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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Leviticus 8:12

Head. To shew that he was the fountain of the priesthood, and that power was derived from him.

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See also Leviticus 8:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    As investing the priest with official garments was a recognition before men of the official position of the person (see Exodus 28:3 note), so the anointing him with oil was an acknowledgment that all...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    II. THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE RESULTS OF HOLINESS 1. Aaron and His Sons and Their Consecration CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Aaron (Leviticus 8:1)_ 2. Aaron and his sons (Leviticus 8:13) 3. The consecration ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    LEVITICUS 8-9. THE CONSECRATION AND INDUCTION OF PRIESTS, to which Leviticus 10 is an appendix. Leviticus 8 properly follows Exodus 40. Exodus 29 gives the law of consecrations. Exodus 30-40 the build...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    POURED. Not touched with the finger, as in the case of the common priests, but profusely poured. See Psalms 133:2....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    (_c_) anointing. The first definite variation from Exodus 29 is found in these verses. Exodus 29:7 contains the command: -Then shall thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND MOSES DID AS THE LORD COMMANDED HIM, &C.— Aaron and his sons are consecrated. The people are called to the door of the tabernacle to grace the solemnity, and by their prayers to implore the Divine...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE CONSECRATION 8:6-36 TEXT 8:6-36 6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. 7 And he put upon them the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the ro...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 le...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS This chapter relates the fulfilmeiit of the injunctions given in Exodus 29:1....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND HE POURED OF THE ANOINTING OIL UPON AARON’S HEAD. — In the anointing of Aaron, the oil was poured upon his head. (See also Leviticus 21:10; Exodus 29:7; Psalms 133:2.) This profuse pouring of oil...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּצֹק֙ מִ שֶּׁ֣מֶן הַ מִּשְׁחָ֔ה עַ֖ל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE ANOINTING Leviticus 8:10 "And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and an...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS, AND OF THE TABERNACLE Leviticus 8:1 THE second section of the book of Leviticus Leviticus 8:1 Leviticus 10:20 is historical, and describes (chapter 8) the cons...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    AARON AND HIS SONS CONSECRATED Leviticus 8:1 Here we have our Lord's eternal Priesthood presented in miniature. The whole congregation had to be present, because each had a claim on Aaron's services,...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    At this point the second section of the book commences dealing with the laws of mediation. It opens with a brief historical account of the actual ceremony of the consecration of the priests and Tabern...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Paul explains the infinite importance of the SPIRIT's anointing, to which these figures referred, in the account he gives of the dedication of all the vessels of the tabernacle, Hebrews 9:21. And John...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 8 AND 9. The sacrifices and the rules for partaking of them being thus appointed, priesthood is established (chap. 8) according to the ordinance. Aaron and hi...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND HE POURED OF THE ANOINTING OIL UPON AARON'S HEAD,.... Which ran down to his beard, and to the collar of his coat, the robe of the ephod, but not to the skirts of his garments, as we wrongly render...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _He poured the oil upon Aaron's head_ In a plentiful manner, as appears from Psalms 133:2, whereas other persons and things were only sprinkled with it; because his unction was to typify the anointing...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses consecrateth Aaron and his sonnes. 14 Their sinne offering. 18 Their burnt offring. 22 The ram of consecrations. 31 The place and time of their consecration. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Mos...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    PUTTING ON THE GARMENTS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. According to Jewish tradition, the anointing of the ordinary priests, which is not mentioned here, although ref...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS (VV. 1-36) The consecration of Aaron and his sons is typical of what is involved in the establishing of all believers as priests in this present day of grace. Th...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-13 The consecration of Aaron and his sons had been delayed until the tabernacle had been prepared, and the laws of the sacrifices given. Aaron and his sons were washed with water, to signify that t...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE POURED OF THE ANOINTING OIL in a plentiful manner, as appears from PSALMS 133:2, whereas other persons and things were only anointed or sprinkled with it....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    Having considered the doctrine of sacrifice, as unfolded in the first seven Chapter s of this book, we now approach the subject of priesthood. The two subjects are intimately connected. The Sinner nee...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 8:12 poured H3332 (H8799) anointing H4888 oil H8081 Aarons H175 head H7218 anointed H4886 (H8799) consec

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PREPARATION FOR THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS - THE SANCTIFYING OF THE TABERNACLE AND ITS CONTENTS, THE ROBING OF THE PRIESTS, AND THE ANOINTING OF AARON (LEVITICUS 8:6). Aaron and his so...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    POURED OF THE ANOINTING OIL Two important distinctions are made in the case of the high priest, thus confirming his typical relation to Christ the anti-type: 1. Aaron is anointed before the sacrific...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Consecration of Aaron and sons for the priesthood. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron and sons. CONCLUSION: All who minister about holy things must have an eye to God's commands as their rule a...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 8:2. _The garments._ See Exodus 28. where these are described. In after times the ten tribes substituted a teraphim for the ephod. Leviticus 8:6. _Moses washed them with water._ Moses acts i...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Sanctified Aaron. .. and his sons._ AARON AND HIS CONSECRATION The chapter before us gives a description of the ceremonies by which the priests were consecrated and formally inducted into their hig...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 8:1 The Establishment of the Priesthood. The book of Exodus 1:1 ends with the construction of the tabernacle ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 8:10 Anointing the TABERNACLE and ITS UTENSILS with OIL (Exodus 30:2

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    The Priesthood Initiated and Consecrated SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 8:2.—Take Aaron and his sons and the garments, etc. All that was to be now done by Moses had previously been specifically enjoin...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART II. THE INSTITUTION OF AN HEREDITARY PRIESTHOOD EXPOSITION THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS is the natural sequel of the foregoing division of the book. The sacrificial system, which had n...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    We get into chapter eight and now that God has laid out for them the various offerings and the ordinances regarding these offerings. How they were to be offered, who was to offer them, what part the p...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Exodus 28:41; Exodus 29:7; Exodus 30:30; Leviticus 21:10; Leviticus

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He poured — In a plentiful manner, as appears from Psalms 133:2, whereas other persons and things were only sprinkled with it: because his unction was to typify the anointing of Christ with the Spirit...

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