And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people.
Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle. Moses, according to the divine instructions he had received, accompanied Aaron and his sons to initiate them into their sacred duties. Their previous occupations had detained them at the altar, and they now entered in company into the sacred edifice to bear the blood of the offerings within the sanctuary. The glory of the Lord appeared ... - perhaps in a resplendent effulgence above the tabernacle, as a fresh token of the divine acceptance of that newly-established seat of His worship. It is therefore an error to speak of the Aaronic priesthood as merely typical. It was an efficacious divine institution, suited to the circumstances of the Church, and actually conveying for the time present the blessings of the Messiah to the humble Israelite worshipper.