Leviticus 9:23

_AND MOSES AND AARON WENT INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND CAME OUT, AND BLESSED THE PEOPLE: AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD APPEARED UNTO ALL THE PEOPLE._ Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle. Moses, according to the divine instructions he had received, accompanied Aaron and his sons to initiate them into their sacred duties. Their previous occupations had detained them at the altar, and they now entered in company into the sacred edifice to bear the blood of the offerings within the sanctuary. THE GLORY OF THE LORD APPEARED ... - perhaps in a resplendent effulgence above the tabernacle, as a fresh token of the divine acceptance of that newly-established seat of His worship. It is therefore an error to speak of the Aaronic priesthood as merely typical. It was an efficacious divine institution, suited to the circumstances of the Church, and actually conveying for the time pres...

23._And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle _This is a repetition of the same statement, except that what had been said of Aaron only is now also ascribed to Moses, _i.e., _that he blessed the people, but for a different reason, for although he was God’s prophet, yet Aaron, in right of his office, was the only mediator. What follows, “the glory of the Lord appeared,” may be read separately, viz., that the majesty of God was manifested in some conspicuous sign; or else it is connected with the concluding verse, where it is said, that “there came a fire out from before the Lord, etc.” If we prefer the latter, the account of the consuming of the sacrifice was added expositively, as if it were said that God appeared when He sent forth the fire to consume the sacrifice. By this auspice, or rather miracle, God manifested that He was the Author of the legal priesthood, so that it should be...

22-24 When the solemnity was finished, and the blessing pronounced, God testified his acceptance. There came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed the sacrifice. This fire might justly have fastened upon the people, and have consumed them for their sins; but its consuming the sacrifice signified God's acceptance of it, as an atonement for the sinner. This also was a figure of good things to come. The Spirit descended upon the apostles in fire. And the descent of this holy fire into our souls, to kindle in them pious and devout affections toward God, and such a holy zeal as burns up the flesh and the lusts of it, is a certain token of God's gracious acceptance of our persons and performances. Nothing goes to God, but what comes from him. We must have grace, that holy fire, from the God of grace, else we cannot serve him acceptably, Hebrews 12:28. The people were affected with thi...

Verse Leviticus 9:23. _MOSES AND AARON WENT INTO THE TABERNACLE_] It is supposed that Moses accompanied Aaron into the tabernacle to show him how to offer the incense, prepare the lamps and the perfume, adjust the shew-bread, c., c. _AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD APPEARED_] To show that every thing was done according to the Divine mind, 1. The glory of Jehovah appears unto all the people 2. A fire came out from before the Lord, and consumed the burnt-offering. This was the proof which God gave upon extraordinary occasions of his acceptance of the sacrifice. This was done probably, 1. In the case of Abel, Genesis 4:4. 2. In the case of Aaron see above, Leviticus

Aaron, having now gone through the cycle of priestly duties connected with the brass altar, accompanies Moses into the tent of Meeting. It was reasonable that Moses, as the divinely appointed leader of the nation, should induct Aaron into the tabernacle. BLESSED THE PEOPLE - This joint blessing of the mediator of the Law and the high priest was the solemn conclusion of the consecration and Inauguration. (Compare 2 Chronicles 6:3.) According to one tradition, the form used by Moses and Aaron resembled Psalms 90:17. But another form is given in the Targum of Palestine, “May your offerings be accepted, and may the Lord dwell among you and forgive you your sins.”...

EXPOSITION THE FIRST PRIESTLY ACTS OF AARON AND HIS SONS are recounted in the chapter following that which narrates their consecration. LEVITICUS 9:1 ON THE EIGHTH DAY. The seven days of consecration being now over, Aaron for the first time offers a sin offering and burnt offering for himself, and a sin offering, a burnt offering, a peace offering, and a meat offering for the congregation. He is still instructed by Moses as to what he is to do, but it is through him that the command is given to the people to present their offerings, and it is he that slays the victims and offers their blood. His own sin offering is a YOUNG CALF, or young bull calf, whereas the si

AND MOSES AND AARON WENT INTO THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION,.... They went out of the court where the altar of burnt offering stood, and where Aaron had been offering the sacrifices; and they went into the holy place, where stood the altar of incense, the shewbread table, and the candlestick; and it is probable Moses went in with Aaron thither, to show him how to offer the incense, to order the shewbread on the table, and to light and trim the lamps of the candlestick; and so Jarchi observes, that he went in to teach him concerning the business of the incense; but it may be, it was also to pray for the people, as the Targum, and for the Lord's appearance to them, as was promised and expected, and that fire might descend on the sacrifices as a token of acceptance of them, as Aben Ezra notes: AND CAME OUT, AND BLESSED THE PEOPLE; Aaron had blessed them before, but now both Moses and...

2. THE FUNCTIONS OF THE PRIESTHOOD EXERCISED CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The new offerings of the priests (Leviticus 9:1)_ 2. The people's offerings (Leviticus 9:15) 3. The fulness of blessing and glory (Leviticus 9:22) A service follows the consecration of the priests, in which they officiated; hitherto Moses had acted by divine command. The service ordered is of great significance. For seven days, during the days of their consecration, a bullock had been offered for Aaron and his sons, and yet at the beginning of the eighth day a young calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering are needed. This reminds us of...

LEVITICUS 9. THE INSTALLATION FUNCTIONS. These take place at the end of the consecration octave. Here Aaron, assisted by his sons, as now consecrated, is the officiator, and not Moses, as in Leviticus 8. LEVITICUS 9:1. PREPARATION OF PRIESTS AND PEOPLE. The ceremony and its purpose are closely similar to those of the Day of Atonement. For the priests themselves, a sin offering, a bull-calf, and a burnt offering, a ram; for the people, a sin offering, a he-goat, a burnt offering, calf and lamb, and also a peace offering, ox and ram. No choice of animals is given here, as in Leviticus 1, and in Leviticus 4 the goat is for the prince and the bullock for the whole people. The meal offering accompanies, as in Leviticus 2, etc. The altar is the altar of burnt offering, the only altar known to P (altar of incense,...

BLESSED THE PEOPLE. This joint blessing is given in the Chaldee version of the Pentateuch, thus: "May the word of Jehovah accept your sacrifice with favour, and remit and pardon your sins. " GLORY OF THE LORD. According to the promise in Leviticus 9:4. See the Structure, p. 144....