“And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings.”
Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them. And having sacrificed the sin offering, the burnt offering and the fellowship offering, he stepped down. The priestly blessing — Aaron lifting his hands toward the people and blessing them — is the culminating act of the first day of official worship. Having offered for himself and for the people through the full sequence of offerings, Aaron turns to the community and pronounces the blessing. Numbers 6:24–26 will specify the words of the priestly blessing. The lifting of hands toward the people communicates the direction of the blessing: from the God who has received the offerings to the community that brought them, through the hands of the one who mediated between them.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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