The Eighth Day: Aaron’s First Sacrifices
1On the eighth day, Moses summoned Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel. 2He said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before Yahweh. 3And tell the Israelites: Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf, and a lamb, both a year old and without defect, for a burnt offering, 4and an ox and a ram for a peace offering, to sacrifice before Yahweh, together with a grain offering mixed with oil — for today Yahweh will appear to you.” 5So they brought what Moses commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole community came near and stood before Yahweh. 6Moses said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded you to do, so that the glory of Yahweh may appear to you.” 7Then Moses said to Aaron, “Come near to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering, making atonement for yourself and for the people. Then present the offering of the people and make atonement for them, just as Yahweh commanded.” 8So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf as his own sin offering. 9His sons brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in it and put it on the horns of the altar; the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar. 10He burned the fat, the kidneys, and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering on the altar, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses. 11The flesh and the hide he burned with fire outside the camp. 12Then he slaughtered the burnt offering. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the altar on all sides. 13They handed him the burnt offering piece by piece, together with the head, and he burned them on the altar. 14He washed the inner parts and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar. 15Then he presented the people’s offering. He took the goat for the people’s sin offering, slaughtered it, and offered it as a sin offering, as he had done with the first one. 16He presented the burnt offering and prepared it according to the regulation. 17He also presented the grain offering, filled his hand with some of it, and burned it on the altar, in addition to the morning burnt offering. 18He slaughtered the ox and the ram, the peace offering for the people. His sons handed him the blood, and he splashed it against the altar on all sides. 19They gave him the fat portions from the ox and the ram — the fat tail, the fat covering the inner parts, the kidneys, and the long lobe of the liver — 20and placed them on the breasts, and he burned the fat portions on the altar. 21Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before Yahweh, just as Moses had commanded. 22Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them. Having offered the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down. 23Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting, and when they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of Yahweh appeared to all the people. 24Fire came out from before Yahweh and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell facedown.
