It is the eighth day since the ceremony of consecrating the Tabernacle, Aaron and his sons began. Now it is open for the people too. The seven days of sacrifice for the ordination of Aaron and his sons has passed. They are no longer required to stay inside the sanctuary court. For those seven days […]
It is time to anoint Aaron and his sons and officially begin the service of the Tabernacle. We have heard about it often but now it actually happens. God had spoken to Moses about how this event was to take place. He prescribed the exact sequence of events and told him everything he was to […]
God finishes His instructions on the offerings He has ordained. He addresses the priests’ portions of each of these offerings. The priests were given a portion of every offering brought before God EXCEPT those offered for themselves or the whole congregation. We have already seen that those bringing the offering are expected to do a […]
We look at the guilt offering now. I’m SO glad this one is included because it covers those who do intentional sins too. When we looked at the sin offering last time, the text gave the specific definition of acts covered under that offering as “unintentional.” I don’t know about you but I find that […]
God addresses the sin offering in our reading today. If the sacrificial system were still in place today we would be in trouble! Something I noticed right away in reading this whole section is that the offerings were for sins that were “unintentional.” Some of the examples given confuse me as to how the person […]