_A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491._
Orders are given in this chapter,
(1,) _ Concerning the consecration of the priests, and the
sanctification of the altar, Exodus 29:1._
(2,) _ Concerning the daily sacrifice, Exodus 29:38. To which gracious
promises are annexed, Exodus 29:42._... [ Continue Reading ]
_To hallow them, to minister to me_ We come now to the directions
given to Moses about the ceremonies of consecrating Aaron and his sons
to the priests' office. These were to be performed in a solemn manner,
thereby to strike both them and the people with a still deeper sense
of the dignity and sacr... [ Continue Reading ]
_Unleavened bread_ To signify that both themselves and their services
must be sincere, and free from all hypocrisy and wickedness. _Cakes
tempered with oil_ Denoting that all their oblations and services must
be under the influence of divine grace. _Wheaten flour_ The best part
of the principal grai... [ Continue Reading ]
_Unto the door of the tabernacle_ God was pleased to dwell in the
tabernacle, the people attending in the courts, so that the door
between the court and the tabernacle was the fittest place for _them_
to be consecrated in who were to mediate between God and man, to stand
between both, and, as it wer... [ Continue Reading ]
_They shalt take the garments_, &c. This was to signify that it was
not sufficient for them to put away the pollutions of sin, but that
they must put on divine graces, and be _clothed with righteousness,
Psalms 132:10_. They must also be _girded_, as men prepared and
strengthened for their work, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_Thou shalt take the anointing oil_ Emblematical of the Holy Spirit,
Isaiah 61:1; _and pour it upon his head_ In token of the pouring out
of that Spirit upon him to qualify him for his work, that the church
might be filled with the sweet savour of his ministrations.... [ Continue Reading ]
There must be a _sin-offering_ to make atonement for them. The law
made them priests that had infirmity; and therefore they must first
offer for their own sins, before they could make atonement for the
people, Hebrews 7:27. They were to _put their hand on the head of
their_ sacrifice; confessing tha... [ Continue Reading ]
There must be a _burnt-offering_, a ram wholly burned, in token of the
dedication of themselves wholly to God, as _living sacrifices_,
kindled with the fire, and ascending in the flame of holy love. The
sin-offering must first be offered, and then the burnt-offering, for
till guilt be removed no acc... [ Continue Reading ]
There must be a _peace-offering;_ it is called the _ram of
consecration_, because there was more in this, peculiar to the
occasion, than in the other two. In the burnt-offering, God had the
_glory_ of their priesthood, in this _they_ had the _comfort_ of it.
And in token of a mutual covenant between... [ Continue Reading ]
_Seven days shalt thou consecrate them_ Though all the ceremonies were
performed on the first day, yet they were not to look upon their
consecration as completed till the _seven days' end_, which put a
solemnity upon their admission, and a distance between this and their
former state, and obliged th... [ Continue Reading ]
The consecration of _the altar_ seems to have been coincident with
that of the priests; and the sin-offerings, which were offered every
day for seven days together, had reference to the altar as well as the
priests. An _atonement_ was _made for the altar_ The altar was also
_sanctified;_ not only se... [ Continue Reading ]
_Two lambs day by day continually_ This daily service, a lamb offered
upon the altar every morning, and also every evening, typified the
continual intercession which Christ ever lives to make, in the virtue
of his satisfaction, for the continual sanctification of his church:
though he offered himsel... [ Continue Reading ]
_A tenth-deal_, or tenth part of an ephah, is about three quarts. A
hin is five quarts.... [ Continue Reading ]
_There I will meet with the children of Israel_ I will make this
tabernacle the seat of my cloud of glory, which will be the symbol of
my divine presence, and from thence I will give frequent discoveries
of my will, and tokens of my favour toward them. _The tabernacle of
the congregation_ אהל מועד _... [ Continue Reading ]
Exodus 29:45. _I will dwell among the children of Israel_ As a proof
of this the Shechinah, or symbol of his peculiar presence was among
them. _I will be their God_ I will watch over them as a nation, by a
peculiar providence, and show myself to be, indeed, that all-powerful
and merciful God who del... [ Continue Reading ]