1. The 25th Torah Portion Reading 2nd reading in the Book of Leviticus
Tzav
Tzav
“Command”
The 25th Torah Portion Reading
2nd reading in the Book of Leviticus
Parashat Tzav contains the priestly laws of the sacrificial services. It details the same sacrifices and offerings introduced in the previous Torah portion, but this Torah portion creates a manual for priests by focusing specifically on sacrificial laws relevant to the priesthood.
Leviticus 6:1 – 8:36
1 Samuel 15:2 - 34
Mark 7:31 – 9:1

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3. The Shadows of the Messiah
Tzav
The Shadows of the Messiah
Titles of Messiah
• Sacrifice to Put Away Sin - Hebrews 9:26
• Peace - Isaiah 52:7
• The Imperishable One - Acts 2:27
• The Right Hand - Psalm 110:1

4. Law of the Burnt Offering
Leviticus 6:2 Command Aaron and his sons, saying, "This is the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself . shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it."
The LORD commanded the priests to offer a daily burnt offering of two lambs.' They offered one lamb in the morning as the first sacrifice of the day. They offered the second lamb in the afternoon at the conclusion of the day's sacrifices. In this way, the priests kept a burnt offering continuously tamid on the altar. In the morning, they cleared the ashes, stoked the fire, and offered the morning lamb. Like the continual burnt offering in the Sanctuary on earth, the sacrifice of Yeshua rises continually before the Father in the heavenly Sanctuary. "The Lamb of God" perpetually occupies the heavenly altar, and His atoning sacrifice never expires:

5. The Future of the Altar
Leviticus 6:5 The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
The Torah commands that the fire on the altar must be kept burning continually. The priests added fresh wood to stoke the fire every morning. According to tradition, the rains never extinguished the fire on the hearth and the "~nd never prevailed against the straight column of smoke that rose from the altar. The flames died and the altar went cold in the year 70 CE when the Romans destroyed the Temple.
In the future, King Messiah will arise and restore the kingdom of David to its former glory. He will rebuild the holy Temple and gather the dispersed of Israel. In His times, all the laws of the Torah will be reinstated as before including the sacrifices and the continual burnt offering.' Then the smoke of the continual burnt offering will rise again from the altar of the LORD.

6. Made Holy
Leviticus 6: 11 Whoever touches them will become consecrated.
As the Torah relates the priestly instructions regarding the grain offerings, it mentions that whoever touches the grain offerings will become holy. What does this mean? The grain offerings were most holy. That means that only the priests could eat them and only within the confines of the Sanctuary. The law in Leviticus 6:18 extends that same status to anything that touches the grain offerings. A pan in which a grain offering was cooked or any food that might come into contact with the grain offering took on the same level of sanctity. The other, less-sacred things that touched the grain offering did not reduce the holiness of the grain offering; instead the grain offering elevated the holiness of everything that touched it.
When we "touch" Yeshua, so to speak, by confessing Him and placing faith in Him, He elevates us and sanctifies us. He makes us holy. Though He freely associates with sinners and tax collectors like us, we do not diminish His sanctity. Instead, He elevates ours. At the same time, by way of His touching us, He does take on our uncleanness. He took on our sin and mortality and carried them to the cross.

7. The Priest’s Grain Offering
Leviticus 6:13 This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the LORD on the day when he is anointed; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
On the day of his anointing, the high priest offered a special grain offering as a continual (tamid) offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. No one was to eat the grain offering brought by the anointed priest.

8. Sanctity of the Sin Offering
Leviticus 6:20 Anyone who touches its flesh will become consecrated; and when any of its blood splashes on a garment, in a holy place you shall wash what was splashed on.
The Torah teaches that the blood of the sin offerings is most holy. If blood splattered from a sin offering inadvertently splashed upon the garment of the man offering it, or even upon the garment of the priest conducting the service, the blood needed to be washed out before the garment could be removed from the Sanctuary. Vessels in which the priest cooked the meat of a sin offering needed to be washed and scoured within the Sanctuary. Porous vessels that could not be properly scoured had to be destroyed within the Sanctuary so that they would not inadvertently be removed or used for some other purpose while still carrying the sanctity of the sin offering.
The absolute sanctity of the sin offering teaches about the precious and priceless nature of Messiah's sacrifice. The writer of the book of Hebrews warns us notto regard the blood of Messiah as common:

9. Great is Peace
Leviticus 7:11 Now this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which shall be presented to the LORD.
The peace offering represents peace between the worshipper and God. In that respect, the peace offering uniquely represents the work of Messiah, for "we have peace with God through our Lord Yeshua the Messiah" (Romans 5:1).
This pattern teaches about the approach to God. Before one may draw near to God and enjoy the fellowship of peace with God, partaking in the table of the LORD, he must first deal with the obstacles to fellowship.
Messiah is called "Peace," as Isaiah says, "Who announces peace." Paul invokes the same passage regarding the beautiful feet of those who bring the gospel and announce peace when he tells his readers that God has shod our "feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace" (Ephesians 6:15).8 Messiah is the peacemaker.
Yet the Master did not bring peace when He came. He said,: Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword“ (Matthew 10:34). Yeshua's coming brought a sword of division and a sword of judgment. Anti-missionaries claim that Yeshua could not be the Messiah because He did not bring world peace. But Yeshua did accomplish peace between man and God in the same sense that the sacrificial service concludes with peace between God and the worshipper. He gave Himself as a sacrifice of peace. Based upon the evidence of His death and resurrection, we believe that He will yet accomplish peace on earth at the climax of all things, as the Midrash Rabbah says, "When the Messiah King comes, he will commence with peace."

10. The Imperishable
Leviticus 7:17 But what is left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.
In 1 Corinthians 15:53, Paul speaks of the resurrection, saying, "This perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality." As a Pharisee and a follower of Yeshua from Nazareth, Paul firmly believed in the physical resurrection of the dead. He looked forward to that day when our failing mortal flesh will be transformed into an immortal state.
The laws of sacrifice allude to the transformation from mortality to immortality and from corruption to incorruptibility. In Leviticus 7:16-18, the LORD commands that the meats of the sacrificial service are not to remain beyond the third day:
The sacrifices and the Tabernacle worship point toward life, the imperishable world, and the worship of the Immortal One. The peace offerings allude to the Master's resurrection on the third day. The Master rose on the third day, as Scripture says of Him, "You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor allow your Holy One to undergo decay." The mortal body of Yeshua did not undergo decay. In this regard, the worship system of the Tabernacle foreshadows our transformation in Messiah. Through the resurrection in Messiah, human bodies will be changed from corruptible to incorruptible: "He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, that we may live before Him" (Hosea 6:2). We will pass from the mortal to the immortal:

11. Priesthood of Moses
Leviticus 8:4 So Moses did just as the LORD commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting ..
Before Aaron and his sons completed their inauguration into the priesthood, Moses officiated over the Tabernacle. He prepared the sacrifices, offered the incense, and conducted the service. He served as a priest while he installed Aaron and his sons into the priesthood. In this capacity, Moses acted as priest.
The priesthood of Moses must have been of a higher order than that of the Aaronic priesthood because Moses instituted the Aaronic priesthood, but he himself was not a member of it. His priesthood came from his face- to-face relationship with God atop Mount Sinai, and it had special privileges. Whereas the Aaronic priesthood could enter the holy of holies only once per year, Moses could enter at any time.
The ultimate redeemer (Yeshua) is like the first redeemer (Moses). Consider the similarities between the priesthood of Messiah and the priesthood of Moses. Neither Moses nor Yeshua were members of the Aaronic order. Neither Moses nor Yeshua underwent ordination by means of the Levitical rituals prescribed in the Torah. Both presupposed special privilege and access to God. Both were of a higher order than the Aaronic priesthood. Like Moses, Yeshua was in a class of priesthood by Himself.

12. Seven Sprinklings
Leviticus 8:11 He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them.
The anointing ceremony symbolizes a consecration by marking an object as set apart for ritual use. The Hebrew word for "anointing" (mashach) provides the title mashiach Anointed One. When we are searching the Torah for the shadows of the Messiah, we should pay special attention to the things that receive anointing. Each of them is, in some way, a symbol of the ultimate Anointed One.

13. Seven Sprinklings Isaiah 11:2
1. The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him,
2. The spirit of wisdom
3. And the spirit of understanding,
4. The spirit of counsel
5. And the spirit of strength,
6. The spirit of knowledge
7. And the spirit of the fear of the LORD.
In Leviticus 8:10-12, Moses sprinkles the anointing oil on the altar seven times. The seven-fold anointing points toward Messiah, who is anointed with the seven-fold anointing of the Spirit of God:
Revelation 1:4 (KJV) Rev 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

14. Aaron’s Anointing
Leviticus 8:12 Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him, to consecrate him.
The priests began their ordination rituals by washing with water, a full-body immersion into a mikvah; that is, a baptism: "Then Moses had Aaron and his sons come near and washed them with water" (Leviticus 8:6).
When the Messiah began His ministry, He initiated His work by undergoing an immersion in the Jordan River just as the priesthood began their ministry with immersion. Then the Holy Spirit clothed Yeshua, anointing Him for the role of Messiah. The early Christians recognized a correlation between the an anointing of Aaron in Leviticus 8 and the anointing of Messiah at the Jordan. According to the church father Tertullian, early Christians anointed themselves with oil after emerging from baptism, a practice they derived from the story of Aaron's anointing. Tertullian himself points out that subsequent to Aaron's anointing, he was referred to as Christ, “an anointed one”

15. Aaron the Peacemaker
Leviticus 8:12 Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him, to consecrate him.
As Aaron received his anointing, he entered into the office of anointed priest. Psalm 133 compares Aaron's anointing to peace between brothers:
Disciples of Yeshua are also called to be peacemakers. As sons of the kingdom, we represent the era of universal peace, and we import the peace that passes understanding into this current age of conflict and strife. Not only are we a peaceful people, we are blessed when we proactively make peace like Aaron did; "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God" (Matthew 5:9).

16. The Dew of Hermon
Psalm 133: Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
When brothers dwell together in unity, the peace between them is like the anointing of Aaron, the priesthood of Messiah, the Messianic Age. "It is like the dew of Hermon coming down upon the mountains of Zion" (Psalm 133:3).
What does this mean? The mountains of Zion are the hills of Jerusalem. Mount Hermon stands as the highest peak of Israel in the far north of the land . Jerusalem and Hermon are far away from each other.
In the Gospels, Yeshua brought three of His disciples up onto the heights of Mount Hermon where He transfigured before them. in that moment, the disciples saw a brief glimpse of the glory of the coming kingdom and the resurrection. Hence, the dew of Hermon alludes to the glimpse of Messiah in His resurrected glory and the coming kingdom. When that glory (the dew of Hermon) descends in its fullness upon the mountains of Zion, then brothers will dwell in unity. When the resurrected Messiah comes in His Father's glory and establishes His kingdom in Zion, then the LORD will command the blessing: "Life forever" (Psalm 133:3).

17. Dressing Aaron’s Sons
Leviticus 8:13 Next Moses had Aaron's sons come near and clothed them with tunics, and girded them with sashes and bound caps on them, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
After Moses anointed Aaron, he turned his attention to Aaron's sons. They were ready to be dressed in their priestly garments. The priestly garments consecrated them for the priesthood. Unlike their father's garments, the priestly vestments of the regular priests consisted of simple white linen: Breaches, tunic, sash, and turban.
If Aaron the anointed priest alludes to Yeshua, the priest in the order of Melchizedek, then Aaron's sons, the ordinary priests, allude to the righteous. The simple white linen vestments of the average priest can be compared to the fine, white linen garments given to the righteous:
He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father. (Revelation 1:6)

18. The Inauguration Sacrifices
Leviticus 8:14 Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering.
Moses offered certain sacrifices to consecrate Aaron and his sons and to atone for them as they entered their office: A bull for a sin offering, a ram for a burnt offering and a ram for an inauguration peace offering, and several grain offerings. Moses officiated as priest arid offered these sacrifices on behalf of Aaron and his sons. The sacrifices hint toward the Messiah's death, while the inauguration into priesthood alludes to His resurrection, for He who was sacrificed for sin also rose to minister before the Almighty on our behalf.
Messiah entered into His royal priesthood through sacrificial service as well, but not through the blood of bulls and rams. He entered into the priesthood through His own blood: In Messiah's priesthood, He is both the officiating
priest and the sacrifice. His priesthood was initiated, "not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood" (Hebrews 9:12). He is the bull for the sin offering, the ram for the burnt offering, and the ram for the peace offering. The symbolism of blood markings allude to Yeshua. Messiah was marked with His own blood, hand and foot, in His crucifixion. He gave Himself in the sacrifice that initiated His high priesthood, and His body still bears the wounds.

19. Wave Offerings
Leviticus 8:27 He then put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons and presented them as a wave offering before the LORD.
Moses took the sacred portions of the peace offering along with the breads of the grain offering and placed them into the hands of Aaron and his sons. As they held the sacred elements, Moses presented them as a grain offering, implying that Moses must have joined hands with the priests in holding these elements. Hand in hand with Moses, still clutching the sacred portions ofthe sacrifices in their hands, the new priests offered the elements before God in
a wave offering. Facing the Sanctuary, they lifted the portions before the Almighty. Then Moses took the elements back from the new priests and offered them up on the altar.
This has a messianic implication for believers. Often a person might feel unworthy to pray. Sometimes a person finds it difficult to lift his or her heart to heaven. How dare we approach the Father when we are bowed down with the shame of sin and guilt? As we approach God in worship and in prayer, offering before Him the service of our hearts, the scarred hands of Yeshua join with ours to lift the presentation before the Father. He lifts our hands together with
His in a wave offering before the Almighty.

20. Sprinkling the Priests
Leviticus 8:30 So Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments. on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
Moses anointed Aaron with oil and made him the anointed priest. He also sprinkled oil on Aaron's sons, but he did not anoint them. The Bible never refers to the common priest as an anoin ted one. Only the high priest received the full anointing with oil. Moses took some of the anointing oil and sprinkled it on Aaron and his sons. In addition, he took some of the fresh blood from the altar and sprinkled it on them. Through that ritual, the common priests shared a
portion in the anointing of Aaron. The sprinkled blood from the altar symbolized their share in the atonement of the priestly sacrifices.
Our relationship with Messiah is similar. He is the anointed one. We are not anointed in the manner He is, but we share in His anointing. The same Holy Spirit who anointed Him at the Jordan has been invested into His disciples. We are sprinkled, as it were, with the same spiritual endowment of the Holy Spirit "who is given as a pledge of our inheritance“ (Ephesians 1:14).

21. Inauguration of the Future
Isaiah 60:7 All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.
The story of the ordination of Aaron and his sons foreshadows the future. In the Messianic Era, they will rebuild the altar and bring the ram of ordination once again to dedicate it and to inaugurate the priests, as described in the Torah and the book of Ezekiel. Then the Temple will be raised up for us according to God's mercy and surety,
Flocks are brought to Jerusalem for sacrifice. The sacrifices will be reinstituted in the millennial temple. This may be difficult for some to accept, but the Old Testament is very definite at this point. Read, for example, Ezekiel Ezekiel 44. These sacrifices, I believe, will point back to the death of Christ as in the Old Testament they pointed forward to His death. They will have the same meaning.

22. The Signature
The Messiah has sprinkled us with the blood of His atoning sacrifice. The blood He shed on the cross is still fresh, living, and effective. By means of it, we join the priesthood of believers and enter into the family of God.