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Today\u2019s chapter begins with an emphatic statement that the priests ought to be extra careful with their job in the Mishkan. The priests, the human vessels of the sanctuary, who have the potential to support and maintain the center of holiness are the selfsame individuals with the power to undo holiness — and to profane the holy Name. In the verses that follow, the focus of the precaution, though, is not their role as mediators for others, but in fact their own presence in the Mishkan.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the privileges of the priesthood is to eat the \u201csacred donations\u201d given by the people. They greet those who arrive at the mishkan; facilitate their encounter with the divine; when they have gone, the priests partake of the sanctified food. This closed circuit of sacred flow, however, could easily be threatened by priestly negligence or worse, arrogance. Should a priest be lax with his own status — and carelessly touch or eat sanctified food while impure– he not only contaminates the food but undermines the standards of the system. Should a priest experience any of the normal causes of impurity (leprosy, contact with the dead, seminal emissions) and fail to respond ritually — with the very laws he is responsible to monitor for others!– he has profaned the sacred center. The irony, of course, is that only the priest will know. He is the one who declares a person leprous, who manages a person\u2019s contact with the dead, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

The concern here can be split in two, somewhat opposing directions. On the one hand, these verses aim to serve as a check against the priests, ensuring that they do not see themselves above the law. In the very \u201cinvisible\u201d realm of impurity, it could be so easy for a priest to demand high standards of all others and allow himself the latitude to shirk responsibility. <\/span><\/p>\n

At the same time, the verses may also be cautioning against priests falling prey to overinvestment in their work — that they don\u2019t stop to pay attention to their own lives. In modern terms, this amounts to practicing self-care. Priests are explicitly told — be scrupulous with yourselves, too. If you encounter a dead person, you, too, need to pause and reflect. You are a human being, too, and though you might be tempted, you cannot fully align yourself with your sacred work. 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