Exodus 29:1
New International Version
“This is what you are to do to consecrate them, so they may serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without defect.

New Living Translation
“This is the ceremony you must follow when you consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams with no defects.

English Standard Version
“Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish,

Berean Standard Bible
“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,

King James Bible
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

New King James Version
“And this is what you shall do to them to hallow them for ministering to Me as priests: Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

New American Standard Bible
“Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them to serve as priests to Me: take one bull and two rams without blemish,

NASB 1995
“Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them to minister as priests to Me: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

NASB 1977
“Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them to minister as priests to Me: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

Legacy Standard Bible
“Now this is what you shall do to them to set them apart as holy to minister as priests to Me: take one bull from the herd and two rams without blemish,

Amplified Bible
“This is what you shall do to consecrate Aaron and his sons so that they may serve Me as priests: take one young bull and two rams, without blemish,

Christian Standard Bible
“This is what you are to do for them to consecrate them to serve me as priests. Take a young bull and two unblemished rams,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This is what you are to do for them to consecrate them to serve Me as priests. Take a young bull and two unblemished rams,

American Standard Version
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: take one young bullock and two rams without blemish,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And thus make for them and hallow them to me for the priesthood and take one bull, son of an ox, and two rams without blemish,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And these are the things which thou shalt do to them: thou shalt sanctify them, so that they shall serve me in the priesthood; and thou shalt take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams;

Contemporary English Version
When you ordain Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests, choose a young bull and two rams that have nothing wrong with them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt also do this, that they may be consecrated to me in priesthood. Take a calf from the herd, and two rams without blemish,

English Revised Version
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: take one young bullock and two rams without blemish,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[The LORD continued,] "Now, this is what you must do in order to set Aaron and his sons apart to serve me as priests: "Take a young bull that has no defects and two rams that have no defects.

Good News Translation
"This is what you are to do to Aaron and his sons to dedicate them as priests in my service. Take one young bull and two rams without any defects.

International Standard Version
"This is what you are to do to them in order to consecrate them to serve me as priests: Take a young bull, two rams without blemish,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto Me in the priest's office: take one young bullock and two rams without blemish,

Literal Standard Version
“And this [is] the thing which you do to them, to hallow them, for being priests to Me: take one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams, perfect ones,

Majority Standard Bible
“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,

New American Bible
This is the rite you shall perform in consecrating them as my priests. Procure a young bull and two unblemished rams.

NET Bible
"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;

New Revised Standard Version
Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, so that they may serve me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

New Heart English Bible
"This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest's office: take one young bull and two rams without blemish,

Webster's Bible Translation
And this is the thing that thou shalt do to them to hallow them, to minister to me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

World English Bible
“This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest’s office: take one young bull and two rams without defect,

Young's Literal Translation
And this is the thing which thou dost to them, to hallow them, for being priests to Me: Take one bullock, a son of the herd, and two rams, perfect ones,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Consecration of the Priests
1“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish, 2along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,…

Cross References
Leviticus 8:1
Then the LORD said to Moses,

Ezekiel 43:23
When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.


Treasury of Scripture

And this is the thing that you shall do to them to hallow them, to minister to me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,

An.

Exodus 29:21
And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

Exodus 20:11
For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

Exodus 28:41
And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office.

to minister

Exodus 28:3
And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.

take

Leviticus 8:2
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;

Leviticus 9:2
And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.

Leviticus 16:3
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

without

Exodus 12:5
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

Leviticus 4:3
If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering.

Leviticus 5:15,16
If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering: …

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Exodus 29
1. The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests and the altar
38. The continual burnt offerings
45. God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel














XXIX.

THE FORM OF CONSECRATION FOR THE PRIESTS.

(1) This is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them.--The consecration of the priests had been commanded in the preceding chapter (Exodus 28:41). The method of it is now laid down. It consists of five things :--(1) Ablution (Exodus 29:4); (2) Investiture (Exodus 29:5-9); (3) Chrism, or anointing (Exodus 29:7); (4) Sacrifice (Exodus 29:10-23); and (5) Filling the hand (Exodus 29:24). All of these were symbolical acts, typical of things spiritual--ablution, of the putting away of impurity; investiture, of being clothed with holiness; unction, of the giving of Divine grace, &c.; the entire consecration forming an acted parable, very suggestive and full of instruction to such as understood its meaning. . . .

Verses 1-37. - THE CONSECRATION OF THE PRIESTS. From the description of the priestly attire, the Divine Law-giver passed to the form of priestly consecration, whereof investiture in the "holy garments" was a part. The ceremony of consecration was to consist of four things: -

1. Ablution;

2. Investiture;

3. Chrism or Anointing with oil; and . . .

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Now this
וְזֶ֨ה (wə·zeh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

is what
אֲשֶֽׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you are to do
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה (ta·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

to consecrate
לְקַדֵּ֥שׁ (lə·qad·dêš)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6942: To be set apart or consecrated

them
אֹתָ֖ם (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

to serve Me as priests:
לְכַהֵ֣ן (lə·ḵa·hên)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3547: To officiate as a, priest, to put on regalia

Take
לְ֠קַח (lə·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a
אֶחָ֧ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

young
בֶּן־ (ben-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

bull
פַּ֣ר (par)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer

and two
שְׁנַ֖יִם (šə·na·yim)
Number - md
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

rams
וְאֵילִ֥ם (wə·’ê·lim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree

without blemish,
תְּמִימִֽם׃ (tə·mî·mim)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 8549: Entire, integrity, truth


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