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The Beginning of the Priestly Service
9: 1-24

Leviticus 9 is the most detailed, narrative description of a worship service in the entire Bible. In this chapter, Aaron and his sons were then ready to function and officiate as priests. Their seven days of ordination into the priesthood were complete, and the eighth day was their first day on the job, so to speak. Finally, the Tabernacle was ready to be put to the test. Until that point, no one had been able to enter it. So absolute was ADONAI’s holiness and so intense was His Sh‘khinah glory that even Moshe was unable to enter. No one was able to draw near to God. But then, through the medium of the sacrificial offerings and the ordained priesthood, Isra’el was ready to try.122