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Giovedi, 28 marzo 2024 - San Castore di Tarso ( Letture di oggi)

Exodus 29


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1'This is what you will do to them, to consecrate them to my priesthood. Take one young bull and tworams without blemish;2also unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil,made from fine wheat flour,3and put these into a basket and present them in the basket, at the same time as the bul and the tworams.4'You will bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting and bathe them.5You will then take the vestments and dress Aaron in the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, andthe breastplate, and tie the waistband of the ephod round his waist.6Then you will place the turban on his head, and on it put the symbol of holy consecration.7You will then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and so anoint him.8'Next, you wil bring his sons and dress them in tunics,9and fasten waistbands round their waists and put the head-dresses on their heads. By perpetualdecree the priesthood will be theirs. Then you wil invest Aaron and his sons.10'You wil bring the bul in front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons wil lay their hands onthe bul 's head.11You wil then slaughter the bull before Yahweh at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.12You wil then take some of the bull's blood and with your finger put it on the horns of the altar. Next,pour out the rest of the blood at the foot of the altar.13And then take al the fat covering the entrails, the fatty mass over the liver, the two kidneys with theircovering fat, and burn them on the altar.14But the young bul 's flesh, its skin and its offal, you wil burn outside the camp, for this is a sinoffering.15'Next, you will take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons wil lay their hands on the ram's head.16You wil then slaughter the ram, take its blood and pour it against the altar, al round.17Next, cut the ram into quarters, wash the entrails and legs and put them on the quarters and head.18Then burn the whole ram on the altar. This wil be a burnt offering for Yahweh, a pleasing smel , afood offering burnt for Yahweh.19'Next, you will take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons wil lay their hands on the ram's head.20You wil then slaughter the ram, take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, onthe lobes of his sons' right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet, and pour therest of the blood against the altar, al round.21You wil then take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it onAaron and his vestments and on his sons and on his sons' vestments: so that he and his vestments wil beconsecrated and his sons too, and his sons' vestments.22'You wil then take the fatty parts of the ram: the tail, the fat covering the entrails, the fatty mass overthe liver, the two kidneys with their covering fat and also the right thigh -- for this is a ram of investiture-23and a loaf of bread, a cake of bread made with oil, and a wafer, from the basket of unleavened breadbefore Yahweh,24and put it all on the palms of Aaron and his sons, and make the gesture of offering before Yahweh.25Then you wil take them back and burn them on the altar, on top of the burnt offering, as a smelpleasing before Yahweh, a food offering burnt for Yahweh.26'You wil then take the forequarters of the ram of Aaron's investiture and with it make the gesture ofoffering before Yahweh; this wil be your portion.27You wil consecrate the forequarters that have been thus offered, as also the thigh that is set aside --what has been offered and what has been set aside from the ram of investiture of Aaron and his sons.28This, by perpetual decree, wil be the portion that Aaron and his sons wil receive from the Israelites,since it is the portion set aside, the portion set aside for Yahweh by the Israelites from their communionsacrifices: a portion set aside for Yahweh.29'Aaron's sacred vestments must pass to his sons after him, and they wil wear them for their anointingand investiture.30Whichever of the sons of Aaron succeeds him in the priesthood and enters the Tent of Meeting toserve in the sanctuary, wil wear them for seven days.31'You wil take the ram of investiture and cook its meat in a holy place.32Aaron and his sons wil eat the meat of the ram and the bread which is in the basket, at the entranceto the Tent of Meeting.33They will eat what was used in making expiation for them at their investiture and consecration. Nounauthorised person may eat these; they are holy things.34If any of the meat from the investiture sacrifice, or the bread, should be left til morning, you wil burnwhat is left. It may not be eaten; it is a holy thing.35This is what you wil do for Aaron and his sons, implementing al the orders I have given you. You willtake seven days over their investiture.36'On each of the days you wil also offer a young bull as a sacrifice for sin, in expiation. You wil offer asin sacrifice for the altar when you make expiation for it; then you wil consecrate it by anointing it.37For seven days you will make expiation for the altar, then you wil consecrate it; it will then beespecial y holy, and whatever touches the altar wil become holy.38'This is what you must offer on the altar: two yearling male lambs each day in perpetuity.39The first lamb you wil offer at dawn, and the second at twilight,40and with the first lamb, one-tenth of a measure of fine flour mixed with one-quarter of a hin ofpounded olive oil and, for a libation, one-quarter of a hin of wine.41The second lamb you wil offer at twilight, and do it with a similar cereal offering and libation as atdawn, as a pleasing smel , as an offering burnt for Yahweh,42a perpetual burnt offering for al your generations to come, at the entrance to the Tent of Meetingbefore Yahweh, where I shal meet you and speak to you.43'There I shal meet the Israelites in the place consecrated by my glory.44I shal consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar; I shall also consecrate Aaron and his sons, to bepriests in my service.45And I shal live with the Israelites and be their God,46and they wil know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them out of Egypt to live among them: I,Yahweh their God.'