,holy,innocent,undefiled,separatedfrom sinnersand exaltedabove the heavens;