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Lévitique 6

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1 L'Eternel parla à Moïse, et dit:

2 Lorsque quelqu'un péchera et commettra une infidélité envers l'Eternel, en mentant à son prochain au sujet d'un dépôt, d'un objet confié à sa garde, d'une chose volée ou soustraite par fraude,

3 en niant d'avoir trouvé une chose perdue, ou en faisant un faux serment sur une chose quelconque de nature à constituer un péché;

4 lorsqu'il péchera ainsi et se rendra coupable, il restituera la chose qu'il a volée ou soustraite par fraude, la chose qui lui avait été confiée en dépôt, la chose perdue qu'il a trouvée,

5 ou la chose quelconque sur laquelle il a fait un faux serment. Il la restituera en son entier, y ajoutera un cinquième, et la remettra à son propriétaire, le jour même où il offrira son sacrifice de culpabilité.

6 Il présentera au sacrificateur en sacrifice de culpabilité à l'Eternel pour son péché un bélier sans défaut, pris du troupeau d'après ton estimation.

7 Et le sacrificateur fera pour lui l'expiation devant l'Eternel, et il lui sera pardonné, quelle que soit la faute dont il se sera rendu coupable.

8 L'Eternel parla à Moïse, et dit:

9 Donne cet ordre à Aaron et à ses fils, et dis: Voici la loi de l'holocauste. L'holocauste restera sur le foyer de l'autel toute la nuit jusqu'au matin, et le feu brûlera sur l'autel.

10 Le sacrificateur revêtira sa tunique de lin, et mettra des caleçons sur sa chair, il enlèvera la cendre faite par le feu qui aura consumé l'holocauste sur l'autel, et il la déposera près de l'autel.

11 Puis il quittera ses vêtements et en mettra d'autres, pour porter la cendre hors du camp, dans un lieu pur.

12 Le feu brûlera sur l'autel, il ne s'éteindra point; chaque matin, le sacrificateur y allumera du bois, arrangera l'holocauste, et brûlera la graisse des sacrifices d'actions de grâces.

13 Le feu brûlera continuellement sur l'autel, il ne s'éteindra point.

14 Voici la loi de l'offrande. Les fils d'Aaron la présenteront devant l'Eternel, devant l'autel.

15 Le sacrificateur prélèvera une poignée de la fleur de farine et de l'huile, avec tout l'encens ajouté à l'offrande, et il brûlera cela sur l'autel comme souvenir d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel.

16 Aaron et ses fils mangeront ce qui restera de l'offrande; ils le mangeront sans levain, dans un lieu saint, dans le parvis de la tente d'assignation.

17 On ne le cuira pas avec du levain. C'est la part que je leur ai donnée de mes offrandes consumées par le feu. C'est une chose très sainte, comme le sacrifice d'expiation et comme le sacrifice de culpabilité.

18 Tout mâle d'entre les enfants d'Aaron en mangera. C'est une loi perpétuelle pour vos descendants, au sujet des offrandes consumées par le feu devant l'Eternel: quiconque y touchera sera sanctifié.

19 L'Eternel parla à Moïse, et dit:

20 Voici l'offrande qu'Aaron et ses fils feront à l'Eternel, le jour où ils recevront l'onction: un dixième d'épha de fleur de farine, comme offrande perpétuelle, moitié le matin et moitié le soir.

21 Elle sera préparée à la poêle avec de l'huile, et tu l'apporteras frite; tu la présenteras aussi cuite et en morceaux comme une offrande d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel.

22 Le sacrificateur qui, parmi les fils d'Aaron, sera oint pour lui succéder, fera aussi cette offrande. C'est une loi perpétuelle devant l'Eternel: elle sera brûlée en entier.

23 Toute offrande d'un sacrificateur sera brûlée en entier; elle ne sera point mangée.

24 L'Eternel parla à Moïse, et dit:

25 Parle à Aaron et à ses fils, et dis: Voici la loi du sacrifice d'expiation. C'est dans le lieu où l'on égorge l'holocauste que sera égorgée devant l'Eternel la victime pour le sacrifice d'expiation: c'est une chose très sainte.

26 Le sacrificateur qui offrira la victime expiatoire la mangera; elle sera mangée dans un lieu saint, dans le parvis de la tente d'assignation.

27 Quiconque en touchera la chair sera sanctifié. S'il en rejaillit du sang sur un vêtement, la place sur laquelle il aura rejailli sera lavée dans un lieu saint.

28 Le vase de terre dans lequel elle aura cuit sera brisé; si c'est dans un vase d'airain qu'elle a cuit, il sera nettoyé et lavé dans l'eau.

29 Tout mâle parmi les sacrificateurs en mangera: c'est une chose très sainte.

30 Mais on ne mangera aucune victime expiatoire dont on apportera du sang dans la tente d'assignation, pour faire l'expiation dans le sanctuaire: elle sera brûlée au feu.

   

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Aaron

The Third Plague of Egypt, by William de Brailes, illustrates the flies, or gnats, rising from the dust.

This page from Walters manuscript W.106 depicts a scene from Exodus, in which God rained plagues upon Egypt. After plagues of blood and frogs, Pharaoh hardened his heart again and would not let the Israelites leave Egypt. God told Moses to tell Aaron to stretch forth his rod and strike the dust of the earth that it may become gnats throughout the land of Egypt. Here, Moses, horned (a sign of his encounter with divinity), carries the rod, while Aaron, wearing the miter of a priest, stands behind him. The gnats arise en masse out of the dust from which they were made and attack Pharaoh, seated and crowned, and his retinue.

Aaron was the brother of Moses. He symbolizes two things, at different stages of the story.

During the first part of the exodus, when he was Moses' spokesperson, Moses represents the Word as it truly is, as it is understood in heaven, while Aaron represents the Word in its external sense, as it is understood by people in the world. This is why Aaron talks for Moses, and the Lord says of him "he shall be as a mouth for you, and you shall be to him as God." (Exodus 4:16)

Later, after the Tabernacle was built and he was inaugurated as high priest (see Leviticus 8,9), Aaron represents the Lord as to the Divine Good, and Moses represents the Lord as to the Divine Truth.

In Exodus 28:1, Aaron signifies the conjunction of Divine Good with Divine Truth in the Divine Human of the Lord. (Arcana Coelestia 9806, 9936)

In Exodus 32:1, Aaron represents the external of the Word, of the church, and of worship, separate from the internal. (Arcana Coelestia 10397)

In Exodus 4:14, before he was initiated into the priesthood, Aaron represents the doctrine of good and truth. (Arcana Coelestia 6998)

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Leviticus 8

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1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread;

3 and assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting."

4 Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

5 Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded to be done."

6 Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.

7 He put the coat on him, tied the sash on him, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod on him, and he tied the skillfully woven band of the ephod on him, and fastened it to him with it.

8 He placed the breastplate on him; and in the breastplate he put the Urim and the Thummim.

9 He set the turban on his head; and on the turban, in front, he set the golden plate, the holy crown; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

10 Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them.

11 He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them.

12 He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

13 Moses brought Aaron's sons, and clothed them with coats, and tied sashes on them, and put headbands on them; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

14 He brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.

15 He killed it; and Moses took the blood, and put it around on the horns of the altar with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the base of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement for it.

16 He took all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat; and Moses burned it on the altar.

17 But the bull, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung, he burned with fire outside the camp; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

18 He presented the ram of the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

19 He killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar.

20 He cut the ram into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

21 He washed the innards and the legs with water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh; as Yahweh commanded Moses.

22 He presented the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.

23 He killed it; and Moses took some of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot.

24 He brought Aaron's sons; and Moses put some of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood around on the altar.

25 He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the innards, and the cover of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right thigh;

26 and out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before Yahweh, he took one unleavened cake, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat, and on the right thigh.

27 He put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

28 Moses took them from their hands, and burned them on the altar on the burnt offering. They were a consecration for a pleasant aroma. It was an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

29 Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before Yahweh. It was Moses' portion of the ram of consecration, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

30 Moses took some of the anointing oil, and some of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, and sanctified Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

31 Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.'

32 What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.

33 You shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting seven days, until the days of your consecration are fulfilled: for he shall consecrate you seven days.

34 What has been done this day, so Yahweh has commanded to do, to make atonement for you.

35 You shall stay at the door of the Tent of Meeting day and night seven days, and keep Yahweh's command, that you don't die: for so I am commanded."

36 Aaron and his sons did all the things which Yahweh commanded by Moses.