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This practice finds its roots in both the Old and New Testaments, where the laying on of hands and prayer are central elements.<br><br><b>Old Testament Foundations</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, ordination is closely associated with the consecration of priests. The tribe of Levi was set apart for priestly duties, with Aaron and his sons being the first to be ordained as priests. The process involved rituals of purification, sacrifices, and the laying on of hands. <a href="/exodus/29-9.htm">Exodus 29:9</a> describes the ordination of Aaron and his sons: "And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a perpetual statute. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons."<br><br>The concept of being set apart for God's service is further illustrated in the anointing of kings and prophets, such as the anointing of David by Samuel (<a href="/1_samuel/16-13.htm">1 Samuel 16:13</a>). This act symbolized the empowerment and selection by God for a specific purpose.<br><br><b>New Testament Practice</b><br><br>In the New Testament, ordination continues as a practice for appointing leaders within the early church. Jesus Himself chose and appointed the twelve apostles, setting a precedent for the selection of church leaders. In <a href="/acts/6-6.htm">Acts 6:6</a>, the apostles laid hands on the seven chosen to serve, indicating their appointment: "They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them."<br><br>The Apostle Paul provides further insight into the qualifications and responsibilities of church leaders in his pastoral epistles. In <a href="/1_timothy/3.htm">1 Timothy 3:1-7</a>, Paul outlines the qualifications for overseers, emphasizing character and ability to teach. Similarly, in <a href="/titus/1-5.htm">Titus 1:5</a>, Paul instructs Titus to appoint elders in every town, indicating a structured approach to church leadership: "The reason I left you in Crete was that you might put in order what was left unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you."<br><br><b>Theological Significance</b><br><br>Ordination is not merely a human appointment but is seen as a divine calling and empowerment for ministry. The laying on of hands symbolizes the transmission of authority and the Holy Spirit's empowerment for the tasks ahead. In <a href="/2_timothy/1-6.htm">2 Timothy 1:6</a>, Paul reminds Timothy of the gift of God imparted through the laying on of hands: "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands."<br><br><b>Contemporary Practice</b><br><br>In contemporary Christian practice, ordination varies among denominations but generally involves a period of discernment, examination, and training. It is often accompanied by a formal ceremony where the candidate is prayed over and commissioned for ministry. The role of ordained individuals can include preaching, teaching, administering sacraments, and providing pastoral care.<br><br>Ordination remains a vital aspect of church life, ensuring that those who lead and serve are recognized as being called and equipped by God for their specific roles within the body of Christ.<a name="top" id="top"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Bible Verses</div><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22</a></span><br>Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep yourself pure.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/3-8.htm">1 Timothy 3:8</a></span><br>Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/5-17.htm">1 Timothy 5:17</a></span><br>Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) The act of consecrating for ministry, appointing, or setting apart; the state of being ordained, appointed, etc.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) The act of setting apart to an office in the Christian ministry; the conferring of holy orders.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) Disposition; arrangement; order.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">ORDAIN; ORDINATION</span><p>or-dan', or-di-na-shun (Latin ordinare, "to set in order" "to arrange"; in post-Augustan Latin "to appoint to office"; from ordo, gen. ordinis, "order," "arrangement"): In the King James Version the verb "to ordain" renders as many as 35 different words (11 Hebrew words in the Old Testament, 21 Greek words in Apocrypha and the New Testament, and 3 Latin words in Apocrypha). This is due to the fact that the English word has many shades of meaning (especially as used in the time the King James Version was made), of which the following are the chief:<br><br>(1) To set in order, arrange, prepare:<br><br>"All things that we ordained festival,<br><br>Turn from their office to black funeral."<br><br>-Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, IV, v, 84.<br><br>This meaning is now obsolete. It is found in the King James Version of <a href="/psalms/132-17.htm">Psalm 132:17</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Isaiah 30:33</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-6.htm">Hebrews 9:6</a> (in each of which cases the Revised Version (British and American) or margin substitutes "prepare"); <a href="/1_chronicles/17-9.htm">1 Chronicles 17:9</a> (the Revised Version (British and American) "appoint"); <a href="/psalms/7-13.htm">Psalm 7:13</a> (the Revised Version (British and American) "maketh"); <a href="/habakkuk/1-12.htm">Habakkuk 1:12</a> (also the Revised Version (British and American)).<br><br>(2) To establish, institute, bring into being: "When first this order (i.e. the Garter) was ordained, my Lord" (Shakespeare). So in <a href="/1_kings/12-32.htm">1 Kings 12:32</a>, "Jeroboam ordained a feast in the 8th month" (12:33); <a href="/numbers/28-6.htm">Numbers 28:6</a> <a href="/psalms/8-2.htm">Psalm 8:2, 3</a> <a href="/isaiah/26-12.htm">Isaiah 26:12</a>; 2Es 6:49 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "preserve"); Sirach 7:15; <a href="/galatians/3-19.htm">Galatians 3:19</a>.<br><br>(3) To decree, give orders, prescribe:<br><br>"And doth the power that man adores<br><br>Ordain their doom"-Byron.<br><br>So <a href="/esther/9-27.htm">Esther 9:27</a>, "The Jews ordained.... that they would keep these two days according to the writing thereof"; 1 Esdras 6:34; 2 Esdras 7:17; 8:14 the King James Version; Tobit 1:6; 8:7 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) "command"); Additions to Esther 14:9; 1 Maccabees 4:59; 7:49; <a href="/acts/16-4.htm">Acts 16:4</a> <a href="/romans/7-10.htm">Romans 7:10</a> the King James Version; <a href="/1_corinthians/2-7.htm">1 Corinthians 2:7</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/7-17.htm">1 Corinthians 7:17</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/9-14.htm">1 Corinthians 9:14</a> <a href="/ephesians/2-10.htm">Ephesians 2:10</a> the King James Version.<br><br>(4) To set apart for an office or duty, appoint, destine: "Being ordained his special governor" (Shakespeare). Frequent in EV. When the King James Version has "ordain" in this sense, the Revised Version (British and American) generally substitutes "appoint"; e.g. "He (Jesus) appointed (the King James Version "ordained") twelve, that they might be with him" (<a href="/mark/3-14.htm">Mark 3:14</a>). So <a href="/2_chronicles/11-15.htm">2 Chronicles 11:15</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-5.htm">Jeremiah 1:5</a> <a href="/daniel/2-24.htm">Daniel 2:24</a>; 1 Esdras 8:49; 1 Maccabees 3:55; 10:20; <a href="/john/15-16.htm">John 15:16</a> <a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a> <a href="/1_timothy/2-7.htm">1 Timothy 2:7</a>; <a href="/titus/1-5.htm">Titus 1:5</a> <a href="/hebrews/5-1.htm">Hebrews 5:1</a>; <a href="/hebrews/8-3.htm">Hebrews 8:3</a>. The Revised Version (British and American) substitutes "formedst" in The Wisdom of Solomon 9:2, "recorded" in Sirach 48:10, "become" in <a href="/acts/1-22.htm">Acts 1:22</a>, "written of" (margin "set forth") in <a href="/jude/1-4.htm">Jude 1:4</a>, but retains "ordain" in the sense of "appoint," "set apart," in <a href="/2_kings/23-5.htm">2 Kings 23:5</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-22.htm">1 Chronicles 9:22</a>; <a href="/nasb/1_chronicles/1.htm">1 Chronicles 1</a> Esdras 8:23; Additions to Esther 13:6; <a href="/acts/10-42.htm">Acts 10:42</a>; <a href="/acts/13-48.htm">Acts 13:48</a>; <a href="/acts/17-31.htm">Acts 17:31</a> <a href="/romans/13-1.htm">Romans 13:1</a>.<br><br>(5) To appoint ceremonially to the ministerial or priestly office, to confer holy orders on. This later technical or ecclesiastical sense is never found in English Versions of the Bible. The nearest approach is (4) above, but the idea of formal or ceremonial setting-apart to office (prominent in its modern usage) is never implied in the word.<br><br>Ordination: The act of arranging in regular order, especially the act of investing with ministerial or sacerdotal rank (ordo), the setting-apart for an office in the Christian ministry. The word does not occur in English Version of the Bible. The New Testament throws but little light on the origin of the later ecclesiastical rite of ordination. The 12 disciples were not set apart by any formal act on the part of Jesus. In <a href="/mark/3-14.htm">Mark 3:14</a> <a href="/john/15-16.htm">John 15:16</a>, the King James Version rendering "ordain" is, in view of its modern usage, misleading; nothing more is implied than an appointment or election. In <a href="/john/20-21.htm">John 20:21-23</a>, we have indeed a symbolic act of consecration ("He breathed on them"), but "the act is described as one and not repeated. The gift was once for all, not to individuals but to the abiding body" (Westcott, at the place). In the Apostolic age there is no trace of the doctrine of an outward rite conferring inward grace, though we have instances of the formal appointment or recognition of those who had already given proof of their spiritual qualification.<br><br>(1) The Seven were chosen by the brethren as men already "full of the Spirit and of wisdom," and were then "appointed" by the Twelve, who prayed and laid their hands upon them (<a href="/acts/6-1.htm">Acts 6:1-6</a>).<br><br>(2) The call of Barnabas and Saul came direct from God (<a href="/acts/13-2.htm">Acts 13:2</a>, "the work whereunto I have called them"; <a href="/acts/13-4.htm">Acts 13:4</a>, they were "sent forth by the Holy Spirit"). Yet certain prophets and teachers were instructed by the Holy Spirit to "separate" them (i.e. publicly) for their work, which they did by fasting and praying and laying on of hands (<a href="/acts/13-3.htm">Acts 13:3</a>). But it was utterly foreign to Paul's point of view to regard the church's act as constituting him an apostle (compare <a href="/galatians/1-1.htm">Galatians 1:1</a>).<br><br>(3) Barnabas and Paul are said to have "ordained," the Revised Version (British and American) "appointed" (cheirotonesantes, "elect," "appoint," without indicating the particular mode of appointment), elders or presbyters in every city with prayers and fasting (<a href="/acts/14-23.htm">Acts 14:23</a>). So Titus was instructed by Paul to "appoint elders in every city" in Crete (<a href="/titus/1-5.htm">Titus 1:5</a>).<br><br>(4) The gift of Timothy for evangelistic work seems to have been formally recognized in two ways:<br><br>(a) by the laying on of the hands of the presbytery (<a href="/1_timothy/4-14.htm">1 Timothy 4:14</a>),<br><br>(b) by the laying on of the hands of Paul himself (<a href="/2_timothy/1-6.htm">2 Timothy 1:6</a>). The words "Lay hands hastily on no man" (<a href="/1_timothy/5-22.htm">1 Timothy 5:22</a>) do not refer to an act of ordination, but probably to the restoration of the penitent. The reference in <a href="/hebrews/6-2.htm">Hebrews 6:2</a> is not exclusively to ordination, but to all occasions of laying on of hands (see HANDS, IMPOSITION OF). From the few instances mentioned above (the only ones found in the New Testament), we infer that it was regarded as advisable that persons holding high office in the church should be publicly recognized in some way, as by laying on of hands, fasting, and public prayer. But no great emphasis was laid on this rite, hence, "it can hardly be likely that any essential principle was held to be involved in it" (Hort, The Christian Ecclesia, 216). It was regarded as an outward act of approval, a symbolic offering of intercessory prayer, and an emblem of the solidarity of the Christian community, rather than an indispensable channel of grace for the work of the ministry. (For the later ecclesiastical doctrine and rite see Edwin Hatch's valuable article on "Ordination" in the Dictionary of Christian Antiquity)<br><br>D. Miall Edwards<p><span class="encheading">ORDINATION</span><p>or-di-na'-shun.<br><br>See <a href="../o/ordain.htm">ORDAIN, ORDINATION</a>.<p><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/4394.htm"><span class="l">4394. millu -- setting, installation</span></a><br><b>...</b> 4393, 4394. millu. 4395 . setting, installation. Transliteration: millu<br> Phonetic Spelling: (mil-loo') Short Definition: <b>ordination</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4394.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm"><span class="l">4390. male -- to be full, to fill</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), given fully (1), gratified (1), live (1), massed (1), messengers (1), mount*<br> (1), mounted (1), ordain* (4), ordained* (4), <b>ordination</b>* (1), overflowing* (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4390.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm"><span class="l">3027. yad -- hand</span></a><br><b>...</b> 2), much (1), much as he is able (1), much as one is able (1), next (2), next*<br> (13), occasion (1), ordain* (4), ordained* (4), order (1), <b>ordination</b>* (1), part <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3027.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/709__ordination_or_installation.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ordination</b> or Installation.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> DEDICATIONS; ORDINATIONS; INSTALLATIONS. 709. " <b>Ordination</b> or Installation.<br> 709. LM H. Ware, Jr. <b>Ordination</b> or Installation. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/709 ordination or installation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/710__ordination_hymn.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ordination</b> Hymn.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> DEDICATIONS; ORDINATIONS; INSTALLATIONS. 710. " <b>Ordination</b> Hymn. 710.<br> CM EH Chapin. <b>Ordination</b> Hymn. 1 O Thou, who didst ordain <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/710 ordination hymn.htm</font><p><a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/707__ordination_hymn.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ordination</b> Hymn.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> DEDICATIONS; ORDINATIONS; INSTALLATIONS. 707. " <b>Ordination</b> Hymn. 707. LM Pierpont.<br> <b>Ordination</b> Hymn. 1 O Thou, who art above all height! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/707 ordination hymn.htm</font><p><a href="/library/adams/hymns_for_christian_devotion/713__ordination_or_installation.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ordination</b> or Installation.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> DEDICATIONS; ORDINATIONS; INSTALLATIONS. 713. " <b>Ordination</b> or Installation. 713. <b>...</b><br> M. E. Peabody. <b>Ordination</b> or Installation. 1 Lift aloud the voice of praise! <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/713 ordination or installation.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/the_clementine_homilies/chapter_lxxii_ordination.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ordination</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Homily III. Chapter LXXII."<b>Ordination</b>. And having thus spoken, he placed<br> his hand upon Zacch??us, saying, "O Thou Ruler and Lord <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter lxxii ordination.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/book_of_hymns_for_public_and_private_devotion/385_c_m__ordination.htm"><span class="l">CM * <b>Ordination</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> VIII. VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 385. CM * <b>Ordination</b>. 1 Go, preach the gospel in my name,<br> Said he of Bethlehem: Teach of a crown more glorious Than earthly diadem. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/385 c m ordination.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/book_of_hymns_for_public_and_private_devotion/386_l_m__ordination.htm"><span class="l">LM * <b>Ordination</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> VIII. VARIOUS OCCASIONS. 386. LM * <b>Ordination</b>. 1 Thy servant's sandals,<br> Lord, are wet With Jordan's wave but lately met, And in <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/386 l m ordination.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/the_hymnal_of_the_protestant_episcopal_church_in_the_usa/ember_days_and_ordination.htm"><span class="l">Ember Days and <b>Ordination</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> IV. SPECIAL OCCASIONS Ember Days and <b>Ordination</b>. [1709]450 Lord, pour thy<br> Spirit from on high [1710]451 God of the prophets! Bless <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ember days and ordination.htm</font><p><a href="/library/unknown/epistle_of_peter_to_james/chapter_ii_ordination_of_clement.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ordination</b> of Clement.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Epistle of Peter to James. Chapter II."<b>Ordination</b> of Clement. But about<br> that time, when he was about to die, the brethren being <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../unknown/epistle of peter to james/chapter ii ordination of clement.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/constitutions_of_the_holy_apostles/sec_iii_ordination_and_duties_of.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ordination</b> and Duties of the Clergy.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Sec. III."<b>Ordination</b> and Duties of the Clergy. Concerning the <b>Ordination</b> of<br> Presbyters"The Constitution of John, Who Was Beloved by the Lord. XVI. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/constitutions of the holy apostles/sec iii ordination and duties of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/o/ordination.htm"><span class="l"><b>Ordination</b> (12 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ORDAIN; <b>ORDINATION</b>. <b>...</b> The New Testament throws but<br> little light on the origin of the later ecclesiastical rite of <b>ordination</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/ordination.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/ordain.htm"><span class="l">Ordain (13 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> functions; to introduce into the office of the Christian ministry, by the laying<br> on of hands, or other forms; to set apart by the ceremony of <b>ordination</b>. Int. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/ordain.htm - 19k</font><p><a href="/topical/i/imposition.htm"><span class="l">Imposition (3 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> delusion; imposture. 5. (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious<br> ceremony, in <b>ordination</b>, confirmation, etc. 6. (n.) The <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/i/imposition.htm - 11k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/bishop.htm"><span class="l">Bishop (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> between presbyters and bishops. Of a formal <b>ordination</b>, in the later<br> hierarchical sense, there is no trace as yet. The word "ordained <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/bishop.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/laying.htm"><span class="l">Laying (87 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> This is noticed as taking place in the appointment of the Seven (Acts 6:6), in the<br> sending out of Barnabas and Saul (Acts 13:3), at the <b>ordination</b> of Timothy <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/laying.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/timothy.htm"><span class="l">Timothy (28 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 7. His <b>Ordination</b>: Showing the importance which Paul assigned to this act of <b>ordination</b>,<br> he refers to it in a letter to Timothy written many years afterward <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/timothy.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/ordinary.htm"><span class="l">Ordinary (17 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/ordinary.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/hands.htm"><span class="l">Hands (998 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> This is noticed as taking place in the appointment of the Seven (Acts 6:6), in the<br> sending out of Barnabas and Saul (Acts 13:3), at the <b>ordination</b> of Timothy <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/hands.htm - 39k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/ore.htm"><span class="l">Ore (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/ore.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/o/office.htm"><span class="l">Office (64 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 8. (n.) Any service other than that of <b>ordination</b> and the Mass; any prescribed<br> religious service. 9. (vt) To perform, as the duties of an office; to discharge. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/o/office.htm - 30k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/ordination.html">What does the Bible say about ordination? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Universal-Life-Church.html">What is the Universal Life Church? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Cooperative-Baptist-Fellowship.html">What is the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/ordination.htm">Ordination: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Ordination (12 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/29-22.htm">Exodus 29:22</a></span><br />Also you shall take some of the ram's fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/29-26.htm">Exodus 29:26</a></span><br />And thou shalt take the breast of Aaron's ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave-offering before the LORD; and it shall be thy portion.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/29-27.htm">Exodus 29:27</a></span><br />You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31</a></span><br />"You shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/29-33.htm">Exodus 29:33</a></span><br />They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/exodus/29-34.htm">Exodus 29:34</a></span><br />If anything of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/7-37.htm">Leviticus 7:37</a></span><br />This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meal offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecration, and of the sacrifice of peace offerings;<br /><span class="source">(See NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/8-22.htm">Leviticus 8:22</a></span><br />And he put the other sheep before the Lord, the sheep with which they were made priests; and Aaron and his sons put their hands on the head of the sheep,<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/8-28.htm">Leviticus 8:28</a></span><br />And Moses took them from off their hands, and made them smoke on the altar upon the burnt-offering; they were a consecration-offering for a sweet savour; it was an offering made by fire unto the LORD.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/8-29.htm">Leviticus 8:29</a></span><br />And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave-offering before the LORD; it was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration; as the LORD commanded Moses.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/8-31.htm">Leviticus 8:31</a></span><br />And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, The flesh is to be cooked in water at the door of the Tent of meeting, and there you are to take it as food, together with the bread in the basket, as I have given orders, saying, It is the food of Aaron and his sons.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/leviticus/8-33.htm">Leviticus 8:33</a></span><br />You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS RSV NIV)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/o/ordination.htm">Ordination</a></p><p class="pspc"><a 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