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over Aharon's forehead. Because Aharon bears the guilt for any errors committed by the people of Isra'el in consecrating their holy gifts, this ornament is always to be on his forehead, so that the gifts for ADONAI will be accepted by him.

With them clothe your brother Aharon and his sons. Then anoint them, inaugurate them, and consecrate them, so that they will be able to serve me in the office of cohen.

"Here is what you are to do to consecrate them for ministry to me in the office of cohen. Take one young bull and two rams without defect,

and you are to slaughter the bull in the presence of ADONAI at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Then offer up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It is a burnt offering for ADONAI, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to ADONAI by fire.

along with one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread and one wafer from the basket of matzah which is before ADONAI -

and put it all in the hands of Aharon and his sons. They are to wave them as a wave offering in the presence of ADONAI.

Then take them back; and burn them up in smoke on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, to be a pleasing aroma before ADONAI; it is an offering made to ADONAI by fire.

"Take the breast of the ram for Aharon's consecration, and wave it as a wave offering before ADONAI; it will be your share.

this will belong to Aharon and his sons as their share perpetually due from the people of Isra'el - it will be a contribution from the people of Isra'el from their peace offerings, their contribution to ADONAI.

Carry out all these orders I have given you concerning Aharon and his sons. You are to spend seven days consecrating them.

The other lamb you are to offer at dusk; do with it as with the morning grain and drink offerings - it will be a pleasing aroma, an offering made to ADONAI by fire.

Through all your generations this is to be the regular burnt offering at the entrance to the tent of meeting before ADONAI. There is where I will meet with you to speak with you.

There I will meet with the people of Isra'el; and the place will be consecrated by my glory.

I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar, likewise I will consecrate Aharon and his sons to serve me in the office of cohen.

Then I will live with the people of Isra'el and be their God:

they will know that I am ADONAI their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt in order to live with them. I am ADONAI their God.

"Place it in front of the curtain by the ark for the testimony, in front of the ark-cover that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you.

Aharon is also to burn it when he lights the lamps at dusk; this is the regular burning of incense before ADONAI through all your generations.

Aharon is to make atonement on its horns once a year - with the blood of the sin offering of atonement he is to make atonement for it once a year through all your generations; it is especially holy to ADONAI." 10-20

ADONAI said to Moshe,

"When you take a census of the people of Isra'el and register them, each, upon registration, is to pay a ransom for his life to ADONAI, to avoid any breakout of plague among them during the time of the census.

Everyone subject to the census is to pay as an offering to ADONAI half a shekel [one-fifth of an ounce of silver]- by the standard of the sanctuary shekel (a shekel equals twenty gerahs).

Everyone over twenty years of age who is subject to the census is to give this offering to ADONAI -

the rich is not to give more or the poor less than the half-shekel when giving ADONAI's offering to atone for your lives.