| God told Moses to take Aaron, his sons, the garments, the anointing oil, a bull as a sin offering, two rams, a basket of unleavened bread, and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. He told the congregation what the Lord commanded to be done. Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. He put the tunic on Aaron and girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him. He girded Aaron with the intricately woven band of the ephod to tie the ephod on him. Then Moses put the breastplate on him and put the Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate. He put the turban on Aaron’s head. On the front of the turban, Moses put the golden plate, the holy crown as the Lord commanded him. Moses also took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it and consecrated them. He sprinkled some of it seven times on the altar, anointed the altar and all its utensils, the laver and its base to consecrate them. Moses poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him. Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes and put hats on them as the Lord commanded him to do. |
| Moses brought the bull for the sin offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering and Moses killed it. According to Bible Study Tools, they probably laid their right hands on the bull’s head thereby transferring their sins to it, confessing them over it and acknowledging their guilt and that they deserved to die just like the animal would die. Then Moses took the blood and put some on the horns of the altar, all around with his finger, and purified the altar. He also poured the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to make atonement for it. According to Easy English Bible, making atonement for the altar meant he made it holy and special for God. Moses then took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver and both kidneys with their fat and burned them on the altar. The hide, flesh and offal of the bull, Moses burned with fire outside of the camp as commanded by the Lord. Then Moses brought the first ram as a burnt offering. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram and Moses killed it. Then he sprinkled the blood all around on the altar. He cut the ram into pieces. Moses burned the head, the pieces and the fat. Then he washed the entrails and the legs in water. Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. Moses did just as the Lord commanded. Then he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the second ram and Moses killed it. He took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put some of the blood on the tips of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. Moses sprinkled the blood all around on the altar. According to Unity.org, the right ear (to carefully listen to the people who come to them), the right thumb (to undertake their work with their hands) and the right toe (to stay grounded and balanced (foot) in their commitment to the priesthood and God). The right side rather than the left side, because the majority of the people are right-handed and the right was generally seen as the dominant side of the body. Then Moses took the fat and the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, both kidneys and their fat and the right thigh. He took from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord, one unleavened cake, a cake of bread anointed with oil, and one wafer and put them on the fat and the right thigh. He put all these in Aaron’s and his son’s hands and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord. Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar, on the burnt offering. They were consecration offerings for a sweet aroma. That was an offering made by fire to the Lord. Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord. It was his part of the ram of consecration, as the Lord commanded him. Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, his garments, his sons and their garments. He consecrated Aaron and his sons and all their garments. Moses told Aaron and his sons to boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of consecration offerings as commanded. What remained of the flesh and the bread should be burned with fire. They could not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of consecration were ended. They were to be consecrated for seven days and just as was done on the first day, the Lord commanded them to do to make atonement. They were to stay at the door of the tabernacle of meeting and keep the charge of the Lord, so that they may not die. This is what God commanded Moses. So Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses. Next week we journey to Leviticus 9. To God Be The Glory! Click “Be Encouraged” for Spiritual, Encouraging and Inspirational Uplifting. Be Encouraged |