Aderet Eliyahu Commentary on Ezekiel - Anointed with Oral Torah

"Then I washed you with water, and I cleaned your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil." -- Ezekiel 16:9

Commentary ADERET ELIYAHU:

"In this verse, Hashem began to tell them the good deeds that He did for them at Mount Sinai: that He initially gave them the Written Torah and then the Oral Torah.

"The Torah is called 'water' as in Isaiah 55:1, 'For everyone who is thirsty, go to the water'. It is also called 'oil', as in Song of Songs 1:3, 'your oils have a pleasant fragrance'.

"Thus, the Written Torah is called 'water': just as everyone needs water every day and cannot live without it, so must everyone study the Written Torah every day. However, there are many who do not study the Oral Torah and hence, it can be called 'oil' because some people anoint themselves with oil and others do not.

"'I washed you with water', meaning that the Written Torah washes and cleans the soul of a person. 'I cleaned your blood from you' means that at the time of the giving of the Torah, the contamination they received from the serpent had ceased to be among them. 'I anointed you with oil' means that He then gave us the Oral Torah."

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"And if the entire community of Israel sins, the congregation shall bring a young bull as a sin offering. They shall bring it before the Tent of Meeting. The ANOINTED KOHEN shall bring some of the bull's blood into the Tent of Meeting. Then he shall cause it to go up in smoke on the altar. Thus the kohen shall make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven." -- Leviticus 4:13-20

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You will find that the ones who study Oral Torah and learn the secrets of Metatron will be the ones chosen to serve as the ANOINTED KOHANIM in the rebuilt temple and offer the sacrificial bulls and make atonement for the sins of all human beings. Only those who master the Oral Torah will be able to correctly perform the priestly service, thereby arousing the highest levels of divine mercy. 
 

Talmud Bavli Sotah on a Congregation Full of Kohanim

"Adda said in the name of Rabbi Simlai: In a synagogue whose attendance consists entirely of Kohanim, they all ascend the platform to recite the Blessing. One must wonder about Rabbi Simlai's statement: To whom, then, is their Blessing addressed, if there is no one else present among the congregation to receive the Blessing?"

-- Talmud Bavli, Sotah 38b

Talmud Bavli Yoma on the Cherubim in the Temple

"Rav Ketina said: When the people of Israel would ascend to the Temple on the festival, the Kohanim would roll up the Curtain for them, and show them the Cherubim which were joined together in loving embrace. The Kohanim would tell the people, 'Behold! You are loved by the Omnipresent, just as the love between male and female.'"

-- Talmud Bavli, Yoma 54a