Monday, January 5, 2015

Leviticus 10:4-Leviticus 10:7


The funny baby photo is basically just me trying to humor myself and to make an indirect satire about how Moses became angry in this chapter. In Leviticus 10:4, we are introduced to more of the relatives of Moses. Moses has an uncle named Uzziel, which is not that surprising. Uzziel has sons named Mishael and Elzaphan. Moses commanded those three to carry their brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. While growing up and attending church, I recall some religious people calling the place with the cross of Jesus on it and where the preacher does his sermon a sanctuary. That's more for the modern times, but I'm not sure if that's the correct term for sure as meant by the Bible. Also, I'm wondering here if Moses meant for them to carry out Aaron's dead sons. Verse 5 states that they carried them by the tunics, smart. In military combat, a soldier intentionally wears gear with a knitted loop so that when he or she is unable to move, they can strap a cord and then drag the body.

In verse 6, Moses warns to Aaron and to his more sons Eleazar and Ithamar to not show absolute remorse by uncovering their heads and tearing their clothes, or else God will kill them off and cause more people to suffer. It looks like that because Aaron and his sons were in such a high position with very high regard from God, Moses, and the people that they had to make of themselves as an example to others. That actually sucks, but at the same time you wouldn't want to give off the wrong message of saying that you completely support a person's wrong deeds. However, Moses allowed everyone else to express their grief and sorrow over the event which is probably resulting from them being afraid of God's wraith. What I thought was also interesting is that Aaron might have had a lot more sons which is nice. He lost two, but it looks like he still had many more sons to carry on his legacy and maybe was a little fed up with a few of them from being so naughty and dimwitted! Verse 6 also mentions the burning which the Lord has kindled which seems to imply the incident with Aaron's sons getting caught in the Lord's fire, so I'm going have to say it carries on from where I first left off.

Wait a minute, in verse 7, it looks like Aaron and his sons are confined inside the tabernacle of meeting. Moses says that if they are to ever leave it, then the Lord will kill them off because they have been anointed with oil that was blessed by God. Wow, it's like what did they sign up for right now!