“This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.”
This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the Lord on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening. The special grain offering of the priests themselves is a tenth of an ephah of finest flour — the same amount as the poverty-level sin offering of Leviticus 5:11. The priests who live from the offerings of the congregation also bring their own offering: the amount is modest but it is the finest flour, offered in two portions, morning and evening, mirroring the daily burnt offering's morning-and-evening rhythm. The priests who oversee Israel's worship are themselves worshippers who bring their own offerings.
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