The Levitical Priesthood (4)

Holiness, so it was pointed out, was the property of God's priests, of Aaron and his sons. We learn this from Moses' reply to Korah, "Tomorrow the Lord will show who is His, and who is holy. . . ." Num. 16:5. It was made plain that the character of the holiness which this statement ascribes to Aaron was symbolical. It was thus the bodily cleanliness that resulted from his being washed with water; the beauty and the purity of the dress in which he, as priest, was clad; the anointing oil and the...