In the instruction concerning the consecration of the priests, we distinguish the various parts of the ceremony: the cleansing (1-4), the robing (5-6), the anointing (7-9), and for rest of the chapter, the sacrifices. Reflect on our High Priest who stands out in marked contrast to Aaron.
"For it was indeed fitting that we should have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. He has no need, like those high priests, to offer sacrifices daily, first for his own sins and then for those of the people, since he did this once for all when he offered up himself. For the law appoints men in their weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath, which came later than the law, appoints a Son who has been made perfect forever."
(Heb. 7:26–28)
In verses 38–46, note the significance of the daily burnt offering morning and evening. Shouldn't this remind us ourselves that we are to come into prayer, praising, confessing, giving thanks, supplicating, to our Lord in the morning and evenings?
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