With regard to the holy garments of Aaron they were to be
passed on to his sons after him, and the son had to be anointed and consecrated
in them. That son which would have
succeeded his father would then put the garments on seven days, when he entered
upon the office of priest in his father’s stead.
Furthermore
the flesh of the ram of the consecration was to be boiled, and together with
the bread that was placed in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation, eaten by Aaron and his sons.
And they were to eat those things by which the atonement was made to
consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger were not to eat those things
because they were holy, and eaten only by the consecrated. And if any flesh or the bread was left over
until the morning, it was to be burnt with fire and not be eaten, for it is
holy.
It is
important to note and to understand the symbolism implied by the word
atonement. The sacrifices of Aaron and
his sons did not obliterate sin or even remove it. By the blood of bulls and rams, sin could
only be atoned or covered over, thereby affording divine forgiveness. It pointed more to man’s sinful state and his
need for repentance than his being cleansed from sin. All of this was done in anticipation of
Christ, who by his death and shed blood could fully obliterate or remove sin,
not merely cover it over.
The period
over which the consecration was to take place was seven days. Every day a
bullock was to be offered as a sin offering, for atonement, and the altar was
to be cleansed and anointed so to sanctify it. For seven days was the altar to
be anointed and sanctified each day, so that the altar would be holy and
whatsoever touch it would be holy also.
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