But the Lord sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.

他打发他的仆人摩西和他所拣选的亚伦，

他差遣他的仆人摩西和他所拣选的亚伦，

他差遣他的仆人摩西和他所拣选的亚伦，

祂派遣祂的仆人摩西和祂拣选的亚伦，

他差派了他的仆人摩西，和他拣选的亚伦。

他派遣了他的仆人摩西，以及他所拣选的亚伦；

他打發他的僕人摩西和他所揀選的亞倫，

他差遣他的僕人摩西和他所揀選的亞倫，

他差遣他的僕人摩西和他所揀選的亞倫，

祂派遣祂的僕人摩西和祂揀選的亞倫，

他差派了他的僕人摩西，和他揀選的亞倫。

他差遣了他的僕人摩西、和他所揀選的亞倫。

他派遣了他的僕人摩西，以及他所揀選的亞倫；

爰遣其僕摩西、與所選之亞倫、

摩西為其臣僕、亞倫為其遴選、上帝特遣之兮、

主遂遣其僕摩西、又遣所選之亞倫、

主鑒此。遣每瑟。簡亞倫。相吾國。

He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

The Lord sent his servant Moses to the king of Egypt. He sent Aaron, his chosen one, along with him.

He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

He sent Moses his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

He sent His servant Moses, And Aaron, whom He had chosen.

He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron whom He had chosen.

He sent Moses his servant, And Aaron whom he had chosen.

He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

He sent Moses his servant;[ and] Aaron whom he had chosen.

He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen.

Now go, for I am sending you to Pharaoh. You must lead my people Israel out of Egypt.”

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.Each day you must sacrifice a young bull as a sin offering to purify them, making them right with the Lord. Afterward, cleanse the altar by purifying it; make it holy by anointing it with oil.Purify the altar, and consecrate it every day for seven days. After that, the altar will be absolutely holy, and whatever touches it will become holy.“ These are the sacrifices you are to offer regularly on the altar. Each day, offer two lambs that are a year old,one in the morning and the other in the evening.With one of them, offer two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of pure oil of pressed olives; also, offer one quart of wine as a liquid offering.Offer the other lamb in the evening, along with the same offerings of flour and wine as in the morning. It will be a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.“ These burnt offerings are to be made each day from generation to generation. Offer them in the Lord’s presence at the Tabernacle entrance; there I will meet with you and speak with you.I will meet the people of Israel there, in the place made holy by my glorious presence.Yes, I will consecrate the Tabernacle and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.Then I will live among the people of Israel and be their God,and they will know that I am the Lord their God. I am the one who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could live among them. I am the Lord their God.

“ In this way, Aaron will carry the names of the tribes of Israel on the sacred chestpiece over his heart when he goes into the Holy Place. This will be a continual reminder that he represents the people when he comes before the Lord.Insert the Urim and Thummim into the sacred chestpiece so they will be carried over Aaron’s heart when he goes into the Lord’s presence. In this way, Aaron will always carry over his heart the objects used to determine the Lord’s will for his people whenever he goes in before the Lord.“ Make the robe that is worn with the ephod from a single piece of blue cloth,with an opening for Aaron’s head in the middle of it. Reinforce the opening with a woven collar so it will not tear.Make pomegranates out of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and attach them to the hem of the robe, with gold bells between them.The gold bells and pomegranates are to alternate all around the hem.Aaron will wear this robe whenever he ministers before the Lord, and the bells will tinkle as he goes in and out of the Lord’s presence in the Holy Place. If he wears it, he will not die.“ Next make a medallion of pure gold, and engrave it like a seal with these words: Holy to the Lord.Attach the medallion with a blue cord to the front of Aaron’s turban, where it must remain.Aaron must wear it on his forehead so he may take on himself any guilt of the people of Israel when they consecrate their sacred offerings. He must always wear it on his forehead so the Lord will accept the people.

“ Call for your brother, Aaron, and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. Set them apart from the rest of the people of Israel so they may minister to me and be my priests.Make sacred garments for Aaron that are glorious and beautiful.

Then the Lord said to Moses,“ Pay close attention to this. I will make you seem like God to Pharaoh, and your brother, Aaron, will be your prophet.

This would warn the Israelites that no unauthorized person— no one who was not a descendant of Aaron— should ever enter the Lord’s presence to burn incense. If anyone did, the same thing would happen to him as happened to Korah and his followers. So the Lord’s instructions to Moses were carried out.

Fasten the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as a reminder that Aaron represents the people of Israel. Aaron will carry these names on his shoulders as a constant reminder whenever he goes before the Lord.

Aaron did as Moses told him and ran out among the people. The plague had already begun to strike down the people, but Aaron burned the incense and purified the people.He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague stopped.

“ It was the Lord who appointed Moses and Aaron,” Samuel continued.“ He brought your ancestors out of the land of Egypt.

Now go! I will be with you as you speak, and I will instruct you in what to say.”But Moses again pleaded,“ Lord, please! Send anyone else.”Then the Lord became angry with Moses.“ All right,” he said.“ What about your brother, Aaron the Levite? I know he speaks well. And look! He is on his way to meet you now. He will be delighted to see you.

Buds will sprout on the staff belonging to the man I choose. Then I will finally put an end to the people’s murmuring and complaining against you.”So Moses gave the instructions to the people of Israel, and each of the twelve tribal leaders, including Aaron, brought Moses a staff.Moses placed the staffs in the Lord’s presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.When he went into the Tabernacle of the Covenant the next day, he found that Aaron’s staff, representing the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, budded, blossomed, and produced ripe almonds!

You led your people along that road like a flock of sheep, with Moses and Aaron as their shepherds.

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.Then Moses presented the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the bull’s head,and Moses slaughtered it. Moses took some of the blood, and with his finger he put it on the four horns of the altar to purify it. He poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. Through this process, he made the altar holy by purifying it.Then Moses took all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and he burned it all on the altar.He took the rest of the bull, including its hide, meat, and dung, and burned it on a fire outside the camp, just as the Lord had commanded him.Then Moses presented the ram for the burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head,and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took the ram’s blood and splattered it against all sides of the altar.Then he cut the ram into pieces, and he burned the head, some of its pieces, and the fat on the altar.After washing the internal organs and the legs with water, Moses burned the entire ram on the altar as a burnt offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded him.Then Moses presented the other ram, which was the ram of ordination. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the ram’s head,and Moses slaughtered it. Then Moses took some of its blood and applied it to the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, the thumb of his right hand, and the big toe of his right foot.Next Moses presented Aaron’s sons and applied some of the blood to the lobes of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the big toes of their right feet. He then splattered the rest of the blood against all sides of the altar.Next Moses took the fat, 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.On top of these he placed a thin cake of bread made without yeast, a cake of bread mixed with olive oil, and a wafer spread with olive oil. All these were taken from the basket of bread made without yeast that was placed in the Lord’s presence.He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons, and he lifted these gifts as a special offering to the Lord.Moses then took all the offerings back from them and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering. This was the ordination offering. It was a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.Then Moses took the breast and lifted it up as a special offering to the Lord. This was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, just as the Lord had commanded him.Next Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood that was on the altar, and he sprinkled them on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. In this way, he made Aaron and his sons and their garments holy.Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons,“ Boil the remaining meat of the offerings at the Tabernacle entrance, and eat it there, along with the bread that is in the basket of offerings for the ordination, just as I commanded when I said,‘ Aaron and his sons will eat it.’Any meat or bread that is left over must then be burned up.You must not leave the Tabernacle entrance for seven days, for that is when the ordination ceremony will be completed.Everything we have done today was commanded by the Lord in order to purify you, making you right with him.Now stay at the entrance of the Tabernacle day and night for seven days, and do everything the Lord requires. If you fail to do this, you will die, for this is what the Lord has commanded.”So Aaron and his sons did everything the Lord had commanded through Moses.

They threw down their staffs, which also became serpents! But then Aaron’s staff swallowed up their staffs.

“ Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I brought terrible plagues on Egypt; and afterward I brought you out as a free people.

For I brought you out of Egypt and redeemed you from slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to help you.

The Aaron and Moses named in this list are the same ones to whom the Lord said,“ Lead the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt like an army.”It was Moses and Aaron who spoke to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, about leading the people of Israel out of Egypt.

“ Go back to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and tell him to let the people of Israel leave his country.”

Then he said to Korah and his followers,“ Tomorrow morning the Lord will show us who belongs to him and who is holy. The Lord will allow only those whom he selects to enter his own presence.Korah, you and all your followers must prepare your incense burners.Light fires in them tomorrow, and burn incense before the Lord. Then we will see whom the Lord chooses as his holy one. You Levites are the ones who have gone too far!”Then Moses spoke again to Korah:“ Now listen, you Levites!Does it seem insignificant to you that the God of Israel has chosen you from among all the community of Israel to be near him so you can serve in the Lord’s Tabernacle and stand before the people to minister to them?Korah, he has already given this special ministry to you and your fellow Levites. Are you now demanding the priesthood as well?The Lord is the one you and your followers are really revolting against! For who is Aaron that you are complaining about him?”

I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groans and have come down to rescue them. Now go, for I am sending you back to Egypt.’“ So God sent back the same man his people had previously rejected when they demanded,‘ Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, God sent Moses to be their ruler and savior.