The Lord said to Moses: give Aaron and his sons this command. A new divine speech addresses the priestly regulations for handling the offerings. The shift from the congregation's obligations (chapters 1–5) to the priestly obligations (chapters 6–7) is signaled by the specific address to Aaron and his sons rather than to the Israelites. The priests receive a separate and detailed set of instructions for how to handle what the congregation brings. The congregation's responsibility and the priesthood's responsibility are both divine commands — neither can substitute for the other. The people must bring correctly; the priests must handle correctly.

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