New American Bible, Revised Edition

Leviticus 8:13-23 New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)

13. Moses likewise brought forward Aaron’s sons, clothed them with tunics, girded them with sashes, and put skullcaps on them, as the Lord had commanded him to do.

14. He brought forward the bull for a purification offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

15. When it was slaughtered, Moses took the blood and with his finger he put it on the horns around the altar, thus purifying the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Thus he consecrated it so that atonement could be made on it.

16. Taking all the fat that was over the inner organs, as well as the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, Moses burned them on the altar.

17. The bull, however, with its hide and flesh and dung he burned in the fire outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded Moses to do.

18. He next brought forward the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

19. When it was slaughtered, Moses splashed the blood on all sides of the altar.

20. After the ram was cut up into pieces, Moses burned the head, the cut-up pieces and the suet.

21. After the inner organs and the shanks were washed with water, Moses burned these remaining parts of the ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a sweet aroma, an oblation to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

22. Then he brought forward the second ram, the ordination ram, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.

23. When it was slaughtered, Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot.