Worship at the Tent of Assembly

¹ Then¹ on the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and Israel’s elders,

1. Or “And it happened”

² and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself ⌞a bull calf⌟¹ as a sin offering and a ram as a burnt offering, without defect,² and present them ⌞before⌟³ Yahweh.

1. Literally “a bull-calf a son of cattle” or “a bull-calf a son of the herd”
2. An adjective in masculine plural to modify both animals; see NET
3. Literally “to the faces of”

³ Then¹ you² must speak to the ⌞Israelites⌟,³ saying, ‘Take ⌞a he-goat⌟⁴ as a sin offering and a bull calf and a male sheep, ⌞yearlings⌟⁵ without defect,⁶ as a burnt offering,

1. Or “And”
2. Singular
3. Literally “sons/children of Israel”
4. Literally “a he-goat of goats”
5. Literally “sons of a year”
6. An adjective in masculine plural to modify both animals; see NET

⁴ and an ox and a ram as fellowship offerings to sacrifice ⌞before⌟¹ Yahweh, and a grain offering mixed with oil, because today Yahweh will appear to you.”²

1. Literally “to the faces of”
2. Plural

⁵ So¹ they took what Moses had commanded to the ⌞front of⌟² the tent of assembly, and the whole community presented themselves, and they stood ⌞before⌟³ Yahweh.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “to the faces of”
3. Literally “to the faces of”

⁶ Then¹ Moses said, “This is the word that Yahweh commanded you² to do ⌞so that⌟³ the glory of Yahweh might appear to you.”⁴

1. Or “And”
2. Plural
3. Or “and”
4. Plural

⁷ Then¹ Moses said to Aaron, “Approach² the altar and ⌞sacrifice⌟³ your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people. And ⌞sacrifice⌟⁴ the people’s offering and make atonement for them, just as Yahweh has commanded.”

1. Or “And”
2. Or “Draw near unto”
3. Literally “do” or “make”
4. Literally “do” or “make”

⁸ Then¹ Aaron approached² the altar, and he slaughtered the bull calf of the sin offering, which was for himself.

1. Or “And”
2. Or “drew near unto”

⁹ Then¹ Aaron’s sons presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood, and he put it on the altar’s horns, and he poured out the blood on the altar’s base.

1. Or “And”

¹⁰ And the fat and the kidneys and the lobe ⌞from the sin offering’s liver⌟¹ he turned into smoke on the altar, just as Yahweh had commanded Moses,

1. Literally “from the liver from the sin offering”

¹¹ but¹ the meat and the skin he burned ⌞with fire⌟² ⌞outside the camp⌟.³

1. Or “and”
2. Literally “in the fire”
3. Literally “from an outside place to/of the camp”

¹² Then¹ he slaughtered the burnt offering, and Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar all around;

1. Or “And”

¹³ and they brought the burnt offering to him by its pieces, as well as¹ the head, and he turned them into smoke on the altar;

1. Or “and”

¹⁴ and he washed the inner parts¹ and the lower leg bones, then² he turned them into smoke upon the burnt offering on the altar.

1. Or “entrails”
2. Or “and”

¹⁵ Then¹ he presented the people’s offering, and he took the goat of the sin offering, which was for the people, and he slaughtered it and offered² it as a sin offering like the first one.

1. Or “And”
2. Or “he offered”

¹⁶ Then¹ he presented the burnt offering, and he ⌞sacrificed⌟² it according to the regulation.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “did” or “made”

¹⁷ Then¹ he presented the grain offering, and he filled his palm ⌞with some of⌟² it, and he turned it into smoke on the altar besides the morning’s burnt offering.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “from”

¹⁸ Then¹ he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the fellowship offerings that are for the people, and Aaron’s sons brought the blood to him, and he sprinkled it on the altar all around.

1. Or “And”

¹⁹ And as for the fat portions from the ox and from the ram (the fat tail and the layer of fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver),

²⁰ they placed the fat portions on the breast sections, and he turned the fat portions into smoke on the altar.

²¹ Then¹ Aaron waved the breast sections and the right upper thigh as a wave offering ⌞before⌟² Yahweh, just as Moses had commanded.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “to the faces of”

²² Then¹ Aaron lifted his hand toward² the people, and he blessed them, and he came down ⌞after⌟³ ⌞sacrificing⌟⁴ the sin offering and the burnt offering and the fellowship offerings.

1. Or “And”
2. Or “to”
3. Literally “from”
4. Literally “doing” or “making”

²³ Then¹ Moses and Aaron entered the tent of assembly. When² they came out, they blessed³ the people, and Yahweh’s glory appeared to all the people.

1. Or “And”
2. Or “And”
3. Or “and they blessed”

²⁴ Then¹ a fire went out ⌞from before⌟² Yahweh, and it consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And all the people saw it, so³ they shouted for joy, and they fell on their faces.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “from to the faces of”
3. Or “and”