Author: Jefferson Vann

Leviticus 11

Leviticus 11:1 And Yahveh spoke to Moses and Aaron, and this is what he said to them,

Leviticus 11:2 “Speak to the people of Israel, and this is what you should say, these are the living things that you may eat among all the animals that are on the land.

Leviticus 11:3 Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, among the animals, you may eat.

Leviticus 11:4 However, among those that chew the cud or part the hoof, you will not eat these: The camel, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is contaminated to you.

Leviticus 11:5 And the rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is contaminated to you.

Leviticus 11:6 And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not part the hoof, is contaminated to you.

Leviticus 11:7 And the pig, because it parts the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud, is contaminated to you.

Leviticus 11:8 You will not eat any of their meat, and you will not touch their carcasses; they are contaminated to you.

Leviticus 11:9 “These you may eat, of all that are in the water. Everything in the water that has fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat.

Leviticus 11:10 But anything in the seas or the rivers that does not have fins and scales, of the swarming creatures in the water and of the living throats that are in the water, is taboo to you.

Leviticus 11:11 You will regard them as detestable; [1] you will not eat any of their meat, and you will detest their carcasses.

Leviticus 11:12 Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales is taboo to you.

Leviticus 11:13 “And these you will regard as taboo among the birds; they will not be eaten; they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

Leviticus 11:14 the kite, the falcon of any kind,

Leviticus 11:15 every raven of any kind,

Leviticus 11:16 the ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any kind,

Leviticus 11:17 the little owl, the cormorant, the short-eared owl,

Leviticus 11:18 the barn owl, the tawny owl, the carrion vulture,

Leviticus 11:19 the stork, the heron of any kind, the duchifat, and the bat.

Leviticus 11:20 “All winged insects that go on all fours are taboo to you.

Leviticus 11:21 Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground.

Leviticus 11:22 Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.

Leviticus 11:23 But all other winged insects that have four feet are taboo to you.

Leviticus 11:24 “And by these you will become contaminated. Whoever touches their carcass will be contaminated until the evening,

Leviticus 11:25 and whoever carries any part of their carcass will wash his clothes and be contaminated until the evening.

Leviticus 11:26 Every animal that parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is contaminated to you. Everyone who touches them will be contaminated.

Leviticus 11:27 And all that walk on their paws, among the animals that go on all fours, are contaminated to you. Whoever touches their carcass will be contaminated until the evening,

Leviticus 11:28 and he who carries their carcass will wash his clothes and be contaminated until the evening; they are contaminated to you.

Leviticus 11:29 “And these are contaminated to you among the swarming things that swarm on the ground: the mole rat, the mouse, the great lizard of any kind,

Leviticus 11:30 the gecko, the monitor lizard, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon.

Leviticus 11:31 These are contaminated to you among all that swarm. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be contaminated until the evening.

Leviticus 11:32 And anything on which any of them falls when they are dead will be contaminated, whether it is an container of wood or clothes or a skin or a sack, any container that is used for any purpose. It must be put into water, and it will be contaminated until the evening; then it will be clean.

Leviticus 11:33 And if any of them falls into any clay pottery container, all that is in it will be unclean, and you will break it.

Leviticus 11:34 Any food in it that could be eaten, on which water comes, will be contaminated. And all drink that could be drunk from every such container will be contaminated.

Leviticus 11:35 And everything on which any part of their carcass falls will be contaminated. Whether oven or stove, it will be broken in pieces. They are contaminated and will remain contaminated for you.

Leviticus 11:36 Nevertheless, a spring or a cistern holding water will be pure, but whoever touches a carcass in them will be contaminated.

Leviticus 11:37 And if any part of their carcass falls upon any seed grain that is to be planted, it is pure,

Leviticus 11:38 but if water is put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it is contaminated to you.

Leviticus 11:39 “And if any animal which you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be contaminated until the evening,

Leviticus 11:40 and whoever eats of its carcass will wash his clothes and be contaminated until the evening. And whoever carries the carcass will wash his clothes and be contaminated until the evening.

Leviticus 11:41 “Every swarming thing that swarms on the ground is taboo; it will not be eaten.

Leviticus 11:42 Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has many feet, any swarming thing that swarms on the ground, you will not eat, because they are taboo.

Leviticus 11:43 You will not make your throats taboo with any swarming thing that swarms, and you will not contaminate yourselves with them, and become contaminated through them.

Leviticus 11:44 Because I am Yahveh your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be sacred, because I am sacred. You will not contaminate your throats with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.

Leviticus 11:45 Because I am Yahveh who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God. You will therefore be sacred, because I am sacred.”

Leviticus 11:46 This is the instruction about animal and bird and every living throat that moves through the water and every throat that swarms on the ground,

Leviticus 11:47 to divide between the contaminated and the pure and between the living creature that may be eaten and the living creature that may not be eaten.

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[1] שָׁקַץ = regard as taboo. Leviticus 11:11, 13, 43; 20:25.

Leviticus 11 quotes:

“Then, Leviticus 11-16 discusses situations and conditions that make a person unable, inappropriate, or excused from normal community life. Such persons are relieved of the responsibility of participating in worship or barred from doing so, depending on their situation.”

House, Paul R. Leviticus/Numbers. Broadman & Holman, 1999. p. 6.

“The description of clean and unclean animal species occurs in Leviticus 11, while the next four chapters deal with instances of human uncleanness. More detailed consideration of these regulations will be undertaken at that point, but here it should merely be noted that contact has occurred, and has interfered with the individual’s state of cultic or ceremonial purity. The uncleanness is accidental (‘it is hidden from him’), hence purificatory rites have not been undertaken. Once the offender knows of his guilt, it is his responsibility to offer expiatory sacrifice, since failure to do so would only worsen his own relationship with God, in addition to affecting the well-being of communal existence. One of the greatest spiritual challenges for the Christian in the complexity of contemporary social life is to keep himself unspotted from the world (Jas. 1:27 AV).”

Harrison, R. K. Leviticus, an Introduction and Commentary. Inter-Varsity Press, 1980. p. 69.

“The Christian church has always attracted a strong contingent of folk who would prefer to deal with the spirit and ignore or deny the body. Such “Gnostic” tendencies are met head-on in John by the declaration that “the Word became flesh and lived among us” (John 1:14). It would be hard to imagine a more potent Old Testament parallel to such fleshly affirmation than Leviticus 11-15. This is a God who desires not some disembodied congregation of ethereal spirits to worship and serve him, but rather a God who is working to enable even their foods and fluids and flows to witness to the Lord’s tangible presence in their midst.”

Boyce, Richard Nelson. Leviticus and Numbers. 1st ed, Westminster John Knox Press, 2008. p. 53.

Leviticus 11 links:

death is bad, resurrection is good
devotion that defers to the Savior
fishing license
foot and mouth disease
His preference
pests on the plate
useful for other things
wash and wait

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LEVITICUS in Jeff’s library

Leviticus 10

Leviticus 10:1 But Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire to Yahveh’s face, which he had not commanded them.

Leviticus 10:2 And fire came out from Yahveh’s face and consumed them, and they died at Yahveh’s face.

Leviticus 10:3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahveh spoke when he said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and to all the people’s face I will be glorified.'” And Aaron kept still.

Leviticus 10:4 And Moses invited Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come near; carry your brothers away from the face of the sanctuary and out of the camp.”

Leviticus 10:5 So they came near and carried them in their shirts out of the camp, as Moses had said.

Leviticus 10:6 And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his sons, “Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not tear your clothes, or else you will die, and wrath come upon all the congregation; but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, mourn over the burning that Yahveh has kindled.

Leviticus 10:7 And do not go outside the entrance of the conference tent, or else[1] you will die, because the anointing oil of Yahveh is upon you.” And they did according to the word of Moses.

Leviticus 10:8 And Yahveh spoke to Aaron, and this is what he said,

Leviticus 10:9 “Drink no wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the conference tent, or else you will die. It will be a permanent prescription throughout your generations.

Leviticus 10:10 You are to divide between the sacred and the common, and between the contaminated and the pure,

Leviticus 10:11 and you are to teach the people of Israel all the prescriptions that Yahveh has spoken to them by Moses.”

Leviticus 10:12 Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his surviving sons: “Take the tribute offering that is left of Yahveh’s fire offerings, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, because it is most sacred.

Leviticus 10:13 You will eat it in a sacred place, because it is your prescription and your sons’ prescription, from Yahveh’s fire offerings, because so I am commanded.

Leviticus 10:14 But the breast that is waved and the thigh that is contributed you will eat in a pure place, you and your sons and your daughters with you, because they are given as your prescription and your sons’ prescription from the sacrifices for healthy relationships of the people of Israel.

Leviticus 10:15 The thigh that is contributed and the breast that is waved they will bring with the fire offerings of the fat pieces to wave for a wave offering to Yahveh’s face, and it will be yours and your sons’ with you as a permanent prescription, as Yahveh has commanded.”

Leviticus 10:16 Now Moses diligently enquired about the goat of the failure offering, and he noticed it was burned up! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the surviving sons of Aaron, and this is what he said,

Leviticus 10:17 “Why have you not eaten the failure offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is a thing most sacred and has been given to you that you may be responsible for the violation of the congregation, to provide reconciliation for them to Yahveh’s face?

Leviticus 10:18 Notice, its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary. You certainly ought to have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.”

Leviticus 10:19 And Aaron said to Moses, “Notice, today they have offered their failure offering and their ascending offering to Yahveh’s face, and yet such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten the failure offering today, would Yahveh have approved?”

Leviticus 10:20 And when Moses heard that, he approved.

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[1] פֶּן= or else.

Leviticus 10 quotes:

“First, it is just possible that Aaron’s sons had been drunk at the time of the unauthorised fire experience, since the Lord tells Aaron seemingly out of the blue in Leviticus 10:9 that they should not drink fermented drink when they go into the Tent of Meeting, or they would die.”

“Furthermore, later on in Leviticus 10 Aaron incurs the wrath of Moses because his two remaining sons make another elementary mistake—remember that all these regulations were brand new to the people, and they didn’t have years of tradition or experience to fall back on. This time Aaron, in some exasperation I have no doubt, pleads his cause with Moses, who understands the extenuating circumstances and lets him off. Once again God makes it clear that although the letter of the law is important, it is the attitude of its adherents that is more important—a fact that Jesus himself was quick enough to point out: ‘Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cummin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law— justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practised the latter, without neglecting the former’ (Mt 23:23).”

Fergusson, John. Holy Fire. Kingsway Publications, 1996. pp. 52, 53.

“The word “strange” in Leviticus 10:1 comes from the Hebrew word zar. It is the same word that is used to describe a false god in Psalm 81:9. It is the word used to signify an immoral woman in Proverbs 2:16. It is the word used to denote illegitimate children in Hosea 5:7. Therefore, the “strange fire” must have been taken from somewhere other than the divinely appointed place and was, therefore, unacceptable to God.”

Harris, J. Gerald. Pardoned to Be Priests. Broadman Press, 1988. p. 32.

“This biblical principle has enormous implications. No human being has the right to introduce into religious practice an activity for which the Scriptures provide no approval. We human beings are simply not free in God’s sight to fashion religion and morality according to our own desires. Cain learned that the hard way when he did not offer the precise sacrifice that God had designated (Genesis 4:5-7; Hebrews 11:4; 1 John 3:12). The lives of Nadab and Abihu were snuffed out by God because of what they viewed as a minor adjustment in their offering (Leviticus 10:1-2). They were the right boys, at the right time and place, with the right censers, and the right incense—but the wrong fire. This deviation from God’s precise specifications was “unauthorized” (NIV) fire “which He had not commanded them” (NKJV). The change failed to show God as holy and give Him the respect He deserves (Leviticus 10:3).”

Miller, Dave. Surrendering to His Lordship : The Principle of Authority in the Bible. Apologetics Press, 2012. p. 5.

Leviticus 10 links:

consumed
consumed-
purity and proclamation
representing the King
service, celebration and devotion
staying at your post
stillness in crisis

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Saturday, July 27, 2024

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LEVITICUS in Jeff’s library

Leviticus 9

Leviticus 9:1 On the eighth day Moses invited Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel,

Leviticus 9:2 and he said to Aaron, “Take for yourself a bull calf for a failure offering and a ram for an ascending offering both perfect and offer them to Yahveh’s face.

Leviticus 9:3 And speak to the people of Israel, and this is what you should say, ‘Take a male goat for a failure offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, perfect, for an ascending offering

Leviticus 9:4 and an ox and a ram for offerings for healthy relationships, to sacrifice to Yahveh’s face, and a tribute offering mixed with oil, because today Yahveh will appear among you.'”

Leviticus 9:5 And they brought what Moses commanded in front of the conference tent, and all the congregation drew near and stood at Yahveh’s face.

Leviticus 9:6 And Moses said, “This is the thing that Yahveh commanded you to do, that the impressive appearance[1] of Yahveh may appear to you.”

Leviticus 9:7 Then Moses said to Aaron, “Draw near to the altar and offer your failure offering and your ascending offering and provide reconciliation for yourself and for the people and bring the offering of the people and provide reconciliation for them, as Yahveh has commanded.”

Leviticus 9:8 So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the failure offering, which was for himself.

Leviticus 9:9 And the sons of Aaron presented the blood to him, and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar.

Leviticus 9:10 But the fat and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver from the failure offering he burned on the altar, as Yahveh commanded Moses.

Leviticus 9:11 The flesh and the skin he burned up with fire outside the camp.

Leviticus 9:12 Then he killed the ascending offering and Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar.

Leviticus 9:13 And they handed the ascending offering to him, piece by piece, and the head, and he burned them on the altar.

Leviticus 9:14 And he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the ascending offering on the altar.

Leviticus 9:15 Then he presented the people’s offering and took the goat of the failure offering that was for the people and killed it and offered it as a failure offering, like the first one.

Leviticus 9:16 And he presented the ascending offering and offered it according to the judgment.

Leviticus 9:17 And he presented the tribute offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar, besides the ascending offering of the morning.

Leviticus 9:18 Then he killed the ox and the ram, the sacrifice for healthy relationships for the people. And Aaron’s sons handed him the blood, and he threw it against the sides of the altar.

Leviticus 9:19 But the fat pieces of the ox and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers the entrails and the kidneys and the long lobe of the liver —

Leviticus 9:20 they put the fat pieces on the breasts, and he burned the fat pieces on the altar,

Leviticus 9:21 but the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering in Yahveh’s sight, as Moses commanded.

Leviticus 9:22 Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he came down from offering the failure offering and the ascending offering and the offerings for healthy relationships.

Leviticus 9:23 And Moses and Aaron went into the conference tent, and when they came out, they blessed the people, and the impressive appearance of Yahveh appeared to all the people.

Leviticus 9:24 And fire came out from Yahveh’s sight and consumed the ascending offering and the pieces of fat on the altar, and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces

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[1] כָּבוֹד = impressive appearance. Leviticus 9:6, 23.

Leviticus 9 quotes:

“The Cloudy Pillar of Fire left Mt. Sinai and came and dwelt on the Blood-stained Mercy Seat, Divine fire came out from the Glory and burnt the sacrifice on the Brazen Altar, thus lighting the Fire which was to burn continually and never to go out, (Leviticus 9:22-24). From this Divinely-lit fire were taken the coals of fire for the Golden Altar of Incense, and the fire to light the Golden Candlestick.”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 44.

“After Moses and Aaron blessed the people, we read in Leviticus 9:24, “And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces.” God is holy, and the purity of His presence manifests itself in fire. On the Day of Pentecost, God poured out tongues of fire on believers. The fire of the Holy Spirit is a real manifestation of God’s presence. “Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them” (Acts 2:3).”

Hayford, Jack W., and Paul McGuire. Milestones to Maturity : Growing in the Laws of Grace : A Study of the Wilderness Books (Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy). T. Nelson, 1994. p. 60.

“God was back! That could only mean that what had been wrong had finally been put right. Then the Lord gave evidence of his presence: “Fire blazed forth from the LORD’s presence and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar. When the people saw this, they shouted with joy and fell face down on the ground” (Leviticus 9:24).”

Smith, Colin S., and Tim Augustyn. The One Year Unlocking the Bible Devotional. Tyndale House Pub., 2012. p. 41.

Leviticus 9 links:

approved devotion
because today Yahveh will appear
debugging Luke 23-43
impressive appearance
reconnection
reflections, not precursors
ultimate mediation

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LEVITICUS in Jeff’s library

Leviticus 8

Leviticus 8:1 Yahveh spoke to Moses, and this is what he said,

Leviticus 8:2 “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the clothes and the anointing oil and the bull of the failure offering and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread.

Leviticus 8:3 And collect[1] all the congregation at the entrance of the conference tent.”

Leviticus 8:4 And Moses did as Yahveh commanded him, and the congregation collected at the entrance of the conference tent.

Leviticus 8:5 And Moses said to the congregation, “This is the thing that Yahveh commanded to be done.”

Leviticus 8:6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water.

Leviticus 8:7 And he put the shirt on him and tied the sash around his waist and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him and tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod around him, binding it to him with the band.

Leviticus 8:8 And he placed the breast piece on him, and in the sacred pouch[2] he put the Lights and the Darks. [3]

Leviticus 8:9 And he set the turban on his head, and on the turban, at its face, he set the golden plate, the sacred badge, as Yahveh commanded Moses.

Leviticus 8:10 Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it and consecrated them.

Leviticus 8:11 And he spritzed some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.

Leviticus 8:12 And he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him to consecrate him.

Leviticus 8:13 And Moses brought Aaron’s sons and clothed them with shirts and tied sashes around their waists and wrapped headbands around them, as Yahveh commanded Moses.

Leviticus 8:14 Then he brought the bull of the failure offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the failure offering.

Leviticus 8:15 And he killed it, and Moses took the blood, and with his finger put it on the horns of the altar around it and purified the altar and poured out the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it to provide reconciliation upon it.

Leviticus 8:16 And he took all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.

Leviticus 8:17 But the bull and its skin and its flesh and its dung he burned up with fire outside the camp, as Yahveh commanded Moses.

Leviticus 8:18 Then he presented the ram of the ascending offering and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Leviticus 8:19 And he killed it, and Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar.

Leviticus 8:20 He cut the ram into pieces, and Moses burned the head and the pieces and the fat.

Leviticus 8:21 He washed the entrails and the legs with water, and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was an ascending offering with a pacifying aroma, a fire offering for Yahveh, as Yahveh commanded Moses.

Leviticus 8:22 Then he presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

Leviticus 8:23 And he killed it, and Moses took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron’s right ear and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

Leviticus 8:24 Then he presented Aaron’s sons, and Moses put some of the blood on the lobes of their right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet. And Moses threw the blood against the sides of the altar.

Leviticus 8:25 Then he took the fat and the fat tail and all the fat that was on the entrails and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with their fat and the right thigh,

Leviticus 8:26 and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was to Yahveh’s face he took one unleavened loaf and one loaf of bread with oil and one wafer and placed them on the pieces of fat and on the right thigh.

Leviticus 8:27 And he put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons and waved them as a wave offering to Yahveh’s face.

Leviticus 8:28 Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar with the ascending offering. This was an ordination offering with a pacifying aroma, a fire offering to Yahveh.

Leviticus 8:29 And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering to Yahveh’s face. It was Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination, as Yahveh commanded Moses.

Leviticus 8:30 Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and of the blood that was on the altar and spritzed it on Aaron and his clothes, and also on his sons and his sons’ clothes. So, he consecrated Aaron and his clothes, and his sons and his sons’ clothes with him.

Leviticus 8:31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance of the conference tent, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, when I said, ‘Aaron and his sons will eat it.’

Leviticus 8:32 And what remains of the meat and the bread you will burn up with fire.

Leviticus 8:33 And you will not go outside the entrance of the conference tent for seven days, until the days of your ordination are completed, because it will take seven days to ordain you.

Leviticus 8:34 As has been done today, Yahveh has commanded to be done to provide reconciliation for you.

Leviticus 8:35 At the entrance of the conference tent you will stay day and night for seven days, performing what Yahveh has charged, so that you do not die, because so I have been commanded.”

Leviticus 8:36 And Aaron and his sons did all the things that Yahveh commanded by Moses.

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[1] קָהַל = collect. Leviticus 8:3, 4.

[2] חשֶׁן = sacred pouch. Leviticus 8:8.

[3] ‎ אֶת־הָאוּרִ֖ים וְאֶת־הַתֻּמִּֽים= Lights and Darks. Leviticus 8:8.

Leviticus 8 quotes:

“The modern reader can better appreciate this section by associating it with lived experience. Life stages bring so-called “rites of passage” to which all can relate in some way: birthdays, receiving sacraments, graduations, becoming parents or grandparents. Ordinations and other calls to ministry characterize modern faith as much as they did for the readers of Leviticus 8-10. Being called, consecrated, instructed in proper service, and embracing moral living remain perpetual values.”

Owens, J. Edward. Leviticus. Liturgical Press, 2011. p. 29.

“In Leviticus 8:1—10:20 the Aaronic family is ordained to be priests in Israel, sacrificial worship is inaugurated in the Tabernacle through Aaron’s ministry, and the first problem in the conduct of the priesthood emerges in the sin of Nadab and Abihu.”

Mays, James Luther. The Book of Leviticus : The Book of Numbers. John Knox Press, 1963. p. 38.

“In Leviticus 8:10-12, Moses anointed Aaron and the tabernacle. This was done with a special oil that no one was to duplicate in the camp, nor was it to be used on anyone but a priest (Ex. 30:22—33). In Scripture, oil is often a symbol of the Spirit of God who has anointed each believer (2 Cor. 1:21; 1 John 2:20, 27; see Ps. 133).”

Wiersbe, Warren W. Leviticus : Becoming “Set Apart” for God. First edition, David C Cook, 2015. p. 33.

Leviticus 8 links:

a week in the sanctuary
contract signing meal
ears, thumbs and toes
everybody watch
fashion statement
forgiveness before service
key to commitment
ordained devotion

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Maranatha Daily Devotional – Friday, April 2, 2021