Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Exodus 29:8-17 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

8. Next, dress Aaron's sons in their special shirts

9. and caps and their sashes, then ordain them, because they and their descendants will always be priests.

10. Lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.

11. Kill the bull near my altar in front of the tent.

12. Use a finger to smear some of its blood on each of the four corners of the altar and pour out the rest of the blood on the ground next to the altar.

13. Then take the fat from the animal's insides, as well as the lower part of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and send them up in smoke on the altar.

14. But the meat, the skin, and the food still in the bull's stomach must be burnt outside the camp as an offering to ask forgiveness for the sins of the priests.

15. Bring one of the rams to Aaron and his sons and make them lay their hands on its head.

16. Kill the ram and splatter its blood against all four sides of the altar.

17. Cut up the ram, wash its insides and legs, and lay all its parts on the altar, including the head.