“And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord.”
Then Moses took them from their hands and burned them on the altar on top of the burnt offering as an ordination offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord. Moses takes back from the priests' hands what they waved and burns it on the altar. The transfer from Moses' action to the priests' action to Moses' action communicates the transition of service: Moses installs; the priests serve; Moses completes the installation offering. The pleasing aroma that the ordination offering produces is the same pleasing aroma as every burnt and fellowship offering — the ordination ceremony is evaluated by the same standard as the regular worship it inaugurates.
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