Lev 9.1-24 tells us that since Aaron and his sons have been consecrated and invested with the priesthood, now they are called on to begin practicing in that function.
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v 1…Now it came about on the eighth (Hebrew “shemini”) day (after the seven days of consecration; a new beginning) that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel (Moses wanted the elders to hear for themselves that Aaron was elevated to be the high priest and had not taken it for himself; and they were representatives of the people);
v 2…and said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a calf (alluding to his role in the golden calf incident and that he had been forgiven), a bull (the highest of offerings to show he had been forgiven) for a sin offering (sin had to be dealt with in the priests first) and a ram (symbolic of the head of the flock) for a burnt offering without defect, and offer them before the Lord.
v 3…Then to the sons of Israel you shall speak (through the elders who will pass the word), saying, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old without defect, for a burnt offering;
v 4…and an ox and a ram for a peace offerings to sacrifice before the Lord (for the people), and a grain offering mixed with oil, for today the Lord shall appear to you (v 24).’ “
v 5…So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation (represented by the elders) came near and stood before the Lord.
v 6…And Moses said, “This is thing which the Lord has commanded you to do, that the glory (kivod; radiance) of the Lord may appear to you.”
v 7…Moses then said to Aaron, “Come near (Hebrew “karav” and related to the word “korban” meaning offering) to the altar and offer your sin offering (Korban Chata’at) and your burnt offering (Korban Olah), that you may make atonement (restore a covering) for yourself and for the people. Then make the offering for the people, that you may make atonement for them, just as the Lord has commanded.”
v 8…So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself (so he will be fit to offer the sacrifices for the people).
v 9…And Aaron’s sons presented the blood to him;; and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put some on the horns of the altar (Yeshua’s death was for God’s glory first), and poured out the blood at the base of the altar (Yeshua’s death was for the sins of man second; now the altar was cleansed)
v 10…The fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver of the sin offering, he then offered up in smoke (burned) on the altar just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
v 11…The flesh and the skin what unbelievers saw in Yeshua, just flesh and skin, just a man), however, were burned with fire outside the camp (and not eaten-4.12).
v 12…Then he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron’s sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around the altar (as if he was wielding a whip).
v 13…And they handed the burnt offering to him in pieces with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar (burned).
v 14…He also washed the entrails (alludes to Yeshua’s inward thought life governed by the word) and the legs (his walk in the Torah; he was sinless), and offered them up in smoke (burned) with the burnt offering on the altar (type of the cross).
v 15…Then he presented the people’s offering (having offered his first), and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first (offering).
v 16…He also presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance (about these things).
v 17…Next he presented the grain offering (minchah), and filled his hand with some of it (a “kemitza” with three fingers of his right hand) and offered it up in smoke (burned) on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning (Tamid-Num 28.1-8).
v 18…Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron’s sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar (like wielding a whip).
v 19…As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, and the fat covering, and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver,
v 20…they now placed the portions of fat on the breasts; and he offered them up in smoke on the altar (burned).
v 21…But the breasts (alluding to love, and faith) and the right thigh (alluding to their walk in the Torah; “mitzvot” or commandments, good works) Aaron presented as a wave offering (tenufah) before the Lord (faith without works is dead-Jam 2.26), just as Moses had commanded.
v 22…Then Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people and blessed them (Num 6.22-27), and he stepped down (from the altar) after making the sin offering (Korban Chata’at) and the burnt offering (Korban Olah) and the peace offerings (Korban Shelemim).
v 23…And Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. When they came out and blessed the people (now both blessed them) the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people (as promised in v 6).
v 24…Then fire came out from before the Lord (possibly out of heaven into the Holy of Holies, then to the golden altar of incense, and then to outer altar) and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of the fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces (this manifestation was proof that God had accepted Aaron’s priesthood, and that of his sons; it is the same with Yeshua-Matt 3.16-17; Heb 12.29 says God is a consuming fire; this also alludes to Golgotha and the resurrection-Heb 9.14).
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