Fifth Reading 14 He brought the sin-offering bull in front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons leaned their hands forcefully upon the head of the sin-offering bull.
15 Moses slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood, ascended the ramp of the Altar, and placed some of the blood on the Altar’s four protrusions with his finger as he walked around it, and thus purified the Altar. He then descended the ramp and poured the rest of the blood on the base of the Altar, and thus sanctified the Altar as an instrument upon which to effect atonement.
16 He ascended the Altar again, and took all the fat that is on the innards, i.e., on the abomasum (or alternatively, on the small intestine); the diaphragm along with part of the liver; the two kidneys; and their fat. Moses burned them up on the Altar.
17 He burned the rest of the the bull—i.e., its hide, its flesh, and its waste matter— outside the camp, as God had commanded Moses.
18 He brought forth the ascent-offering ram, and Aaron and his sons leaned their hands forcefully upon the head of the ram.
19 He slaughtered it and, standing on the ground next to the Altar, Moses dashed the blood upon the northwest and southeast corners of the Altar such that the blood was considered to be encircling the Altar.
20 He cut up the ram into its constituent pieces, and, after again ascending the Altar, Moses burned up the head, the other pieces of the ram, and the fat on the Altar.
21 But before he ascended the Altar, he first washed the innards and the legs in water, and only afterward did Moses burn up the entire ram on the Altar. He burned it up with the intention that it be a pleasing ascent-offering and fire-offering to God, as God had commanded Moses.
Sixth Reading 22 He brought forth the second ram, i.e., the installation ram, and Aaron and his sons leaned their hands forcefully upon the ram’s head.
23 He slaughtered it, and Moses took some of its blood on his finger and placed it on the middle ridge of Aaron’s right ear, on the middle joint of Aaron’s right thumb, and on the big toe of Aaron’s right foot.
24 He brought Aaron’s sons forward, and Moses placed some of the blood on the middle ridge of their right ears, on the middle joint of their right thumbs, and on the big toes of their right feet. Moses then, standing on the ground, dashed the remaining blood onto the Altar at its northeast and southwest corners such that the blood was considered to be encircling the Altar.
25 He took the fat covering the innards (i.e., on the omasum and the reticulum), the fatty tail, all the fat that was on the innards (i.e., on the abomasum, or alternatively, on the small intestine), the diaphragm, along with part of the liver, the two kidneys together with their fat, and the right thigh.
