While the liturgy of the sealing ceremony is not to be found explicitly
in the Bible (or even uniquely LDS Scriptures including the Doctrine and
Covenants), there are various texts that, when speaking of marriage and/or
temple liturgy, contain much of the liturgy and practices thereof, even if one
will not expect an exact one-to-one correspondence (cf. D&C 128:18). The
texts include the following (all taken from the 1985 JPS Tanakh translation):
Lead Aaron and his
sons up to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water. Then
take the vestments, and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, and
the breastpiece, and gird him with the decorated band of the ephod. Put the
headdress on his head, and place the holy diadem upon the headdress. Take the
anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. Then bring his sons
forward; clothe them with tunics. (Exo 29:4-8)
Then Moses brought
Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water. He put the tunic on him,
girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him, girding
him with the decorated band with which he tied it to him. He put the
breastpiece on him, and put into the breastpiece the Urim and Thummim. And he
set the headdress on his head; and on the headdress, in front, he put the gold
frontlet, the holy diadem--as the Lord had commanded Moses. Moses took the
anointing oil and anointed the Tabernacle and all that was in it, thus
consecrating them. He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointing
the altar, all its utensils, and the laver with its stand, to consecrate them.
He poured some of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head and anointed him, to
consecrate him. Moses then brought Aaron's sons forward, clothed them in
tunics, girded them with sashes, and wound turbans upon them, as the Lord had
commanded Moses. (Lev 8:6-13)
Naomi, her
mother-in-law, said to her, "Daughter, I must seek a home for you, where
you may be happy. Now there is our kinsman Boaz, whose girls you were close to.
He will be winnowing barely on the threshing floor tonight. So bathe, anoint
yourself, dress up, and go down to the threshing floor. But do not disclose
yourself to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. When he lies
down, note the place where he lies down, and go over and uncover his feet and
lie down. He will tell you what you are to do." She replied, "I will
do everything you tell me." (Ruth 3:1-5)
