The Levitical Priesthood (3)

Holiness was the property of God's priests, of Aaron and his sons. We learn this from Moses' reply to Korah, "Tomorrow the Lord will shew who is His, and who is holy; and whom He makes to draw near to him; and whom He chooses will He make to draw near to Himself" (Num. 16:5). Now whereas the whole congregation was holy, what was meant is that Aaron and his sons (the priesthood) possessed this property in a peculiar sense. This raises the question, What was the symbolical holiness of the...