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| + | <p>Parashat Tetzaveh opens with the choosing of Aharon and sons to serve as priests:</p> | ||
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| + | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">(א) וְאַתָּה הַקְרֵב אֵלֶיךָ אֶת אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ וְאֶת בָּנָיו אִתּוֹ מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְכַהֲנוֹ לִי אַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא אֶלְעָזָר וְאִיתָמָר בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן. </q> | ||
| + | <q xml:lang="en">(1) And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.</q> | ||
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| + | <p>As the Parashah is sandwiched between the commands regarding the construction of the Tabernacle and the story of the Golden Calf, it appears that the priests were designated before the sin, in preparation to serve in the Mishkan.  However, in recounting the story in Devarim 10, Moshe appears to suggest otherwise:</p> | ||
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| + | <q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl" style="margin-bottom:.3em;">(א) בָּעֵת הַהִוא אָמַר י"י אֵלַי פְּסׇל לְךָ שְׁנֵי לוּחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וַעֲלֵה אֵלַי הָהָרָה וְעָשִׂיתָ לְּךָ אֲרוֹן עֵץ... </q><q xml:lang="he" dir="rtl">(ח) בָּעֵת הַהִוא הִבְדִּיל י"י אֶת שֵׁבֶט הַלֵּוִי לָשֵׂאת אֶת אֲרוֹן בְּרִית י"י לַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי י"י לְשָׁרְתוֹ וּלְבָרֵךְ בִּשְׁמוֹ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה. </q> | ||
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| + | <p>These verses speak of the designation of the tribe of Levi for both the Levitical function of carrying the Ark, and the priestly task of blessing the nation, and place both in the aftermath of the Sin of the Golden Calf!  How is one to reconcile the two verses?</p> | ||
| + | <p>To confuse matters further, a third verse in Shemuel I seems to set the consecration of the Priests to a totally different era, </p> | ||
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Version as of 22:35, 18 February 2016
Selection of the Priests and Levites
Introduction
Parashat Tetzaveh opens with the choosing of Aharon and sons to serve as priests:
(א) וְאַתָּה הַקְרֵב אֵלֶיךָ אֶת אַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ וְאֶת בָּנָיו אִתּוֹ מִתּוֹךְ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְכַהֲנוֹ לִי אַהֲרֹן נָדָב וַאֲבִיהוּא אֶלְעָזָר וְאִיתָמָר בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן.
(1) And bring thou near unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that they may minister unto Me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons.
As the Parashah is sandwiched between the commands regarding the construction of the Tabernacle and the story of the Golden Calf, it appears that the priests were designated before the sin, in preparation to serve in the Mishkan. However, in recounting the story in Devarim 10, Moshe appears to suggest otherwise:
(א) בָּעֵת הַהִוא אָמַר י"י אֵלַי פְּסׇל לְךָ שְׁנֵי לוּחֹת אֲבָנִים כָּרִאשֹׁנִים וַעֲלֵה אֵלַי הָהָרָה וְעָשִׂיתָ לְּךָ אֲרוֹן עֵץ...
(ח) בָּעֵת הַהִוא הִבְדִּיל י"י אֶת שֵׁבֶט הַלֵּוִי לָשֵׂאת אֶת אֲרוֹן בְּרִית י"י לַעֲמֹד לִפְנֵי י"י לְשָׁרְתוֹ וּלְבָרֵךְ בִּשְׁמוֹ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה.
These verses speak of the designation of the tribe of Levi for both the Levitical function of carrying the Ark, and the priestly task of blessing the nation, and place both in the aftermath of the Sin of the Golden Calf! How is one to reconcile the two verses?
To confuse matters further, a third verse in Shemuel I seems to set the consecration of the Priests to a totally different era,
