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The Third Book of Moses, Called Leviticus, Chapter Nine <>< <>< ><> ><> 1. Whom did Moses summoned on the eight day, what did he tell Aaron to do, what did Moses tell the Israelites to do, and whom did he say would appear to them today?
______________________________________________________________________________ After one week of ordination service, Aaron and his sons had fulfilled the complete ritual of consecration and were then ready to begin their priestly service. This chapter tells of a sin offering, burnt offerings, fellowship offerings, and a grain offering for the priests and the people. 2. Where did Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel take the offerings, who came near and stood before the LORD with Aaron, his sons, and the elders of Israel, and what did Moses say to them?
______________________________________________________________________________ It seems at first sight that this promised manifestation (which occurred at verse 23) was a second one, different from that recorded in Exodus 40:34. However, it is difficult to see why, if God had already accepted the tabernacle then, the priests would here have to consecrate it again with offerings and anointings. It is perhaps best to see the event mentioned here as the same one as the event recorded in Exodus 40. 3. What did Moses tell Aaron to do for himself and the people, what did Aaron slaughter when he came to the altar as a sin offering for himself, what did Aaron's sons bring to him, what did Aaron do with it, what did Aaron burn on the altar, where did Aaron burn them, what did Aaron slaughter next, what did Aaron do with the blood his sons handed him, what did Aaron's sons hand to him piece by piece, including the head, as he burned them on the altar, and what did Aaron wash before he burned them on top of the offering on the altar?
______________________________________________________________________________ These verses give the details of Aaron's offering for himself the sacrifices of verse 2. As mentioned in 8:15, the blood of the sin offering of the priest was put on the horns of the golden incense altar in the Holy Place; the rest of the blood was poured out at the base of the large bronze altar of burnt offering. 4. What did Aaron do then, what did Aaron slaughter for the people's sin offering as he did with the first one, how did Aaron offer the sin offering, what else did Aaron bring to the burnt offering, burning it on the altar in addition to the morning's burnt offering, what did Aaron slaughter as the fellowship offering for the people, what did Aaron do with the blood that his sons handed him, what did Aaron do with the fat portions of the ox and ram, that is, the fat tail, the layer of fat, the kidneys and the covering of the liver, and what did Aaron wave before the LORD as a wave offering as Moses commanded?
______________________________________________________________________________ The details of Aaron's sacrifice of the offering of the people mentioned in verses 3-4 are given here. Notice that in verse 21 Aaron presented the wave breast and the right thigh to the Lord but then took them for food for himself and his sons. The people's sin offering, however, being a sin offering for the congregation, was burned outside the camp (4:13-21). 5. What did Aaron do after he did all the offerings, what did Aaron do having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering, where did Moses and Aaron go then, what did they do when they came out, what appeared to all the people, what came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar, and what did all the people do when they saw it?
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After the offerings had been duly made, Aaron lifted up his hands
in benediction and blessed the people. He probably spoke the prescribed
benediction of Numbers 6:24-26. The material in this section need not be strictly
chronological. The symbolic presence of God was evidenced by the reality of his
glory. There had been fire on the altar during the week
of the priests' consecration. But miraculous fire came from the Lord to consume
the offerings and to show the divine acceptance. That this was miraculous fire
could easily be distinguished by its suddenness, intensity, etc. It emphasized
the fact that when the sacrifices were burned year after year, God himself
accepted them and blessed the people accordingly. The fire was sacred and was
not to be allowed to go out.
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the elders of Israel...to take a bull calf for his sin offering and a ram for
his burnt offering, both without defect, and present them before the LORD...to
take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb - both a year old and
without defect - for a burnt offering and an ox and a ram for a fellowship
offering to sacrifice before the LORD,
together with a grain offering mixed with oil...the LORD <>< <>< ><> ><> |