Leviticus 8:1
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING,_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_TAKE AARON AND HIS SONS WITH HIM, AND THE GARMENTS, AND THE ANOINTING OIL, AND A BULLOCK FOR THE SIN OFFERING, AND TWO RAMS, AND A BASKET OF UNLEAVENED BREAD;_ Take Aaron and his sons. The consecration of Aaron and his sons had been ordered long before (Exodus 29:1), but it is now described with a... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND GATHER THOU ALL THE CONGREGATION TOGETHER UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ Gather thou all the congregation together, х_ HAQHEEL_ (H6950)] - summon, convoke, without regard to the object of the meeting. The order was given to Moses, who could have no difficulty in executin... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES DID AS THE LORD COMMANDED HIM; AND THE ASSEMBLY WAS GATHERED TOGETHER UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION._ The assembly was gathered together. "The assembly" is an indefinite and a general term; but it is evidently used to describe those who were actually present. Accord... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES SAID UNTO THE CONGREGATION, THIS IS THE THING WHICH THE LORD COMMANDED TO BE DONE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES BROUGHT AARON AND HIS SONS, AND WASHED THEM WITH WATER._ Moses ... washed them with water. A summary account of this ceremony is given, Exodus 40:11. At consecration they were subjected to entire ablution, though on ordinary occasions they were required, before entering on their duties,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE PUT UPON HIM THE COAT, AND GIRDED HIM WITH THE GIRDLE, AND CLOTHED HIM WITH THE ROBE, AND PUT THE EPHOD UPON HIM, AND HE GIRDED HIM WITH THE CURIOUS GIRDLE OF THE EPHOD, AND BOUND IT UNTO HIM THEREWITH._ He put upon him the coat. The investiture took place on the same spot, and near the lav... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES TOOK THE ANOINTING OIL, AND ANOINTED THE TABERNACLE AND ALL THAT WAS THEREIN, AND SANCTIFIED THEM._ Took the anointing oil ... - which was designed to intimate that persons who acted as leaders in the solemn services of worship should have the unction of the Holy One both in His gifts an... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES BROUGHT AARON'S SONS, AND PUT COATS UPON THEM, AND GIRDED THEM WITH GIRDLES, AND PUT BONNETS UPON THEM; AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BROUGHT THE BULLOCK FOR THE SIN OFFERING: AND AARON AND HIS SONS LAID THEIR HANDS UPON THE HEAD OF THE BULLOCK FOR THE SIN OFFERING._ Brought the bullock ... - a timely expression of their sense of unworthiness, a public and solemn confession of their personal sins, and a transference of th... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BROUGHT THE RAM FOR THE BURNT OFFERING: AND AARON AND HIS SONS LAID THEIR HANDS UPON THE HEAD OF THE RAM._ Brought the ram ... - as a token of their entire dedication to the service of God.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE BROUGHT THE OTHER RAM, THE RAM OF CONSECRATION: AND AARON AND HIS SONS LAID THEIR HANDS UPON THE HEAD OF THE RAM._ Brought the other ram ... 'We learn from the Egyptian sculptures that the victim, having its feet tied together, was thrown on the ground; and the priest having placed his hand... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MOSES SAID UNTO AARON AND TO HIS SONS, BOIL THE FLESH AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION: AND THERE EAT IT WITH THE BREAD THAT IS IN THE BASKET OF CONSECRATIONS, AS I COMMANDED, SAYING, AARON AND HIS SONS SHALL EAT IT._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND YE SHALL NOT GO OUT OF THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION IN SEVEN DAYS, UNTIL THE DAYS OF YOUR CONSECRATION BE AT AN END: FOR SEVEN DAYS SHALL HE CONSECRATE YOU._ Ye shall not ... After all these preliminaries, they had still to undergo a week's probation in the court of the taber... [ Continue Reading ]