When we left off last week, Moses was instructed to give the fat and parts of the ram of consecration along with one unleavened bread, cake and wafer to Aaron and his sons to be a wave offering before the Lord (Verses 22 and 23). This week, Moses was to get the wave offering back from them and burn them on the altar as a burnt offering, as a sweet aroma before the Lord. This is an offering made by fire to the Lord. Then Moses was to take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration and wave it as a wave offering before God. This would be Moses’ portion. From the ram of the consecration Moses was to consecrate the breast of the wave offering that was waved and the thigh of the heave offering that was raised. These will be portions for Aaron and for his sons from the Israelites’ peace offerings, that is, their heave offering to the Lord by a statute forever.

Aaron’s holy garments would be passed down to his sons after him to be anointed and consecrated in them. The son who would become priest in Aaron’s place was to put the garments on for seven days, when he entered the tabernacle of meeting to minister in the holy place.

Moses was to take the ram of the consecration and boil its flesh in the holy place. Then Aaron and his sons should eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of meeting. They were to eat those things with which the atonement was made to consecrate and to sanctify them. An outsider would not be allowed to eat them because they are holy. If any of the flesh of the consecration offerings or of the bread remained until the morning, then he should burn it with fire and it should not be eaten because it is holy.

God told Moses that he should do to Aaron and his sons, all that He commanded him. For seven days he should consecrate them. He was to offer a bull every day as a sin offering for atonement. He should cleanse the altar when he made atonement for it and anoint it to sanctify it. Seven days Moses was to make atonement for the altar and sanctify it. The altar was to be most holy and whatever touched the altar must be holy.

Each day continually, Moses was to offer two lambs of the first year on the altar. One lamb was to be offered in the morning and the other lamb offered at twilight. With one lamb should be one-tenth of an ephah (about a bushel) of flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin (about 1.5 U.S. gallons) of pressed oil and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering. The other lamb was to be offered at twilight along with a grain offering and the drink offering, as in the morning for a sweet aroma. This was to be a continual offering made by fire to the Lord. Throughout the generations this was to be a continual burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of meeting before the Lord. This is where God would meet and speak with Moses. God would also meet with the children of Israel there and the tabernacle would be sanctified by God’s glory. Do you have a special place where God meets with you? God said that He would consecrate the tabernacle of meeting and the altar. He would also consecrate Aaron and his sons to minister to Him as priests. God said that He would dwell among the children of Israel and be their God. The Israelites would know that He is the Lord their God who brought them up out of the land of Egypt, that He may dwell among them. God said, “I am the Lord their God.”

Our next stop is Exodus 30.

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