Tag: Aaron

THE SUBSTITUTE FOR THE FIRST BORN

Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of and as a substitute for every firstborn, that is, the first that opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites shall be Mine,
for all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine; I am the LORD.”

ARRANGEMENT OF THE CAMP

Arrangement of the Camp. The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
“The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers’ households; they shall camp around the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle), but at a distance.

A CENSUS OF ISRAEL’S WARRIORS

A Census of Israel’s Warriors. he LORD spoke [by special revelation] to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the Tent of Meeting (tabernacle) on the first day of the second month in the second year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, saying,
“Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families (clans), by their fathers’ households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head
from twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go out to war. You and Aaron shall number them, army by army.

THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD

The life of the flesh is in the blood. Any man from the house of Israel, or any stranger living temporarily among you, who eats any blood, against that person I shall set My face and I will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them]. [Eze_33:25]
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement, by reason of the life [which it represents].’ [Rom_3:24-26

THE DEATH OF NADAB AND ABIHU

Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective [ceremonial] censers, put fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange (unauthorized, unacceptable) fire before the LORD, [an act] which He had not commanded them to do.
And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

LAW OF THE BURNED OFFERING

Law of the burned-offering. “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall remain on the hearth that is on the altar all night until morning and the fire is to be kept burning on the altar.

MEAL OFFERINGS WITH OIL AND INCENSE

Meal-offerings with oil and incense. ‘When anyone presents a grain offering to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour [olive] oil over it and put frankincense on it.