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Leviticus 9:1-11, 22-24

On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of
Israel.  He said to Aaron, "Take a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram
for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD.
And say to the people of Israel, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering; a
calf and a lamb, yearlings without blemish, for a burnt offering;  and an
ox and a ram for an offering of well-being to sacrifice before the LORD;
and a grain offering mixed with oil.  For today the LORD will appear to
you.'"  They brought what Moses commanded to the front of the tent of
meeting; and the whole congregation drew near and stood before the LORD.
And Moses said, "This is the thing that the LORD commanded you to do, so
that the glory of the LORD may appear to you."  Then Moses said to Aaron,
"Draw near to the altar and sacrifice your sin offering and your burnt
offering, and make atonement for yourself and for the people; and
sacrifice the offering of the people, and make atonement for them; as the
LORD has commanded."

Aaron drew near to the altar, and slaughtered the calf of the sin
offering, which was for himself.  The sons of Aaron presented the blood to
him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the
altar; and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar.
But the fat, the kidneys, and the appendage of the liver from the sin
offering he turned into smoke on the altar, as the LORD commanded Moses;
and the flesh and the skin he burned with fire outside the camp.

Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them; and he came
down after sacrificing the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the
offering of well-being.  Moses and Aaron entered the tent of meeting, and
then came out and blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared
to all the people.  Fire came out from the LORD and consumed the burnt
offering and the fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they
shouted and fell on their faces.