Aaron Brings Offerings

1Now it happened on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel; 2and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a calf, a bull, for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, both without blemish, and bring them near before Yahweh. 3Then to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering, 4and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today Yahweh will appear to you.’” 5So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before Yahweh. 6And Moses said, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded you to do, that the glory of Yahweh may appear to you.” 7Moses then said to Aaron, “Come near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then offer the offering [†]for the people, that you may make atonement for them, just as Yahweh has commanded.”

8So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself. 9Then Aaron’s sons brought the blood near to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood and put some on the horns of the altar and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. 10The fat and the kidneys and the [†]lobe of the liver of the sin offering he then offered up in smoke on the altar just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 11The flesh and the skin, however, he burned with fire outside the camp.

12Then he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons handed the blood to him, and he splashed it around on the altar. 13And they handed the burnt offering to him in [†]pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar. 14He also washed the entrails and the legs and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar.

15Then he brought near the people’s offering and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first. 16He also brought near the burnt offering and [†]offered it according to the legal judgment. 17Next he brought near the grain offering and filled his [†]hand with some of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning.

18Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron’s sons handed the blood to him, and he splashed it around on the altar. 19As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail and the fat covering and the kidneys and the [†]lobe of the liver, 20they now placed the portions of fat on the breasts; and he offered [†]them up in smoke on the altar. 21But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved as a wave offering before Yahweh, just as Moses had commanded.

22Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after offering the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. 23And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. Then they came out and blessed the people. And the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people. 24Then fire came out from before Yahweh and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar. And all the people saw it and shouted and fell on their faces.