Moses consecrates the priests. The priests must be properly washed, clothed, anointed with oil, and "sacrificed for."
Blood from the ordination sacrifice is rubbed on the priests--their right ear lobes, their right thumbs, and their right big toes. (Leviticus 8:23-24) Concerning this, Matthew Henry observes in his biblical commentary: "...and thus he did (as it were) marry them to the altar, upon which they must all their days give attendance." I'm looking for some other significance to these actions and not finding anything.
What is reported as done in the Bible's book of Leviticus corresponds precisely with what is required as specified in the Bible's book of Exodus. Except...when Nadab and Abihu make an unauthorized offering of incense. Judgment and death follow immediately. (Leviticus 10:2)
What will bring all of these deaths, both animal sacrifices and human deaths, into some sort of coherent perspective for me? Maybe coherency isn't the point...
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