Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Moses strikes again

It came as no surprise that I had trouble finding the "rhythm" in Leviticus, in fact, after a while the words just seemed to turn into mush on the page. I'm only on Chapter 10, playing catch up once again. Reading Leviticus does have some advantages, namely, it reminds you how ancient this book (or jumble of non-coherent books) really is. And, if you're paying attention, every once in a while something fun happens. At one point there is a curious incident in which it seems very clear that God's prophet will always be higher up in the divine hierarchy then His priests. In Leviticus chapter 8, when Aaron and his sons are being ordained, it is Moses who dominates the passages. In fact, for most of this scene, it is Moses that does all of the sacrificing, anointing, blood spraying, etc. In my mind this part stands out because many of the rules listed previous to this incident had been playing a little into priests hands, a few silver pieces here, a tasty lunch there...
Perhaps the authors knew that trying to underplay a prophets importance was a big gamble, but it just seemed odd that Aaron wasn't the one performing all the ordaining rituals, because i thought it had been established that when it came to priests he was the top dog. This entry is short because I simply don't have the brain power necessary to pull more out of Leviticus...

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