Bible Verses About Priests

But the bull's flesh, skin and dung you are to destroy by fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering.

"Take one of the rams: Aharon and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head;

and you are to slaughter the ram, take its blood, and splash it on all sides of the altar.

Quarter the ram, wash the inner organs and the lower parts of the legs, and put them with the quarters and the head.

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.

"Take the other ram: Aharon and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head;

and you are to slaughter the ram, take some of its blood, and put it on the lobe of Aharon's right ear, on the lobes of his sons' right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Take the rest of the blood and splash it on all sides of the altar.

Then take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aharon and his clothing and on his sons and the clothing of his sons with him; so that he and his clothing will be consecrated, and with him his sons and his sons' clothing.

Also take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the inner organs, the two kidneys, the fat covering them and the right thigh - for it is a ram of consecration -

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.

Take the ram of consecration, and boil its meat in a holy place.

Aharon and his sons will eat the ram's meat and the bread in the basket at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

They are to eat the things with which atonement was made for them, to inaugurate and consecrate them; no one else may eat this food, because it is holy.

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

"Each day, offer a young bull as a sin offering, besides the other offerings of atonement; offer the sin offering on the altar as your atonement for it; then anoint it to consecrate it.

Seven days you will make atonement on the altar and consecrate it; thus the altar will be especially holy, and whatever touches the altar will become holy.

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.

"You are to make a basin of bronze, with a base of bronze, for washing. Place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it.

Aharon and his sons will wash their hands and feet there

when they enter the tent of meeting - they are to wash with water, so that they won't die. Also when they approach the altar to minister by burning an offering for ADONAI,

they are to wash their hands and feet, so that they won't die. This is to be a perpetual law for them through all their generations."

Then you are to anoint Aharon and his sons - you are to consecrate them to serve me in the office of cohen.

They made the tunics of finely woven linen for Aharon and his sons,

the turban of fine linen, the splendid headgear of fine linen, the linen shorts,