Consecrated For Service | Part 1

Leviticus 8 & 9

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CH 8

• THE ANOINTING OF AARON AND THE DEDICATION OF HIS SONS AS PRIESTS (8:1-13):

  • God told Moses to gather all the people of Israel at the Tabernacle and to bring Aaron, his sons, the priestly garment, the anointing oil, a bull for a sin offering, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread.

  • When all the people had gathered, Moses began the process of consecrating the priests for their special service to God.

  • Aaron and his sons were washed with water and clothed with the special priestly garments which the craftsmen had created according to God’s instructions (Exodus 28).

  • Aaron, the high priest, was clothed with the ephod, a tunic, the holy crown (a gold plate), and the breastpiece, into which the Urim and Thummim were placed.

  • Moses took the holy anointing oil and anointed everything in the Tabernacle.

  • He also anointed Aaron by pouring some of the oil on his head.

• SACRIFICE OF THE BULL (8:14-17):

  • The next part of the ceremony involved the bull that had been brought for a sin offering.

  • Aaron and his sons placed their hands on the bull’s head before it was killed.

  • Moses took the blood, put some of it on the horns of the bronze altar, and poured the rest out at the base of the bronze altar.

  • The fat on the entrails, the two kidneys, and the long lobe of the liver were separated and burned on the altar.

  • What was left of the bull was taken outside of the camp and burned (Lev 4:11-12).

• SACRIFICE OF THE RAMS (8:18-36):

  • Next, one of the rams was brought for a burnt offering.

  • Aaron and his sons put their hands on the ram’s head before it was killed.

  • Moses took the blood and threw it against the side of the altar.

  • The ram was cut into pieces and burned on the altar.

  • The second ram, known as the “ram of ordination,” was brought and killed like the first.

  • Moses took its blood and put some on the right lobe of Aaron’s ear, his right thumb, and his big toe on his right foot.

  • The blood was also put on Aaron’s sons in the same locations.

  • The rest of the blood was thrown against the side of the bronze altar.

  • The ram’s fat, its kidney’s, the long lobe of the liver, and its right thigh were placed in Aaron’s hands along with one unleavened loaf, one loaf of bread with oil, and one wafer and they were waved before the Lord as a wave offering.

  • The wave offering was repeated by each of Aaron’s sons.

  • Moses then took the articles used for the wave offering and burnt them on the altar as the “ordination offering.”

  • When this was complete, Moses took the ram’s breast and waved it as a wave offering to God.

  • Aaron and his sons were supposed to boil what remained of the meat of the ram and eat it with the remaining unleavened bread at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

  • Afterwards, the priests were to remain in the Tabernacle for 7 days, until the days of ordination were complete.

CH 9

• MOSES GATHERS THE PEOPLE AND PRIESTS AFTER 7 DAYS OF ORDINATION (9:1-6):

  • After the 7 days of the priest’s ordination were complete (Lev 8:33), Moses told Aaron to collect a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.

  • The people of Israel were told to bring a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb for a burnt offering, an ox and a ram for a peace offering, and grain mixed with oil for a grain offering.

  • When all the animals were brought, the people gathered at the Tabernacle.

  • Moses told them the glory of the Lord was going to appear to them.

• AARON’S SIN OFFERING AND BURNT OFFERING FOR HIMSELF (9:7-14):

  • Moses told Aaron to sacrifice the animals that had been brought in order to make atonement for himself and the people.

  • Aaron offered the bull calf as a sin offering for himself and put its blood on the 4 horns of the bronze altar.

  • Then he killed and offered the ram as a burnt offering according to the instructions God outlined for burnt offerings (Lev 1).

• AARON SACRIFICES ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL (9:15-21):

  • Aaron offered a sin offering, a burnt offering, and a grain offering for the the Israelites using the items they had brought.

  • Afterwards, he killed the ox and ram and made a peace offering for the people.

  • As part of the peace offering, part of the ram was offered as a wave offering.

• GOD ACCEPTS AARON’S OFFERINGS (9:22-24):

  • After completing the sacrifices, Aaron lifted up his hands and blessed the people.

  • Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting and when they came out, the “glory of the Lord appeared to all the people.”

  • “Fire came out from the Lord and consumed” the offering on the altar.