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Leviticus Chapter 8 Study - "The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons" - (vv. 1-36) ...

Leviticus Chapter 8 Study – “The Ordination of Aaron and His Sons” – (vv. 1-36)

Aaron and His Sons Consecrated


8 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, a bull as the sin offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; 3 and gather all the congregation together at the door of the tabernacle of meeting.”

4 So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. And the congregation was gathered at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. 5 And Moses said to the congregation, “This is what the Lord commanded to be done.”

6 Then Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. 7 And he put the tunic on him, girded him with the sash, clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the intricately woven band of the ephod, and with it tied the ephod on him. 8 Then he put the breastplate on him, and he put the [a]Urim and the Thummim in the breastplate. 9 And he put the turban on his head. Also on the turban, on its front, he put the golden plate, the holy crown, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

10 Also Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it and consecrated them. 11 He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to [b]consecrate them. 12 And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him.

13 Then Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes, and put [c]hats on them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

14 And he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering, 15 and Moses killed it. Then he took the blood and put some on the horns of the altar all around with his finger and purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make [d]atonement for it. 16 Then he took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar. 17 But the bull, its hide, its flesh, and its offal, he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

18 Then he brought the ram as the burnt offering. And Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, 19 and Moses killed it. Then he sprinkled the blood all around on the altar. 20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. 21 Then he washed the entrails and the legs in water. And Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt sacrifice for a [e]sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

22 And he brought the second ram, the ram of consecration. Then Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, 23 and Moses killed it. Also, he took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. 24 Then he brought Aaron’s sons. And Moses put some of the blood on the tips of their right ears, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses sprinkled the blood all around on the altar. 25 Then he took the fat and the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh; 26 and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened cake, a cake of bread anointed with oil, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and on the right thigh; 27 and he put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and waved them as a wave offering before the Lord. 28 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. 29 And Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord. It was Moses’ part of the ram of consecration, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

30 Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood, which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.

31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “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 I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons shall eat it.’ 32 What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire. 33 And you shall not go outside the door of the tabernacle of meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration are ended. For seven days he shall consecrate you. 34 As he has done this day, so the Lord has commanded to do, to make atonement for you. 35 Therefore you shall stay at the door of the tabernacle of meeting day and night for seven days, and keep the [f]charge of the Lord, so that you may not die; for so I have been commanded.” 36 So Aaron and his sons did all the things that the Lord had commanded by the hand of Moses.




NOTES Leviticus 8 Study – (vv. 1-36)


8:2: Aaron did not take this honor to himself to be the high priest, but was called by God – (Hebrews 5:4) … “So also, Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but … {was} called by God as High Priest ‘according to the order of Melchizedek’” – (Hebrews 5:5, 10) …


8:6: Moses washed Aaron the high priest with water to prepare him for the high priesthood … This washing is a type of baptism … However, Jesus was not baptized because He needed it, but “to fulfill all righteousness” – (Matthew 3:15), for He fulfilled the righteousness required by the Mosaic Law … Therefore, He was baptized for our sake, “that we might become the righteousness of God in Him” – (2Corinthians 5:21) …


8:7-9: Vestments were made for Aaron “for honor and glory” – (Exodus 28:2) … For they were patterned after the Great High Priest in His Heavenly honor and glory – (Exodus 25:40; & Hebrews 8:5) … Similarly, vestments are essential to worship under the new covenant, for they speak of the Great High Priest in His glory … Therefore, the vestments of the priest are so grand and beautiful, for they refer to our Great High Priest ministering on our behalf at the heavenly altar …


8:12: Moses anointed the head of Aaron with oil to sanctify him for the high priesthood … This oil typified the Holy Spirit under the New Covenant … Jesus, did not need the anointing of the Holy Spirit to qualify Him as the Great High Priest, for He Himself anoints others with the Holy Spirit … Then why was He anointed with the Holy Spirit at His baptism – (Matthew 3:16)??? First, Jesus wanted to identify the Holy Spirit as part of the Holy Trinity, and second, for our sakes, that He might anoint us with the Holy Spirit when we are baptized …


8:14, 18, 22: Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the heads of these offerings … This typified Christ, the Great High Priest. Who both offered and was offered for our reconciliation with God – (Hebrews 10:12) … For since He is God, He offered Himself … He was also offered by the Father – (Hebrews 9:28) and by the Holy Spirit – (Hebrews 9:14) … Christ alone was the sacrifice; the Holy Trinity was involved in the reconciliation of man …


8:15, 19, 23, 24: The blood of the sacrifice related to the altar of the whole burnt offering and the priests themselves … This typified the Great High Priest, who took His own blood into the heavenly sanctuary to sanctify it for our salvation – (Hebrews 9:23-24) …


8:26: The unleavened bread speaks of Christ as our sinless sacrifice – (Hebrews 7:26) … But since He is sinless, in what sense was He made sin for us – (2Corinthians 5:21), made a curse – (Galatians 3:13), forsaken by the Father– (Matthew 27:46), and made subject to Him (1Corinthians 15:28)??? By appropriation and in a relative sense … “For neither as God nor as Man was He ever forsaken by the Father; neither was He made sin or a curse, nor did He need to be subject to the Father …

For as God He is equal to the Father and in no way at variance with Him or subject to Him, while as Man He was never at any time so deaf to His Begetter that He should stand in need of subjection … So it was in appropriating our appearance and classing Himself with us that He said these things … For it was we who were subject to sin and curse, because we were disobedient and unhearing and thus forsaken" - (JohnDm) …


8:30: The anointing oil and the blood were sprinkled on the vestments of Aaron and his sons … This typified the connection between the blood of the Incarnate Son and the Holy Spirit … The entire work of the Holy Spirit is accomplished in and through the Incarnation, for He never bypasses the Incarnation in His workings … Moreover, both the works of Christ in His Incarnation and the works of the Holy Spirit are in the sacraments of the Church … Therefore, the sacraments save us and why we have them available to us …


















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