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Leviticus 8Wrench

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Moses Ordains Aaron As High Priest
1 YHVH further commands Moses:
2 [YAH's angel] says, β€œ[Moses,] take Aaron with his sons. [They'll carry] the [sacred] clothing, the anointing oil, a young bull for the confession-donation, two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread.
3 Then gather the whole congregation together by the door of the meeting tent.”
4 So Moses does as YHVH commands him, πŸ˜‡. The assembly gathers together at the entrance to the Meeting Tent.
5 Then Moses says to the congregation, β€œ[Watch. See] what YHVH commanded [us] to do.”
6 [Then] Moses brings Aaron and his sons [before the audience]. [Moses] washes [Aaron's sons] with water.
See Heb 6:2. Perhaps prefiguring Christ's washing of the disciples' feet.
7 Moses puts the [priestly] tunic on Aaron, then belts him with the sash, wraps him with the robe, puts the ritual vest on him, wraps him with the decorated band of the vest, then ties the vest on with the band.
8 Then Moses puts the breastplate on Aaron. Then [Moses] puts the Urim {Light-Emitting-Rock(s)} and the Thummim {Truth-Divulging-Rock(s)} in [a pouch inside Aaron's] breastplate.
9 Then [Moses] puts the turban on [Aaron's] head, πŸ˜‡. On the front of the turban, Moses affixes the golden plate (the holy ornament) just as YHVH commanded him.
10 Then Moses takes the anointing oil. He rubs it on the [holy] β€œdwelling” and everything in it, [pronouncing them] sacred, [off-limits to pagans].
11 Moses sprinkles [anointing oil] on the altar 7 times, πŸ˜‡. [Then] he rubs oil on the altar and all its utensils, and [on] the washbasin and its base, to consecrate them.
12 Then [Moses] pours [a lot] of anointing oil on Aaron's head. He rubs [the oil into Aaron's skin], to consecrate him [as wholly devoted to YHVH's work. This ordination bars Aaron from taking part in the commercial world.]
13 Then Moses brings Aaron's sons [before the people, πŸ˜‡]. [Moses] puts coats upon them. Then [he] wraps them with sashes. Then [he] puts [priestly] headgear on them, as YHVH commanded him.
Preparing Food For Aaron's Ordination Feast
14 Then Moses brings a young bull [someone donated] as a confession-gift, πŸ˜‡. Aaron and his sons lay their hands upon the head of the young bull. [They bless the animal. They express remorse for killing it. They ask YHVH's forgiveness for the] sins of its donor.
15 [Then a priest mercifully] slaughters [the bull, πŸ˜‡]. Moses takes [a bit of] the blood. With his finger, he dabs it on each of the horns of the altar. [This symbolically connects the idea of] sin [with the blood on] the altar. Then [Moses] pours the bull's blood [into the basin] at the bottom of the altar. [Then Moses pronounces the altar] sacred, [a place for blessing food donations, the generosity of which] covers [over people's sins].
16 Then [Moses] removes all the choice-meat on the bull's innards, and the covering of the liver, and the two kidneys and [various] choice-cuts, πŸ˜‡. Then Moses smoke-roasts [the animal's meat] on the altar-stove.
Fat, liver and kidneys share one trait: they all collect toxins. Fat stores toxins. The liver and kidneys filter toxins, and eventually get clogged. Though perhaps it's ok to eat the liver and kidneys of animals raised on uncontaminated pastures.
17 But the [inedible and unused parts of the] young bull (its hide, flesh and poop) Moses burns with fire outside the camp, πŸ˜‡, as YHVH commanded him.
Moses didn't burn the whole animal outside the camp. He burned the leftover trash.
18 Next, πŸ˜‡, [Moses] brings the ram [someone donated as] an ascension-gift. So Aaron and his sons lay their hands upon the head of the ram. [They bless it. They express remorse for eating a living being.]
19 [Aaron gently] slaughters [the ram, πŸ˜‡]. Moses scatters [the ram's] blood around the top of the altar-stove. [The blood sizzles into vapor, symbolizing sins being forgiven by heaven.]
20 [Aaron] cuts the ram into pieces, πŸ˜‡. Moses smokes the head, the [inedible trashy parts], and the greasy, nasty fat.
#6309 peder = greasy suet, fat. Not β€˜cheleb’. Moses smoke-roasts these inedible items to increase the delicious aroma.
21 Then [Moses] washes the [ram's] innards and legs in water, πŸ˜‡. Then Moses smoke-roasts the whole ram on the altar-stove as a [community] ascension-gift. [The grilling meat sends up] the satisfying aroma of a present cooked by fire to [honor] YHVH, as YHVH commanded Moses.
22 Then, πŸ˜‡, [Moses] brings the other ram, the ram of consecration. Aaron and his sons lay their hands [in blessing and penitence] on the head of the ram.
23 Aaron [gently] slaughters [the ram, πŸ˜‡]. [Then] Moses takes a pinch of its blood. [He] dabs it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, then on the thumb of [Aaron's] right hand, then on the big toe of [Aaron's] right foot. [This ritual indicates that staying away from sin is a matter of listening right, working right, and walking right, and that unrepentantly sinning results in β€˜bloody’ death.]
24 Likewise, πŸ˜‡, Moses brings Aaron's sons [before the throng]. [Then Moses] dabs [some] of the [animal's] blood on the tips of [Aaron's sons'] right ears, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet. Then Moses sprinkles [a bit of] the blood around the top of the altar-stove, [to symbolize heaven's fire burning up sin].
25 [Then] Moses removes the [animal's] choice-cuts, including the fat rump, all the choice meat inside, the covering of the liver, the two kidneys and their choice-meat, and the right thigh.
β€˜Cheleb’ here means β€˜choice cuts of meat’. Kidneys are toxic only if the animal ate toxins.
26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread [that sits] before YHVH, [Moses] takes one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer. He stacks them on the [choice meats], and on the right shoulder-piece:
β€œFat” here and in the previous verse can mean β€œchoice-meats,” or β€œgreasy fat.” Greasy fat parts get smoked but not eaten. Choice-meats get smoke-roasted and eaten.
27 Moses stacks all [this food] in the hands of Aaron and his sons. [Then, πŸ˜‡, in a burst of gratitude, the priests repeatedly] lift and wave the [food] before YHVH! [The crowd cheer in anticipation of a super-barbecue.]
28 Then Moses takes the [food] from the [priest's] hands. Then he fires up the altar-stove. He smoke-roasts the consecrated ascension-gifts. This sends up an aroma so delicious [it brings honor to] YHVH.
Qatar = smoke, not burn. Obviously, because in v 31, the priests EAT this supposedly "burnt" food.
29 Then Moses takes the breast-meat, πŸ˜‡. [He repeatedly] lifts and waves it [before the crowd in thanks] to YHVH. [Then Moses cooks & eats some of the breast-meat, because] YHVH stipulated that [the breast meat] would be [the officiating priest's] ration of the consecrated ram's meat.
30 Next Moses takes some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood on the altar. He sprinkles it on Aaron, his clothes, his sons, and his sons’ clothes, [singing], β€œAaron, his clothes, his sons, and his sons’ clothes, [are] sacred, [devoted to serve YHVH. They must stay separated from the world-system.]”
31 Then Moses says to Aaron and [Aaron's] sons, β€œCook the meat at the entrance to the Meeting Tent. Then EAT it there with the bread that's in the basket of consecrated [donations]. [YHVH so] ordered [when he] said, β€˜Aaron and his sons will eat, [not burn, the donated food].’
32 But burn with fire the leftover remains of the meat and of the bread.”
Don't try to sell ministry resources under the table. It wasn't long before the priests figured out they could pressure the people into donating more food than the priests could eat. So the priests started marketing the donated food back to the people.
Completing Aaron's Priestly Ordination Ritual
33 [Moses continues instructing Aaron's family:] ”Don't exit the Meeting Tent door[s] for 7 days, until the days of your consecration end. For 7 days, [YHVH] will [train you in holiness, so he can] set you [like polished sacred gems in his crown].
34 YHVH commanded us to perform today's [rituals] to cover you [from the power of the sin-punishing devil].
35 Remain [inside] the entrance of the congregational tent day and night for 7 days. There do as YHVH ordered, so you won't die. That's what [YHVH] commanded me [to tell you].”
36 So, πŸ˜‡, Aaron and his sons do everything YHVH commanded via the β€˜hand’ of Moses.
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