28. This is to be the regular share which the Israelites will always give to Aaron and his sons. This is the gift the Israelites must give to the Lord from their fellowship offerings.
29. “The holy clothes made for Aaron will belong to his descendants. They must wear these clothes when they are appointed as priests.
30. Aaron’s son will become high priest after Aaron. He will come to the Meeting Tent to serve in the Holy Place. He is to wear these clothes for seven days.
31. “Take the male sheep used to appoint priests. Boil its meat in a place made holy for serving me.
32. Then Aaron and his sons must eat the meat of the male sheep. They must do that at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. And they must also eat the bread that is in the basket.
33. These offerings were used to remove their sins when they were made priests so they would belong to God. Now they should eat these offerings. But no one else is to eat these things because they are holy.
34. If any of the meat from that male sheep or any of the bread is left the next morning, it must be burned. It shall not be eaten because it is holy.
35. “Do all these things that I commanded you to do to Aaron and his sons. You are to spend seven days appointing them.
36. Each day for seven days you are to offer a bull. This will remove the sins of Aaron and his sons so they will be given for service to the Lord. Make the altar ready for service to the Lord. Pour oil on it to make it holy.
37. Spend seven days making the altar ready for service to God and making it holy. Then the altar will become very holy. Anything that touches it must be holy.
38. “Every day from now on, offer on the altar two lambs that are one year old.
39. Offer one lamb in the morning and the other in the evening.
40. In the morning, when you offer the first lamb, offer also two quarts of fine flour. Mix it with one quart of oil from pressed olives. Pour out a quart of wine as a drink offering.
41. Offer the second lamb in the evening. Also offer the same grain offering and drink offering as you did in the morning. This is an offering by fire to the Lord. And its smell is pleasing to the Lord.
42. “You must burn these things as an offering to the Lord every day. Do this at the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the Lord from now on. When you make the offering, I, the Lord, will meet you there and speak to you.
43. I will meet with the people of Israel there. And that place will be holy because of my greatness.
44. “So I will make the Meeting Tent and the altar holy. And I will make Aaron and his sons holy so they may serve me as priests.
45. I will live with the people of Israel. I will be their God.
46. And they will know that I am the Lord their God. They will know that I am the one who led them out of Egypt. I did this so I could live with them. I am the Lord their God.