The divine inspiration associated between the lighting of the golden candlestick and the ordination of levites and their purification. As if God wanted to declare that His servants are a heavenly lamp with numerous lampstands that illuminate the world. 1) The lighting of the golden candlestick (8:1-14). For the first time, Aaron the high-priest lit the lamps over against the candlestick as the Lord Commanded. This points out to the complete and perfect work that the Holy Spirit carries out in the life of the Church (Rev. 4:5), particularly through the seven sacraments. During which the servants are filled with the gifts of the Spirit and the anointment of grace, they are burning with love, to enlighten every soul. It is said that the priest lights the middle candlestick from the fire of the altar, and from it he lights the rest of the candlesticks. An indication to the correlation between the word of God (candlesticks) and the Cross (altar). The wicks the canare made out of the old discarded garments of the priests. As if it is pointing out to the priests, the weary and tedious struggles of their bodies, to the extent of dying for the sake of the enlightening work of the Spirit in the Church. 2) In Lev.8 we find the rituals of the ordination of the priests, here that of the levites, where the levites participate with Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation (leaders). Each has his role and assigned responsibility. The act of shaving all their body signifies the cleansing of the body from any defilement disgracing it, and the washing of their vestments is a sign of purification. Moses sprinkles on them the purification water or water of sin (9:7), pointing out that they are bound by the word or the commandment (Moses) that reveals the sin and supports the soul throughout its repentance. Aaron and his sons perform a vital role in declaring that the levites are the people's gift to God, he appointed them to assist the priests (9:19). The leaders lay hands on the levites (9:10), as if the servants are responsible before God for all the actions of the people and as if they are declaring that the levites are the people's gift to God, they present them with their own hands.
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