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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Leviticus 8 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/leviticus/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/leviticus/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Leviticus 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../leviticus/7.htm" title="Leviticus 7">◄</a> Leviticus 8 <a href="../leviticus/9.htm" title="Leviticus 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/leviticus/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Ordination of the Priests</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Bring Aaron and his sons, along with their sacred garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of bread made without yeast, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a>”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>So Moses followed the LORD’s instructions, and the whole community assembled at the Tabernacle entrance. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Moses announced to them, “This is what the LORD has commanded us to do!” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then he presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He put the official tunic on Aaron and tied the sash around his waist. He dressed him in the robe, placed the ephod on him, and attached the ephod securely with its decorative sash. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Moses placed the chestpiece on Aaron and put the Urim and the Thummim inside it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He placed the turban on Aaron’s head and attached the gold medallion—the badge of holiness—to the front of the turban, just as the LORD had commanded him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it, making them holy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, anointing it and all its utensils, as well as the washbasin and its stand, making them holy. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, anointing him and making him holy for his work. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons. He clothed them in their tunics, tied their sashes around them, and put their special head coverings on them, just as the LORD had commanded him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then Moses presented the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull’s head, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and Moses slaughtered it. Moses took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on the four horns of the altar to purify it. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Through this process, he made the altar holy by purifying it.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Then Moses took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and he burned it all on the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He took the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burned it on a fire outside the camp, just as the LORD had commanded him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took the ram’s blood and splattered it against all sides of the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then he cut the ram into pieces, and he burned the head, some of its pieces, and the fat on the altar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>After washing the internal organs and the legs with water, Moses burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then Moses presented the other ram, which was the ram of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took some of its blood and applied it to the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons and applied some of the blood to the lobes of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet. He then splattered the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Next Moses took the fat, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>On top of these he placed a thin cake of bread made without yeast, a cake of bread mixed with olive oil, and a wafer spread with olive oil. All these were taken from the basket of bread made without yeast that was placed in the LORD’s presence. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and he lifted these gifts as a special offering to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Moses then took all the offerings back from them and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. This was the ordination offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>Then Moses took the breast and lifted it up as a special offering to the LORD. This was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded him.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Next Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar, and he sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. In this way, he made Aaron and his sons and their garments holy.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the remaining meat of the offerings at the Tabernacle entrance, and eat it there, along with the bread that is in the basket of offerings for the ordination, just as I commanded when I said, ‘Aaron and his sons will eat it.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Any meat or bread that is left over must then be burned up. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>You must not leave the Tabernacle entrance for seven days, for that is when the ordination ceremony will be completed. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Everything we have done today was commanded by the LORD in order to purify you, making you right with him.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Now stay at the entrance of the Tabernacle day and night for seven days, and do everything the LORD requires. If you fail to do this, you will die, for this is what the LORD has commanded.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/leviticus/8-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>So Aaron and his sons did everything the LORD had commanded through Moses.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Tent of Meeting;</span><span class="ft"> also in 8:4, 31, 33, 35.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">by making atonement for it;</span><span class="ft"> or </span><span class="it">that offerings for purification might be made on it.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">8:34 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">to make atonement for you.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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