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Exodus 29:11“Now this is what you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a young bull and two rams without blemish;Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 1:19Exod 12:5Exod 29:21Heb 7:26Lev 4:3Lev 5:15-16Lev 6:6Mal 1:13-14Matt 6:92 Chr 13:9
Exodus 29:22and bread made without yeast, and perforated cakes without yeast mixed with oil, and wafers without yeast spread with oil—you are to make them using fine wheat flour.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 6:151 Cor 5:7Exod 12:8Exod 29:23Lev 2:15Lev 2:4-5Lev 6:19-23Lev 7:10Lev 7:12Lev 8:2
Exodus 29:33You are to put them in one basket and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 8:2Lev 8:26Lev 8:31Num 6:17
Exodus 29:44“You are to present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the tent of meeting. You are to wash them with waterCopy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 40:12Heb 10:221 Pet 3:21Deut 23:11Eph 5:26Exod 26:36Exod 30:18-21Exod 40:28Ezek 36:25John 13:8-10
Exodus 29:55and take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece; you are to fasten the ephod on him by using the skillfully woven waistband.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 28:2-8Lev 8:7-8
Exodus 29:66You are to put the turban on his head and put the holy diadem on the turban.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 8:9Exod 28:36-39
Exodus 29:77You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 21:10Num 35:25Exod 28:41Isa 61:1John 3:34Lev 10:7Ps 133:2Ps 89:201 John 2:27Exod 30:23-31
Exodus 29:88You are to present his sons and clothe them with tunicsCopy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 8:13Exod 28:40
Exodus 29:99and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 18:7Lev 8:22-28Deut 18:5Exod 40:15Heb 5:4-5Lev 8:33Num 16:10Num 16:35Num 16:40Num 25:13
Exodus 29:1010“You are to present the bull at the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to put their hands on the head of the bull.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 1:4Lev 8:14Exod 29:15Exod 29:192 Cor 5:21Isa 53:6Lev 16:21Lev 3:2Lev 8:18
Exodus 29:1111You are to kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meetingCopy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:4Lev 1:3-5Lev 8:15Lev 9:12Lev 9:8
Exodus 29:1212and take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; all the rest of the blood you are to pour out at the base of the altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 27:2Lev 8:15Lev 9:9Exod 30:2Exod 38:2Heb 10:4Heb 9:13-14Heb 9:22Lev 16:14Lev 16:18-19
Exodus 29:1313You are to take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the lobe that is above the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 3:3-41 Sam 2:16Exod 29:18Exod 29:22Exod 29:25Isa 1:11Isa 34:6Isa 43:24Lev 1:15Lev 1:9
Exodus 29:1414But the meat of the bull, its skin, and its dung you are to burn up outside the camp. It is the purification offering.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 4:11-12Lev 4:212 Chr 29:24Exod 30:10Ezra 8:35Heb 13:11-13Lev 16:11Lev 16:27Lev 16:3Lev 4:25
Exodus 29:1515“You are to take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:19Exod 29:10Exod 29:3Lev 1:4-9Lev 8:18-21
Exodus 29:1616and you are to kill the ram and take its blood and splash it all around on the altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:11-12
Exodus 29:1717Then you are to cut the ram into pieces and wash the entrails and its legs and put them on its pieces and on its headCopy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:14Lev 1:13Lev 1:9Lev 8:21Lev 9:14Matt 23:26
Exodus 29:1818and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a soothing aroma; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 8:211 Kgs 18:381 Kgs 3:41 Sam 7:9Eph 5:2Exod 29:25Gen 22:13Gen 22:2Gen 22:7Heb 10:6-10
Exodus 29:1919“You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:3Lev 8:22-29
Exodus 29:2020and you are to kill the ram and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and then splash the blood all around on the altar.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 50:51 Pet 1:2Heb 10:22Heb 12:24Heb 9:19-23Isa 52:15Lev 14:14Lev 14:16Lev 14:7Lev 16:14-15
Exodus 29:2121You are to take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him, so that he may be holy, he and his garments along with his sons and his sons’ garments.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 9:22Exod 29:1Exod 29:7Lev 8:30Exod 30:25-31Heb 10:29Isa 11:2-5Isa 61:1-3John 17:19Lev 14:15-18
Exodus 29:2222“You are to take from the ram the fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh—for it is the ram for consecration —Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:13Lev 10:14Lev 3:9Lev 7:3Lev 7:32-33Lev 8:25-27Lev 9:19Lev 9:21Num 18:18
Exodus 29:2323and one round flat cake of bread, one perforated cake of oiled bread, and one wafer from the basket of bread made without yeast that is before the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:2-3Lev 8:26
Exodus 29:2424You are to put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and you are to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 7:30Lev 8:27Exod 29:26-27Lev 10:14Lev 9:21
Exodus 29:2525Then you are to take them from their hands and burn them on the altar for a burnt offering, for a soothing aroma before the Lord. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 8:28Exod 29:411 Sam 2:28Lev 1:13Lev 1:9Lev 10:13Lev 2:16Lev 2:2Lev 2:9Lev 3:11
Exodus 29:2626You are to take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration; you are to wave it as a wave offering before the Lord, and it is to be your share.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 8:29Lev 7:31Lev 7:34Ps 99:6
Exodus 29:2727You are to sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, which were waved and lifted up as a contribution from the ram of consecration, from what belongs to Aaron and to his sons.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 10:15Num 18:11Deut 18:3Heb 7:28Lev 7:31-34Lev 7:37Lev 8:28-31Lev 9:21Num 18:18-19Num 6:20
Exodus 29:2828It is to belong to Aaron and to his sons from the Israelites, by a perpetual ordinance, for it is a contribution. It is to be a contribution from the Israelites from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 18:3Exod 29:27Lev 10:14-15Lev 3:1Lev 7:11-38Num 15:19-20Num 18:24Num 18:29Num 31:29Num 31:41
Exodus 29:2929“The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed in them and consecrated in them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 18:8Exod 28:3-4Exod 29:5-7Exod 30:30Exod 40:15Lev 8:7-12Num 20:26-28Num 35:25
Exodus 29:3030The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 20:28Acts 20:6-7Exod 12:15Exod 29:35Ezek 43:26Gen 8:10Gen 8:12Heb 7:26Josh 6:14-15Lev 12:2-3
Exodus 29:3131“You are to take the ram of the consecration and cook its meat in a holy place.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 8:311 Sam 2:131 Sam 2:15Ezek 46:20-24
Exodus 29:3232Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that was in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 12:4Exod 24:9-11Exod 29:2-3Exod 29:23Lev 10:12-14
Exodus 29:3333They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 18:41 Cor 11:241 Cor 11:26John 6:53-55Lev 10:13-18Lev 22:10-13Num 1:51Num 16:40Num 16:5Num 18:7
Exodus 29:3434If any of the meat from the consecration offerings or any of the bread is left over until morning, then you are to burn up what is left over. It must not be eaten, because it is holy.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 12:10Lev 8:32Exod 16:19Exod 29:22Exod 29:26Exod 29:28Lev 10:16Lev 7:18-19
Exodus 29:3535“Thus you are to do for Aaron and for his sons according to all that I have commanded you; you are to consecrate them for seven days.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 29:30Exod 29:37Exod 39:42-43Exod 40:12-16John 16:14Lev 14:8-11Lev 8:4-36
Exodus 29:3636Every day you are to prepare a bull for a purification offering for atonement. You are to purify the altar by making atonement for it, and you are to anoint it to set it apart as holy.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 10:11Exod 30:28-29Heb 9:22-23Exod 30:26Exod 40:9-11Ezek 48:18-20Exod 29:10-14Ezek 43:25Lev 16:16-19Lev 16:27
Exodus 29:3737For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 40:10Matt 23:19Dan 9:24Exod 30:28-29Matt 23:17
Exodus 29:3838“Now this is what you are to prepare on the altar every day continually: two lambs a year old.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 16:40Num 28:3-82 Chr 2:4Dan 12:112 Chr 13:112 Chr 31:3Ezra 3:3Dan 9:271 Pet 1:19Dan 9:21
Exodus 29:3939The first lamb you are to prepare in the morning, and the second lamb you are to prepare around sundown.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 46:13-152 Kgs 16:152 Chr 13:11Acts 26:7Luke 1:10Ps 5:3Ps 55:16-17
Exodus 29:4040With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Phil 2:17Ezek 45:17Ezek 46:14Isa 57:6Joel 2:14Lev 23:13Deut 32:38Exod 16:36Exod 30:24Ezek 20:28
Exodus 29:4141The second lamb you are to offer around sundown; you are to prepare for it the same meal offering as for the morning and the same drink offering, for a soothing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 18:291 Kgs 18:362 Kgs 16:15Ezek 46:13-15Ezra 9:4-5Ps 141:2Dan 9:21
Exodus 29:4242“This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 25:22
Exodus 29:4343There I will meet with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:112 Chr 5:142 Chr 7:1-3Exod 40:34Ezek 43:5Mal 3:11 John 3:22 Cor 3:182 Cor 4:6Hag 2:7-9
Exodus 29:4444“So I will set apart as holy the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons that they may minister as priests to me.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 21:15John 10:36Lev 22:16Lev 22:9Rev 1:5-6
Exodus 29:4545I will reside among the Israelites, and I will be their God,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 26:122 Cor 6:16Exod 25:8Rev 21:3Zech 2:10John 14:17Exod 15:17John 14:23Eph 2:22John 14:20
Exodus 29:4646and they will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, so that I may reside among them. I am the Lord their God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 20:2Jer 31:33Ezek 20:5Lev 11:44Lev 18:30Lev 19:2
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