Another interpretation (of Lev. 8:2:) TAKE AARON. The Holy One said to him (i.e., to Moses): Entice him with words, because he is fleeing from the priestly office. TAKE can only be a word implying persuasion, for so did Nebuchadnezzar (sic)⁴⁴ say to Nebuzaradan (concerning Jeremiah in Jer. 39:12): TAKE HIM AND LOOK AFTER HIM.⁴⁵ So also it (i.e., Scripture) speaks of our mother Sarah (in Gen. 12:15): SO PHARAOH'S COURTIERS SAW HER AND PRAISED HER TO PHARAOH, AND THE WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO PHARAOH'S HOUSE. And also (here in Lev. 8:2), TAKE AARON is language implying persuasion because he was fleeing from the office.

footnotes: ⁴⁴ The Masoretic Text throughout Jer. 39 reads “Nebuchadrezzar.” ⁴⁵ Since Jeremiah was being taken for his own good, he would not have been taken by force but by persuasion.