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Leviticus 8:1-13
Then the Lord said to Moses,“ Bring Aaron and his sons, along with their sacred garments, the anointing oil, the bull for the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of bread made without yeast,and call the entire community of Israel together at the entrance of the Tabernacle.”So Moses followed the Lord’s instructions, and the whole community assembled at the Tabernacle entrance.Moses announced to them,“ This is what the Lord has commanded us to do!”Then he presented Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.He put the official tunic on Aaron and tied the sash around his waist. He dressed him in the robe, placed the ephod on him, and attached the ephod securely with its decorative sash.Then Moses placed the chestpiece on Aaron and put the Urim and the Thummim inside it.He placed the turban on Aaron’s head and attached the gold medallion— the badge of holiness— to the front of the turban, just as the Lord had commanded him.Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and everything in it, making them holy.He sprinkled the oil on the altar seven times, anointing it and all its utensils, as well as the washbasin and its stand, making them holy.Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, anointing him and making him holy for his work.Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons. He clothed them in their tunics, tied their sashes around them, and put their special head coverings on them, just as the Lord had commanded him.
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Leviticus 9:1-24
After the ordination ceremony, on the eighth day, Moses called together Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.He said to Aaron,“ Take a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defects, and present them to the Lord.Then tell the Israelites,‘ Take a male goat for a sin offering, and take a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without defects, for a burnt offering.Also take a bull and a ram for a peace offering and flour moistened with olive oil for a grain offering. Present all these offerings to the Lord because the Lord will appear to you today.’”So the people presented all these things at the entrance of the Tabernacle, just as Moses had commanded. Then the whole community came forward and stood before the Lord.And Moses said,“ This is what the Lord has commanded you to do so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you.”Then Moses said to Aaron,“ Come to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt offering to purify yourself and the people. Then present the offerings of the people to purify them, making them right with the Lord, just as he has commanded.”So Aaron went to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself.His sons brought him the blood, and he dipped his finger in it and put it on the horns of the altar. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar.Then he burned on the altar the fat, the kidneys, and the long lobe of the liver from the sin offering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.The meat and the hide, however, he burned outside the camp.Next Aaron slaughtered the animal for the burnt offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it against all sides of the altar.Then they handed him each piece of the burnt offering, including the head, and he burned them on the altar.Then he washed the internal organs and the legs and burned them on the altar along with the rest of the burnt offering.Next Aaron presented the offerings of the people. He slaughtered the people’s goat and presented it as an offering for their sin, just as he had first done with the offering for his own sin.Then he presented the burnt offering and sacrificed it in the prescribed way.He also presented the grain offering, burning a handful of the flour mixture on the altar, in addition to the regular burnt offering for the morning.Then Aaron slaughtered the bull and the ram for the people’s peace offering. His sons brought him the blood, and he splattered it against all sides of the altar.Then he took the fat of the bull and the ram— the fat of the broad tail and from around the internal organs— along with the kidneys and the long lobes of the livers.He placed these fat portions on top of the breasts of these animals and burned them on the altar.Aaron then lifted up the breasts and right thighs as a special offering to the Lord, just as Moses had commanded.After that, Aaron raised his hands toward the people and blessed them. Then, after presenting the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering, he stepped down from the altar.Then Moses and Aaron went into the Tabernacle, and when they came back out, they blessed the people again, and the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community.Fire blazed forth from the Lord’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground.
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Luke 1:35
The angel replied,“ The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the baby to be born will be holy, and he will be called the Son of God.
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Galatians 4:4
But when the right time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, subject to the law.
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Matthew 3:16
After his baptism, as Jesus came up out of the water, the heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and settling on him.
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Romans 8:3
The law of Moses was unable to save us because of the weakness of our sinful nature. So God did what the law could not do. He sent his own Son in a body like the bodies we sinners have. And in that body God declared an end to sin’s control over us by giving his Son as a sacrifice for our sins.
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Isaiah 61:1-3
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent me to comfort the brokenhearted and to proclaim that captives will be released and prisoners will be freed.He has sent me to tell those who mourn that the time of the Lord’s favor has come, and with it, the day of God’s anger against their enemies.To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair. In their righteousness, they will be like great oaks that the Lord has planted for his own glory.
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John 3:34
For he is sent by God. He speaks God’s words, for God gives him the Spirit without limit.
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Exodus 29:1-35
“ This is the ceremony you must follow when you consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams with no defects.Then, using choice wheat flour and no yeast, make loaves of bread, thin cakes mixed with olive oil, and wafers spread with oil.Place them all in a single basket, and present them at the entrance of the Tabernacle, along with the young bull and the two rams.“ Present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the Tabernacle, and wash them with water.Dress Aaron in his priestly garments— the tunic, the robe worn with the ephod, the ephod itself, and the chestpiece. Then wrap the decorative sash of the ephod around him.Place the turban on his head, and fasten the sacred medallion to the turban.Then anoint him by pouring the anointing oil over his head.Next present his sons, and dress them in their tunics.Wrap the sashes around the waists of Aaron and his sons, and put their special head coverings on them. Then the right to the priesthood will be theirs by law forever. In this way, you will ordain Aaron and his sons.“ Bring the young bull to the entrance of the Tabernacle, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.Then slaughter the bull in the Lord’s presence at the entrance of the Tabernacle.Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.Take all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and burn it all on the altar.Then take the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burn it outside the camp as a sin offering.“ Next Aaron and his sons must lay their hands on the head of one of the rams.Then slaughter the ram, and splatter its blood against all sides of the altar.Cut the ram into pieces, and wash off the internal organs and the legs. Set them alongside the head and the other pieces of the body,then burn the entire animal on the altar. This is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.“ Now take the other ram, and have Aaron and his sons lay their hands on its head.Then slaughter it, and apply some of its blood to the right earlobes of Aaron and his sons. Also put it on the thumbs of their right hands and the big toes of their right feet. Splatter the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.Then take some of the blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his sons and on their garments. In this way, they and their garments will be set apart as holy.“ Since this is the ram for the ordination of Aaron and his sons, take the fat of the ram, including the fat of the broad tail, the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, along with the right thigh.Then take one round loaf of bread, one thin cake mixed with olive oil, and one wafer from the basket of bread without yeast that was placed in the Lord’s presence.Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons to be lifted up as a special offering to the Lord.Afterward take the various breads from their hands, and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. It is a pleasing aroma to the Lord, a special gift for him.Then take the breast of Aaron’s ordination ram, and lift it up in the Lord’s presence as a special offering to him. Then keep it as your own portion.“ Set aside the portions of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons. This includes the breast and the thigh that were lifted up before the Lord as a special offering.In the future, whenever the people of Israel lift up a peace offering, a portion of it must be set aside for Aaron and his descendants. This is their permanent right, and it is a sacred offering from the Israelites to the Lord.“ Aaron’s sacred garments must be preserved for his descendants who succeed him, and they will wear them when they are anointed and ordained.The descendant who succeeds him as high priest will wear these clothes for seven days as he ministers in the Tabernacle and the Holy Place.“ Take the ram used in the ordination ceremony, and boil its meat in a sacred place.Then Aaron and his sons will eat this meat, along with the bread in the basket, at the Tabernacle entrance.They alone may eat the meat and bread used for their purification in the ordination ceremony. No one else may eat them, for these things are set apart and holy.If any of the ordination meat or bread remains until the morning, it must be burned. It may not be eaten, for it is holy.“ This is how you will ordain Aaron and his sons to their offices, just as I have commanded you. The ordination ceremony will go on for seven days.
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Isaiah 11:1-5
Out of the stump of David’s family will grow a shoot— yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.And the Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.He will delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by appearance nor make a decision based on hearsay.He will give justice to the poor and make fair decisions for the exploited. The earth will shake at the force of his word, and one breath from his mouth will destroy the wicked.He will wear righteousness like a belt and truth like an undergarment.
