8 Then ayou shall bring his sons and put tunics on them.
9 And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. aThe priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall bconsecrate Aaron and his sons.
10 “You shall also have the bull brought before the tabernacle of meeting, and aAaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bull.
11 Then you shall kill the bull before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting.
12 You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on athe horns of the altar with your finger, and bpour all the blood beside the base of the altar.
13 And ayou shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.
14 But athe flesh of the bull, with its skin and its offal, you shall burn with fire outside the camp. It is a sin offering.
15a“You shall also take one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall bput their hands on the head of the ram;
16 and you shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood and asprinkle it all around on the altar.
The Aaronic priests were purified for service to God through the transferal of their sins to a bull. Similarly, when an Israelite presented a peace or a sin offering, he laid his hands upon the animal being offered, identifying himself with it and transferring his guilt to the animal. Thus, the animal was set apart by God through the laying on of hands.
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