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29 Moses lifted up[a] the choice ribs of the ram to show that they were dedicated to the Lord. This was the part that the Lord had said Moses could have.

30 Finally, Moses sprinkled the priestly clothes of Aaron and his sons with some of the oil for ordination and with some of the blood from the altar. So Aaron and his sons, together with their priestly clothes, were dedicated to the Lord.

31 Moses said to Aaron and his sons:

The Lord told me that you must boil this meat at the entrance to the sacred tent and eat it there with the bread.

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Footnotes

  1. 8.29 lifted it up: See the note at 7.29,30.

29 Moses also took the breast, which was his share of the ordination ram,(A) and waved it before the Lord as a wave offering, as the Lord commanded Moses.

30 Then Moses(B) took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood from the altar and sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments(C) and on his sons and their garments. So he consecrated(D) Aaron and his garments and his sons and their garments.

31 Moses then said to Aaron and his sons, “Cook the meat at the entrance to the tent of meeting(E) and eat it there with the bread from the basket of ordination offerings, as I was commanded: ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’

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