Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.
Then you must kill the ram and take some of its blood. Put the blood on the tip of Aaron's right ear, on the tips of his sons' right ears, on their right thumbs, and on their right big toes. Then sprinkle the remaining blood all around the altar.
God is instructing Moses on the detailed ritual for consecrating Aaron and his sons as priests, using the blood of a sacrificed ram to mark specific parts of their bodies and the altar.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's instructions to Moses for the ordination ceremony of Aaron and his sons as the first priests of Israel at Mount Sinai. The elaborate ritual with blood symbolically consecrated every aspect of their service - their hearing (ears), their work (hands), and their walk (feet). This ceremony established the priestly system that would serve in the tabernacle and later the temple.
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