So Aaron came to the altar and slaughtered the calf as a sin offering for himself. Aaron executes his first official priestly act: slaughtering the sin offering calf for himself. The high priest installed through seven days of ceremony and marked with blood on ear, thumb, and toe now performs the act that his ordination prepared him for. The first act of the official priestly ministry is the sin offering — atonement for the priest himself before anything else. The ministry of the high priest begins at the point of greatest humility: acknowledging personal sin before offering for others.

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