Aaron is to monitor the oil lamps all night long. At first glance, that would probably suck. But i think it was common in those days to have people monitor fires in the night because it is so hard to restart them without mathces.
Meanwhile, the priests get to eat the grain offering in the form of bread.
Finally, a blasphemer is stoned to death. It comes off as a harsh and even reminds me of modern day Sharia in Moslem countries for insulting Allah. Speaking of which, we finally get the "eye for an eye" doctrine at the end of Lev. 24. The last thing we saw closest to this was that losing an eye or tooth meant freedom for a slave. Taken together, I think God really hates us intentionally hurting each other. I don't believe this is intended to cover accidental harm, as we saw that earlier.
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