THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS, AND OF THE TABERNACLE Leviticus 8:1 THE second section of the book of Leviticus Leviticus 8:1 Leviticus 10:20 is historical, and describes (chapter 8) the consecration of the tabernacle and of Aaron and his sons, (chapter 9) their induction into the duties o... [ Continue Reading ]
THE WASHING WITH WATER Leviticus 8:6 "And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water." The consecration ceremonies consisted of four parts, namely, the Washing, the Investiture, the Anointing, and the Sacrifices. Of these, first in order was the Washing. We read that "Moses"-act... [ Continue Reading ]
THE INVESTITURE Leviticus 8:7 "And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the cunningly woven band of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. And he placed the breastplate upon him: and in the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ANOINTING Leviticus 8:10 "And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and aft its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them. And he poured of... [ Continue Reading ]
THE CONSECRATION SACRIFICES Leviticus 8:14 "And he brought the bullock of the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock of the sin offering. And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and pur... [ Continue Reading ]