The reading for Monday, January 30, 2023 , is Leviticus 8 - 10

Leviticus 8 - 10 

Earlier today, I spoke with some friends about just how gross these passages are. Killing animals in very specified ways and then doing this and that with the blood. Eventually, the glory of Lord appears to all the people who shouted for joy and fell facedown. 

I've always felt a bit sorry for Nadab and Abihu. It has seemed to me that they were caught up in an exciting moment. However, when I reflect, the Israelites had just completed all these offerings/rituals in order to have the ordination, but 2 of the people being ordained were letting themselves get carried away and not doing as the Lord had instructed. 

I don't understand what Moses and Aaron are discussing at the end of this passage. I do see that Aaron won the argument which seems a bit unusual. 

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