20. Kill the ram and place some of its blood on Aaron's right ear lobe, his right thumb, and the big toe of his right foot. Do the same for each of his sons and splatter the rest of the blood against the four sides of the altar.
21. Then take some of the blood from the altar, mix it with the oil used for ordination, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his clothes, and also on his sons and their clothes. This will show that they and their clothes have been dedicated to me.
22. This ram is part of the ordination service. So remove its right hind leg, its fat tail, the fat on its insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat.
23. Take one loaf of each kind of bread from the basket,
24. and put this bread, together with the meat, into the hands of Aaron and his sons. Then they will lift it all up to show that it is dedicated to me.
25. After this, the meat and bread are to be placed on the altar and sent up in smoke with a smell that pleases me.
26. You may eat the choice ribs from this second ram, but you must first lift them up to show that this meat is dedicated to me.
27-28. In the future, when anyone from Israel offers the ribs and a hind leg of a ram either to ordain a priest or to ask for my blessing, the meat belongs to me, but it may be eaten by the priests. This law will never change.
29-30. After Aaron's death, his priestly clothes are to be handed down to each descendant who succeeds him as high priest, and these clothes must be worn during the seven-day ceremony of ordination.
31. Boil the meat of the ordination ram in a sacred place,
32. then Aaron and his sons are to eat it together with the three kinds of bread at the entrance to the sacred tent.
33. At their ordination, a ceremony of forgiveness was performed for them with this sacred food, and only they have the right to eat it.
34. If any of the sacred food is left until morning, it must be burnt up.