:35 demonstrates that the consecration was to take place whilst the sons of Aaron remained in the tabernacle. The had a period of separation whilst they were being consecrated. This is like our consecration. Our lives are periods in which we are being consecrated. Therefore we should be separate from the world.

Aaron and his sons were consecrated as priests by Moses who had been instructed by Yahweh.  Moses typifies Christ.  Thus, the Aaronic priesthood was a temporary one to be overshadowed by the everlasting high priest, the Lord Jesus.
 
V.23 Blood on the right ear, thumb, and great toe is significant (see my note on Ex. 29, Feb. 18).

8:6-13   That Moses did all the work associated with consecrating Aaron and his sons contrasts with the work of Jesus. Whereas Aaron and his sons could not make themselves holy Jesus did by the offering of himself.  Heb 10:20. Thus the detail of the consecration of Aaron and his sons highlights the weakness of the law.

V.8,21,33,34 - perhaps the consecration of Aaron and his sons foreshadows the purification of our king and priest Christ and perhaps also refers to those chosen at judgment who reflect the attributes of Christ Rev 1:6. Lev 8:8 the Urim (224) means lights and Thummim (8550) means perfections, an emblem of complete truth and both were/are the (plural) attributes of Christ. Exo 28:30 in mentioning judgment, perhaps foreshadows Christ's perfect light in rendering decisions of judgment at his second coming and perhaps Urim suggests sins and other things coming to light while Thummim perhaps suggests revealing of truths, perfections, and innocence. Deut 33:8-9 referring to Levi mentions Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one which perhaps also points forward to the truly holy one in Christ who will make decisions including that of judgment at his second coming. We seem to have examples of Urim and Thummim being used in 1Sam 14:36,37,41 (Septuagint v41 reads, Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault, respond with Thummim); 28:6; 30:7,8. Lev 8:21 notes the washing of the inner parts and legs in water which perhaps refers to baptism/purification followed by inner purity brought about by the word and a straight and narrow pure walk. We have the mention of water actually coming out of Christ along with the blood during his sacrifice as well as his walking on water perhaps suggesting his purity which allowed him to walk over death after the three days.  Lev.8:33-34 also mentions the concepts of consecration and atonement which perhaps foreshadow our high priest.

8:33      Here we see that it took seven days to consecrate the priests. But they eventually died and had to be replaced. This is contrasted in Jesus who is consecrated for ever – Heb 7:28

8:21The smell of burning flesh is not at all pleasant. However we are not being told that God likes the smell of burning flesh even though we don’t. The ‘sweet savour’ is the works of the flesh being destroyed.

8:33 The consecration of Aaron and his sons was a ritual. There was nothing physically essential to require them to be in the court of the tabernacle seven days. God could have deemed them consecrated immediately. We are being taught that it takes time for unregenerate flesh to be changed by the influence of the word of God.

All this effort had been made to prepare a tabernacle, ark, altar and a multitude of other implements. The gold, silver and brass shone in the desert sun. Skillful artists had made the priestly clothes. The breastplate with gold filigree and engraved precious stones glinted in their perfection. The linen garments were white as snow, dazzling in the light. The whole nation of Israel stood round in awe as the consecration ceremony began, the culmination of all their hard work.

At the end of the ceremony the altar was dull, awash with blood, animal fat and ashes. A pile of offal lay beside it on the ground. A great pool of red was in the earth where the animals had been slain. The white garments were bloody and the priests hands were covered in fat. Brown drying blood was caked on everything. Their hair and garments smelled of smoke mingled with perfume. And thus the priests remained for seven days, considering in their own minds the gravity of what had happened "to make atonement for you... that you may not die" (Lev 8:34-35).

107:1    Whilst there is no direct evidence that this Psalm was written about the bringing of the ark to Zion we have a strong verbal link with Psa 106:1.  When this Psalm in :6 talks about deliverance from distress there is a similarity in language with 2Sam 7:1 which indicates a thematic link with the events associated with bringing the ark to Zion.

V.5,18 - in v5 we find a "soul" KJV or "lives" NIV [Heb. "nephesh" (5315) means "breathing creature, life, body, man, they, person, soul", etc.] so famished from lack of food and drink that their soul fainted or lives ebb away while in v18 we read that their "soul" KJV or "they" NIV loathed food.

V.17,19 - we read the frequent cycle here of rebelling/transgressing, suffering/being afflicted, crying to the Lord, and being saved from distress.

V.20 - God sent his word (perhaps in part prophetically referring to Christ? John 1:1,2,14), and healed them, and rescued them from "destructions" KJV "the grave" NIV Heb. "shechith" (7825) means "destruction, pit, corruption".

Anyone who is alienated from Yahweh is bound unto death in iron (chains) (v.10).  They are in that state, of course, because of rebellion (v.11).  Idolatry is associated with rebellion, because if one is not worshipping Yahweh, he or she must be worshipping somebody or something else. The prophets cited Egypt as being the land of idolatry (Isa 19:1; Eze 20:7,8).  Yahweh brought His people out of this land of idolatry, which Jeremiah calls an iron furnace (Jer 11:4). Happily, if one turns to Yahweh in repentance, He will free that prisoner awaiting death (vs.14,16). 

107:7The ‘city of habitation’ is like the city which Abraham looked for - Heb 11:10 - which was built by God.

107:27-30 This is almost a description of the disciples afraid in the storm and Jesus calming the storm– Matt 8:24-26

20  sets us thinking of Jesus  (John 1:1) and the healing aspect (Prov 20:30) is shown through the bruising he suffered (Isa 53:5)

When Thomas was invited to touch Jesus' hands and thigh, (John 20:27) it was the twelfth day after his crucifixion and by then there would be considerable visible bruising.  There is a link here to the woman with the issue of blood who reached out and touched the blue hem of Jesus' garment in order to be made whole (Mark 5:28).  The idea of the hem is associated with the extremeties of a bird's wings - hence to Jesus' hands - and the whole idea was summed up perfectly fror Thomas in Mal 4:2 - the sun of righteousness was risen with healing in his wings.

16:1 ‘Now concerning …’ like we saw in 7:1, 8:1 and , 12:1 indicate that the point is one either raised by the Corinthians or was seen by Paul to be important enough to make specific mention. The tabular way that Paul works through these matters highlights structure to his letter.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if it could be said of us that we are addicted (v.15 KJV) to works of the Truth.

Stephanus and family were the firstfruits of Paul’s preaching in Greece. What a lovely comment Paul makes in 1Cor 16:15! Bro and Sis Stephanus, and the family were so delighted when new members were baptised and joined their ecclesia, that they were “addicted” to helping them. This word means “set themselves”, or in a sense were unable to stop themselves helping the new ones.

16:3 ‘Liberality’ <5485> is elsewhere – John 1:14,14,17, Rom 3:24 - translated ‘grace’ thus showing that the giving of money was more than an act of relieving suffering.

16:13  In quoting the Philistines’ comment – 1Sam 4:9 – Paul is not encouraging the brethren to be Philistines. Rather he is citing the commitment of the Philistines against tremendous odds.

16:1 It will be helpful, when reading this chapter about the collection of money, to try to extend the principles Paul lays out to all areas of our lives. We need to appreciate that our giving extends far beyond the giving of money.

16:4 Even though Paul is the instigator of the collections and even though he was planning to go to Jerusalem as he was already in possession of money from other believers for the poor saints in Jerusalem he does not presume that the Corinthians will want to send money with him even if one of their number is present.