21 Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his garments, and upon his sons and his sons' garments with him; and he and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.

 

22 "You shall also take the fat of the ram, and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination),

 

23 and one loaf of bread, and one cake of bread with oil, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before YHVH;

 

24 and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and wave them for a wave offering before YHVH.

 

25 Then you shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar in addition to the burnt offering, as a pleasing odor before YHVH; it is an offering by fire to YHVH.

 

26 "And you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron's ordination and wave it for a wave offering before YHVH; and it shall be your portion.

 

27 And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh of the priests' portion, which is waved, and which is offered from the ram of ordination, since it is for Aaron and for his sons.

 

28 It shall be for Aaron and his sons as a perpetual due from the people of Israel, for it is the priests' portion to be offered by the people of Israel from their peace offerings; it is their offering to YHVH.

 

29 "The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them and ordained in them.

 

30 The son who is priest in his place shall wear them seven days, when he comes into the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place.

 

31 "You shall take the ram of ordination, and boil its flesh in a holy place;

 

32 and Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.

 

33 They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to ordain and consecrate them, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy.

 

34 And if any of the flesh for the ordination, or of the bread, remain until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

 

35 "Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; through seven days shall you ordain them,

 

36 and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement.  Also, you shall offer a sin offering for the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it, to consecrate it.

The bull and rams represent the lower passions which must be subdued and their power and strength transmuted for spiritual development.

 

37 Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

 

38 "Now this is what you shall offer upon the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.

 

39 One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer in the evening;

 

40 and with the first lamb a tenth measure of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a libation.

 

41 And the other lamb you shall offer in the evening, and shall offer with it a cereal offering and its libation, as in the morning, for a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to YHVH.

The lambs are burned in the flame, which means that purity becomes consumed by or a part of the developing soul.

 

42 It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tent of meeting before YHVH, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.

The lambs represent purity and always relate to spiritual things.  In Genesis, it was the blood of the lamb which marked the doors of the Israelites so that death would pass over.  It is an indication the divine nature has been awakened and the soul is attaining immortality.


The continuing burnt offering is the constant diligence to maintain the divine consciousness.  It is here at the Temple within and only here, that YHVH, through the soul, speaks with us and abides with us.

 

43 There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be sanctified by my glory;

 

44 I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate, to serve me as priests.

 

45 And I will dwell among the people of Israel, and will be their gods.

 

46 And they shall know that I am YHVH, their gods, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am YHVH, their gods.