The First Offerings of Aaron
1 On the eighth day, Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, 2 and he said to Aaron, “Take a calf from the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, without defect, and offer them before the Lord. 3 You must speak to the Israelites, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without defect, for a burnt offering, 4 and a bull and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with oil, for today the Lord will appear to you.’ ”
5 They brought what Moses commanded before the Tent of Meeting. The entire congregation came near and stood before the Lord. 6 Moses said, “This is what the Lord commanded that you should do, that the glory of the Lord will appear to you.” 7 Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and for the people, and present the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded.”
The Sin Offering
8 So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. 9 The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, 10 but the fat and the kidneys and the cover from the liver of the sin offering, he burned on the altar, as the Lord commanded Moses. 11 The meat and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.
The Burnt Offering
12 He slaughtered the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons delivered the blood to him, and he sprinkled it around on the altar. 13 They delivered the burnt offering to him, piece by piece, along with the head. He burned them upon the altar. 14 He washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on the burnt offering on the altar.
The Offerings for the People
15 He presented the people’s offering and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people and killed it and offered it for sin, like the first. 16 He presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance. 17 He presented the grain offering and filled his hand from there, and burned it upon the altar, in addition to the burnt offering of the morning.
18 He also slaughtered the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people. Aaron’s sons delivered to him the blood, which he sprinkled around on the altar, 19 and the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covers the internal organs, and the kidneys, and the cover of the liver; 20 and they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burned the fat on the altar. 21 Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded.
22 Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings.
Moses and Aaron Bless the People
23 Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting and came out and blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. 24 Fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat upon the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.