God never intended life to be boring. He’s the God of familiar repetition and new beginnings. Well, at last it was here, the climax of the consecration ceremony. “It came to pass on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel” (Lev 9:1). The number eight is significant […]
It seems as simple as 1, 2, 3. In a way—but there are also ideas so profound that only God gets it. There were three animals used in the institution of the priesthood. In each case, Moses was to do something different. For a sin offering, which always must be dealt with first, “The bull…he […]
How is the believer’s life different from those around us? Does the Cross affect how we live? The ram of consecration had been killed, its blood caught in a basin. What was to be done with it? Moses “took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear, on the […]
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When something is a precious treasure, its owner wants it to be safe and secure. That’s you! The consecration ceremony was vital for Israel. The priests would be their lifeline to God. After Moses washed and dressed them, and anointed Aaron, the bull and two rams were taken. Remember how serious it was for a […]
Do we understand that the path of service for God is always downward? “Humble yourselves.” The priests had been washed, clothed, and Aaron anointed. And now they watched Moses do what they would observe thousands of times in the years ahead. He brought the bull to center stage, “the bull for the sin offering” (Lev […]
Many roles require uniforms, but none are quite like Israel’s priests. After all, God designed them! In our last study, we noticed the list of ingredients for the priests’ consecration: “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 […]
Originally God wanted all His people to be priests; and that’s how it is now with His people! Priests (kohenim) are cited 55 times in the first seven chapters of Leviticus. Up to this point, all the detailed information about the sacrifices has been just theory for them. Before a priest could lift a finger […]
Isn’t the Lord a wonderful Host? He wants to include us all as His guests of honor at the table. Whether in the list of the offerings (Lev 1-5), where God starts at one end, we at the other, and we meet in the middle, or in the law of the offerings (chs 6-7), where […]
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“Bring an offering, and come before Him. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!” (1 Chron 16:29). Holy! Six times in six verses (Lev 6:25-30) we are told that everything pertaining to the sin offering must be holy. The sin offering was “most holy” (v 25). The flesh of the animal was then […]
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