About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

2/02/2023

Exodus 29:1-46 The Consecration of Aaron & His Sons as Priests

 

The Consecration of Aaron & His Sons as Priests

Exodus 29:1-46            The Second Book of Moses Called Exodus

[The Lord said this to Moses: This is [what] you shall do to [Aaron & his sons] to hallow them to [serve] Me as priests: Take 1 young [bull] & 2 rams without blemish & unleavened bread, unleavened cakes [mixed] with oil & unleavened wafers anointed with oil. You shall make them [of wheat] flour.

You shall put them into 1 basket & bring them in the basket with the [bull] & the 2 rams. You shall bring Aaron & his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation & you shall wash them with water. 

Then, you shall take the garments & put on Aaron the coat & the [blue] robe of the ephod & [then] the ephod [decorative vestment usually worn by the high priest] & the breastplate & gird them with the girdle [intricately woven band of the ephod.] 

You shall put the [turban] on his [Aaron’s] head & put the holy crown [& a carved gold plate] on the [turban.] You shall take the anointing oil & pour it on his head & anoint him. Then you shall bring [Aaron’s] sons & put coats upon them & gird them with girdles. And put their [hats] on Aaron & his sons.

The priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute & you shall consecrate Aaron & his sons. You shall also have the [bull] brought before the tabernacle of the congregation & Aaron & his sons shall put their hands on the head of the [bull] & shall kill the [bull] before the Lord, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

You shall take some of the [bull’s] blood with your finger & put it on the horns of the altar & pour all the [rest of the] blood beside the bottom of the altar. You shall take all the fat that covers the [intestines,] the [fatty flap] above the liver & the 2  kidneys & the fat on them & burn them on the altar.

But the flesh of the [bull] & its skin & [its remains,] you shall burn them with fire [outside] the camp. It is a sin offering. You shall also take 1 ram & Aaron & his sons shall put their hands on its head & [kill] the ram. You shall take [its] blood & sprinkle it [all around] the altar. 

You shall cut the ram in pieces & wash [its guts] & legs & put them with its pieces & its head & the whole ram shall be burned on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a sweet [aroma,] an offering made by fire to the Lord. 

You shall take the other ram & Aaron & his sons shall put their hands on its head & kill the ram & take some of [its] blood & put it on the tip of Aaron’s right ear & the tips of his son’s right ears & also on the thumb of their right hand & big toe of their right foot [of all of them] & sprinkle the blood [all around] on the altar.

You shall take [some] of the blood that is on the altar & [some] of the anointing oil & sprinkle it on Aaron & his sons & [their] garments, so they & their garments are hallowed, [just like they are.] 

Also take [some] of the fat of the ram & the rump, the fat that covers the [intestines,] the [guts,] the [fatty flap] above the liver, the 2 kidneys & the fat on them, the right shoulder (for it is a ram of consecration), 1 loaf of bread, 1 cake [made with] oil & 1 wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord.

And you shall put [these] in the hands of Aaron & his sons & shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. You shall receive them from their hands & burn them upon the altar as a burnt offering, for a sweet [aroma] before the Lord.

It is an offering made by fire to the Lord. And you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration & wave it for a wave offering before the Lord & it shall be your [portion.]

You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, that is waved & the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved & heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that [portion] which is for Aaron & his sons. For it is a heave offering & it shall be a heave offering from the children [people] of Israel for Aaron & his sons by statute forever, from the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering to the Lord.

The holy garments of Aaron’s shall be his sons’ after him, to be anointed & consecrated in them. That son who becomes priest in [Aaron’s place] shall put them on for 7 days, when he comes into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the Holy Place [sanctuary.]

You shall take the ram of the consecration & [boil] its flesh in the Holy Place. Aaron & his sons shall eat the [cooked] flesh of the ram & the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

They shall eat those things [used to make] the atonement, to consecrate [them] & to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat [them,] because they are holy. If [any] of the flesh of the consecrations, or the bread remains until morning, then you shall burn the remainder of it with fire.

It shall not be eaten, because it is holy. You shall do [this] to Aaron & his sons, according to all I have commanded you. 7 days you shall consecrate them. You shall offer a [bull] every day for a sin offering for atonement & you shall cleanse the altar when you [make] an atonement for it & you shall anoint it [the altar] to sanctify it. 

7 days you shall make an atonement for the altar & sanctify it. [The] altar shall be most holy & [whatever] touches the altar [must] be holy. Now, this is what you shall offer on the altar: 2 lambs of the 1st year, day by day continually. [Offer] 1 lamb in the morning & you shall offer 1 lamb at [twilight.]

[Along with each] lamb shall be offered 1/10 of an [ephah] of flour mixed with ¼ of a hin of [pressed] oil & ¼ of a hin of wine for a drink offering. The other lamb that you offer at [twilight,] shall be done according to the meat offering of the morning, the drink offering [there,] for a sweet [aroma,] an offering made by fire to the Lord. 

This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations before the Lord, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak with you [there.]

And there I will meet with the children [people] of Israel & the tabernacle shall be sanctified by My glory & I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation & the altar. I will also sanctify both Aaron & his sons, to [serve] Me in the priest’s office.

I will dwell among the children of Israel & will be their God & they shall know that I am the Lord, their God, [Who] brought them [up] out of the land of Egypt, [so] that I may dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.