In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord; it shall be a perpetual statue throughout their generations for the sons of Israel.OK, I don't like the thought of questioning God's priorities, but this one has me confused. The first instruction about the processes and rituals of the tabernacle is to...keep a lamp on? I don't get it.
Maybe this is just sometime that's too far outside my modern cultural interpretations. But it seems to me that if you're going to issue your first command, it would normally be something besides keeping the light on. I mean, having light at night, when you're not going to be doing any rituals anyhow, take priority over, say, how to perform a sacrifice, or when the people are to worship at the tabernacle? I realize this shows a devotion to service, but it just doesn't make sense to me why it should be first on the list of instructions for worship.
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