利八4　……会众聚集在会幕门口。
　　6　摩西叫亚伦和他儿子们近前来，用水洗了他们。

　　林前六11　你们中间有人从前也是这样，但在主耶稣基督的名里，并在我们神的灵里，你们已经洗净了自己，已经圣别了，已经称义了。
　　亚伦和他儿子们是在会幕门口承接圣职的（利八3~4）。这表征我们承接祭司的职任，不仅是在神面前，也是为着召会生活。
　　〔利未记八章六节中的“洗”〕表征我们要承接祭司的职任，就需要那灵的洗净（林前六11）。
　　〔在利未记八章六节〕摩西表征基督，而水预表圣灵。基督是用圣灵来洗净我们。祭司职任是指祭司的事奉，也是指作祭司之人的体系；为着祭司的职任我们需要被那灵洗净。因此林前六章十一节告诉我们，我们已经被那灵洗净了，洁净了（利未记生命读经，二九四至二九五页）。

　　Lev. 8:4 ...The assembly was gathered at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

　　6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons near and washed them with water.

　　1 Cor. 6:11 ...These things were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.

　　The consecration of Aaron and his sons took place at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting (Lev. 8:3-4). This signifies that our consecration for the priesthood is not only before God but also for the church life....In Leviticus 8 the Tent of Meeting signifies the church life. We are God's priests in the church and for the church.

　　[Washed in verse 6] signifies that for our consecration for the priesthood we need to be washed by the Spirit (1 Cor. 6:11).

　　In Leviticus 8:6 Moses somewhat signifies Christ, and the water typifies the Holy Spirit. Christ washes us with the Holy Spirit. For the priesthood, which refers both to the priestly service and to a body of persons who are priests, we need to be washed by the Spirit. Therefore, 1 Corinthians 6:11 tells us that we have been washed, cleansed, by the Spirit. (Life-study of Leviticus, pp. 250-251)

　　“摩西用膏油抹帐幕和其中所有的，使其分别为圣；又用些膏油在坛上弹七次，又抹坛和坛的一切器皿，并洗濯盆和盆座，使其分别为圣。”（利八10~11）这表征基督与召会，以及十字架，并那灵的洗涤，都与新约的祭司职分有关，使祭司得以圣别。
　　在圣经里，帐幕预表个别的基督（约一14），也预表作神居所的召会。在利未记八章，帐幕指召会远过于指基督。……膏抹帐幕表征膏抹召会，召会是我们这些新约的祭司在其中事奉神的地方。
　　膏抹将那与人性调和的三一神带给祭司和召会生活。这膏抹包括基督的人性生活、祂在十字架上的死以及祂的复活。按出埃及三十章，膏抹的油是一种膏，用油与四种香料复合而成。油预表那灵；四种香料预表人性（由四这数字表征）、人性生活、十字架的死与复活。当我们受膏为祭司和召会的时候，就是被这位复合有基督的人性、人性生活、死与复活的三一神所膏。这里祭司和帐幕的受膏，也包含赎罪祭（利八14~17）和燔祭（18~21）。这膏油（复合之灵）的一切元素，同着赎罪祭和燔祭，必须构成到我们全人里面。这样，我们就是神的真祭司，不是凭着我们天然出生的所是，乃是凭着那复合有基督的人性、人性生活、死、复活和升天的三一神。
　　利未记八章十二节告诉我们，摩西“又把些膏油倒在亚伦的头上膏他，使他分别为圣”。这表征作我们大祭司的基督为神所膏，使祂分别为圣。
　　祭司体系承接圣职或受膏抹，乃是使神与我们成为一，因为膏抹表征凡神所是、所正在作以及将要作的，都是我们的。凡神已经作的、正在作的并将要作的，包括了许多事，就如祂的成为肉体、人性生活、受死、复活、升天和再来。这一切已经膏在我们身上，就是说，这一切已经与我们成为一。
　　在亚伦和他儿子们承接圣职的事上，献祭紧接着膏抹。供物提醒我们，我们是谁，我们是什么；也提醒我们，我们该是什么却还不是什么（利未记生命读经，二九七、二九九至三〇〇、三〇二页）。
　　参读：利未记生命读经，第二十九篇。

　　"Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them. And he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the laver and its base, to sanctify them" (Lev. 8:10-11). This signifies that Christ and the church, then the cross and the washing of the Spirit, are related to the New Testament priesthood for the priests' sanctification.

　　In the Bible, the tabernacle typifies Christ as an individual (John 1:14), and it also typifies the church as the dwelling place of God. In Leviticus 8 the tabernacle denotes the church much more than it denotes Christ....The anointing of the tabernacle signifies the anointing of the church, in which we, the New Testament priests, serve God.

　　The anointing brings the Triune God mingled with humanity to the priests and to the church life. This anointing includes Christ's human living, His death on the cross, and His resurrection. According to Exodus 30, the anointing oil is an ointment composed of oil, typifying the Spirit, compounded with four spices, signifying humanity (typified by the number four), human living, the death of the cross, and resurrection. When we are anointed as priests and as the church, we are anointed with the Triune God compounded with Christ's humanity, human living, death, and resurrection. This anointing of the priests and the tabernacle also involves the sin offering (Lev. 8:14-17) and the burnt offering (vv. 18-21). All the elements of the anointing oil, the compound Spirit, with the sin offering and the burnt offering must be constituted into our being. Then we will be real priests to God, not by what we are through our natural birth but by the Triune God compounded with Christ's humanity, human living, death, resurrection, and ascension.

　　Leviticus 8:12 tells us that Moses "poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him, to sanctify him." This signifies that Christ as our High Priest was anointed by God for His sanctification.

　　The consecration or anointing of the priesthood is to make God one with us, for the anointing oil signifies that whatever God is, whatever He does, and whatever He will do are ours. What God has done, what He is doing, and what He will do involve many things, such as Christ's incarnation, human living, death, resurrection, ascension, and coming back. All this has been anointed upon us, that is, made one with us.

　　In the consecration of Aaron and his sons, the offerings immediately followed the anointing. The offerings remind us of who and what we are, and of what we should be yet are not. (Life-study of Leviticus, pp. 253-255, 257)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Leviticus, msg. 29