Is the Eucharist a midrash from Exodus 18:12?

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Giuseppe
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Is the Eucharist a midrash from Exodus 18:12?

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Exodus 18:12
Then Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and other sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.

Also here we have the "elders of Israel" (probably in number of 12) and a "Messiah" of his own right, Aaron:

Leviticus 8:12:
And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron’s head, and anointed him to sanctify him.

Nihil enim in speciem fallacius est quam prava religio. -Liv. xxxix. 16.
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Re: Is the Eucharist a midrash from Exodus 18:12?

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Dio, Epitome 64:

"Again one soldier would have a private conversation with an opponent: "Comrade, fellow-citizen, what are we doing? Why are we fighting? Come over to my side." "No, indeed! You come to my side." But what is there surprising about this, considering that when the women of the city in the course of the night brought food and drink to give to the soldiers of Vitellius, the latter, after eating and drinking themselves, passed the supplies on to their antagonists? One of them would call out the name of his adversary (for they practically all knew one another and were well acquainted) and would say: "Comrade, take and eat this; I give you, not a sword, but bread. Take and drink this; I hold out to you, not a shield, but a cup. Thus, whether you kill me or I you, we shall quit life more comfortably, and the hand that slays will not be feeble and nerveless, whether it be yours that smites me or mine that smites you. For these are the meats of consecration that Vitellius and Vespasian give us while we are yet alive, in order that they may offer us as a sacrifice to the dead slain long since." That would be the style of their conversation, after which they would rest a while, eat a bit, and then renew the battle. Soon they would stop again, and then once more join in conflict. It went on this way the whole night through till dawn broke..."
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