~ The First Sacrifices ~

On the eighth day Moses summoned
Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
He said to Aaron,
"Take a bull calf for your sin offering
and a ram for your burnt offering,
both without defect,
and present them before the Lord.
Then say to the Israelites:
'Take a male goat for a sin offering,
a calf and a lamb --
both a year old and without defect --
for a burnt offering,
and an ox and a ram for a fellowship offering
to sacrifice before the Lord,
together with a grain offering mixed with oil.
For today the Lord will appear to you."

They took the things Moses commanded
to the front of the tent of Meeting,
and the entire assembly came near
and stood before the Lord.
Then Moses said,
"This is what the Lord has commanded you to do,
so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you."

. . . Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people
and blessed them.
And having sacrificed the sin offering,
the burnt offering
and the fellowship offering,
he stepped down.

Moses and Aaron then went into the Tent of Meeting.
When they came out,
they blessed the people;
and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.
Fire came out from the presence of the Lord
and consumed the burnt offering
and the fat portions on the altar.
And when all the people saw it,
they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

(Leviticus 9:1-6, 22-24)