The bull for sin, the ram of burnt offering, and the ram of consecration
Cyril: ‘…doors of the tent of witness. And you shall take some of the young bull’s blood and put it on the two horns of the altar with your finger, and you shall pour out all the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. And you shall take all the fat on the belly, and the lobe on the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat on them, and put them on the altar. But the flesh of the young bull, and its hide, and its dung you shall burn with fire outside the camp, for it is a sin offering. And you shall take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the ram’s head. And you shall slaughter it, and taking the blood you shall pour it out against the altar all around. And you shall cut the ram into pieces limb by limb, and wash the entrails and the feet with water, and put them on the pieces with the head. And you shall offer up the whole ram on the altar, a whole burnt offering to the Lord, for a fragrant aroma; it is an incense offering to the Lord. And you shall take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the ram’s head. And you shall slaughter it, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear, and on the tip of his right hand, and on the tip of his right foot, and on the lobes of the right ears of his sons, and on the tips of their right hands, and on the tips of their right feet. And you shall take some of the blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his robe, and on his sons and on his sons’ robes with him; and he and his robe shall be sanctified, and his sons and his sons’ robes. And you shall pour out the ram’s blood against the altar all around. And you shall take from the ram its fat, and the fat that covers the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat beneath them, and the right shoulder, for this is a consecration; and one loaf made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread set out before the Lord. And you shall put them all on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons, and you shall set them apart as a special portion before the Lord. And you shall take them from their hands and offer them up on the altar of burnt offering for a fragrant aroma before the Lord; it is an offering to the Lord. And you shall take the breast from the ram of consecration, which is Aaron’s, and set it apart as a special portion before the Lord, and it shall be your share. And you shall sanctify the breast as a special portion, and the shoulder of the contribution, which has been set apart and which has been taken from the ram of consecration, from Aaron and from his sons. And it shall be for Aaron and his sons a perpetual statute from the sons of Israel; for this is a special portion, and it shall be a contribution from the sons of Israel, from the sacrifices of deliverance of the sons of Israel, a contribution to the Lord’ (Exodus 29:11–28). And a little further on: ‘And you shall take the ram of consecration and boil its flesh in a holy place, and Aaron…’ (Exodus 29:31–32)
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θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου. Καὶ λήψῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ μόσχου, καὶ θήσεις ἐπὶ τῶν δύο κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τῷ δακτύλῳ σου. Τὸ δὲ λοιπὸν πᾶν αἷμα ἐκχεεῖς παρὰ τὴν βάσιν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ λήψῃ πᾶν τὸ στέαρ τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς κοιλίας, καὶ τὸν λοβὸν τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥπατος, καὶ τοὺς δύο νεφροὺς, καὶ τὸ στέαρ τὸ ἐπ' αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπιθήσεις ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον. Τὰ δὲ κρέατα τοῦ μόσχου, καὶ τὸ δέρμα, καὶ τὴν κόπρον κατακαύσεις πυρὶ ἔξω τῆς παρεμβολῆς· ἁμαρτίας γάρ ἐστι. Καὶ τὸν κριὸν λήψῃ τὸν ἕνα, καὶ ἐπιθήσουσιν Ἀαρὼν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ κριοῦ, καὶ σφάξεις αὐτὸν, καὶ λαβὼν τὸ αἷμα προχεεῖς πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον κύκλῳ, καὶ τὸν κριὸν διχοτομήσεις κατὰ μέλη· καὶ πλυνεῖς τὰ ἐνδόσθια καὶ τοὺς πόδας ὕδατι, καὶ ἐπιθήσεις ἐπὶ τὰ διχοτομήματα σὺν τῇ κεφαλῇ, καὶ ἀνοίσεις ὅλον τὸν κριὸν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, ὁλοκαύτωμα τῷ Κυρίῳ εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας· θυμίαμα Κυρίῳ ἐστί. Καὶ λήψῃ τὸν κριὸν τὸν δεύτερον, καὶ ἐπιθήσει Ἀαρὼν καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ κριοῦ, καὶ σφάξεις αὐτὸν, καὶ λήψῃ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπιθήσεις ἐπὶ τὸν λοβὸν τοῦ ὠτὸς Ἀαρὼν τοῦ δεξιοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τῆς δεξιᾶς χειρὸς, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον τοῦ ποδὸς τοῦ δεξιοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς λοβοὺς τῶν ὤτων τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν δεξιῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἄκρα τῶν ποδῶν αὐτῶν τῶν δεξιῶν. Καὶ λήψῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐλαίου τῆς χρίσεως, καὶ ῥανεῖς ἐπὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν στολὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς στολὰς τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ μετ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἁγιασθήσεται αὐτὸς καὶ ἡ στολὴ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ στολαὶ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ. Τὸ δὲ αἷμα τοῦ κριοῦ προχεεῖς πρὸς τὸ θυσιαστήριον κύκλῳ, καὶ λήψῃ ἀπὸ τοῦ κριοῦ τὸ στέαρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ στέαρ τὸ κατακαλύπτον τὴν κοιλίαν, καὶ τὸν λοβὸν τοῦ ἥπατος, καὶ τοὺς δύο νεφροὺς, καὶ τὸ στέαρ τὸ ὑπ' αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸν βραχίονα τὸν δεξιόν· ἔστι γὰρ τελείωσις αὕτη· καὶ ἄρτον ἕνα ἐξ ἐλαίου, καὶ λάγανον ἓν ἀπὸ τοῦ κανοῦ τῶν ἀζύμων τῶν προτεθειμένων ἔναντι Κυρίου. Καὶ ἐπιθήσεις τὰ πάντα ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας Ἀαρὼν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς χεῖρας τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἀφοριεῖς αὐτὰ ἀφόρισμα ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ λήψῃ αὐτὰ ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἀνοίσεις ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τῆς ὁλοκαυτώσεως εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας ἔναντι Κυρίου· κάρπωμά ἐστι Κυρίῳ. Καὶ λήψῃ τὸ στηθύνιον ἀπὸ τοῦ κριοῦ τῆς τελειώσεως, ὅ ἐστιν Ἀαρὼν, καὶ ἀφοριεῖς αὐτὸ ἀφόρισμα ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ ἔσται σοι ἐν μερίδι, καὶ ἁγιάσεις τὸ στηθύνιον ἀφόρισμα, καὶ τὸν βραχίονα τοῦ ἀφαιρέματος, ὃς ἀφώρισται, καὶ ὃς ἀφῄρηται ἀπὸ τοῦ κριοῦ τῆς τελειώσεως ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀαρὼν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν υἱῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσται Ἀαρὼν καὶ τοῖς υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ νόμιμον αἰώνιον παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ· ἔστι γὰρ ἀφόρισμα τοῦτο, καὶ ἀφαίρεμα ἔσται παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἀπὸ τῶν θυμάτων τῶν σωτηρίων τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ἀφαίρεμα Κυρίῳ.» Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· «Καὶ τὸν κριὸν τῆς τελειώσεως λήψῃ, καὶ ἑψήσεις τὰ κρέα ἐν τόπῳ ἁγίῳ, καὶ ἔδονται Ἀαρὼν καὶ οἱ