INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 29 This chapter gives an account of the form and order of the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priestly office; preparatory to which Moses is ordered to take a young bullock, two rams, bread, cakes, and wafers unleavened, and bring them and Aaron and his sons to the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THIS IS THE THING THAT THOU SHALT DO UNTO THEM,.... To Aaron and his sons: to "hallow" them; to sanctify them, set them apart, and consecrate them: TO MINISTER UNTO ME IN THE PRIEST'S OFFICE; for which the Lord had appointed them, to which he had chose, called, and separated them: TAKE ONE YOU... [ Continue Reading ]
AND UNLEAVENED BREAD,.... Such as used to be eaten at the time of the passover, and this being distinguished from cakes and wafers, after mentioned, shows that this was bread of a larger size, a loaf or loaves of bread, see Exodus 29:3 AND CAKES UNLEAVENED, TEMPERED WITH OIL; these were made of flo... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT PUT THEM INTO ONE BASKET,.... The unleavened bread, cakes and wafers; this basket may be an emblem of the Gospel and the ministration of it, in which Christ the bread of life is carried, and ministered to his people: AND BRING THEM IN THE BASKET, WITH THE BULLOCK AND THE TWO RAMS; no... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AARON AND HIS SONS THOU SHALT BRING UNTO THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION,.... That is, order and direct them to come thither; for it cannot be thought he was to carry them in his arms or on his shoulders, or have them thither by force, whether they would or not; but he was to decl... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL TAKE THE GARMENTS,.... The priestly garments before ordered to be made, and when made: AND PUT UPON AARON THE COAT: the broidered coat, the coat of fine linen, which was put on first and was next to his flesh, for all these garments were put on in the order in which they are here pla... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL PUT THE MITRE UPON HIS HEAD,.... Which was made of linen, and was a wrap of linen about his head in the form of a turban: AND PUT THE HOLY CROWN UPON THE MITRE; the holy crown was a plate of gold which had these words, "holiness to the Lord", engraven on it; and so says the Targum of... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THOU SHALL TAKE THE ANOINTING OIL, After ordered to be made of principal spices, myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, cassia, and oil olive, Exodus 30:23 AND POUR IT UPON HIS HEAD, AND ANOINT HIM; this was done, according to Jarchi, in the form of the letter "chi" as before; the oil was put upon his head... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT BRING HIS SONS,.... Order the sons of Aaron to come to the same place where he was: AND PUT COATS UPON THEM: such as were ordered to be made for them, Exodus 28:40.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT GIRD THEM WITH GIRDLES (AARON AND HIS SONS),.... Aaron with the girdle of the ephod, and with the girdle of needlework, and his sons with common girdles made for them; all which showed what strength, diligence, and expedition were necessary for the discharge of their office: AND PUT... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT CAUSE A BULLOCK TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION,.... The same, or of the same kind he was ordered to take, Exodus 29:1, and here the place is expressed where it was to be taken, and what was to be done with it: AND AARON AND HIS SONS SHALL PUT THEIR HANDS UPON... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT KILL THE BULLOCK BEFORE THE LORD,.... That is, Moses is ordered to do it, who now officiated as a priest, "pro tempore", Aaron and his sons not being yet completely invested with that office, or thoroughly consecrated to it; of which consecration this sacrifice was a part, and therefo... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT TAKE THE BLOOD OF THE BULLOCK,.... Being slain, and its blood received into a basin: AND PUT IT UPON THE HORNS OF THE ALTAR WITH THY FINGER; not sprinkle it with hyssop, as was done in some cases, but put on with the finger dipped into the blood in the basin; as the horns of the alta... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT TAKE ALL THE FAT THAT COVERETH THE INWARDS,.... That covered the skin or caul, in which the bowels are contained, called the "omentum", which generally has a pretty deal of fat upon it: AND THE CAUL THAT IS ABOVE THE LIVER; which seems to design the diaphragm or midriff; but the Sept... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THE FLESH OF THE BULLOCK, AND HIS SKIN, AND HIS DUNG,.... The several parts and members of him, head, legs, feet, c. and the skin taken off of him, and the dung that comes from him. Aben Ezra observes, that the flesh comprehends the head and the pieces, and may be interpreted in a way of conject... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT ALSO TAKE ONE RAM,.... One of the two he was bid to take, Exodus 29:1; AND AARON AND HIS SONS SHALL PUT THEIR HANDS UPON THE HEAD OF THE RAM; confessing their sins, acknowledging their guilt, and by this act transferring the same to the ram, which was to be a burnt offering, and was typi... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT SLAY THE RAM,.... As he was ordered to slay the bullock, acting in this as a priest, as in that: AND THOU SHALL TAKE HIS BLOOD, AND SPRINKLE IT ROUND ABOUT UPON THE ALTAR; the blood being received into a basin, it was not to be put upon the altar with the finger, as the blood of the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT CUT THE RAM IN PIECES,.... For the better convenience of laying it upon the wood on the altar, that it might be burnt; for it was to be a whole burnt offering: AND WASH THE INWARDS OF HIM, AND HIS LEGS; denoting the purity of the sacrifice of Christ, and that when his people give up... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT BURN THE WHOLE RAM UPON THE ALTAR,.... For which reason his head, his pieces, his inwards, and his legs, were to be put together, and laid in order upon the altar: IT IS A BURNT OFFERING UNTO THE LORD; offered up to him, and accepted by him, as follows: IT IS A SWEET SAVOUR; or "a s... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL TAKE THE OTHER RAM,.... The other of the two that was left, Exodus 29:1: AND AARON AND HIS SONS SHALL PUT THEIR HANDS ON THE HEAD OF THE RAM, as they were to do, and did, upon the head of the other; Exodus 29:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN SHALL THOU KILL THE RAM,.... As the other: AND TAKE OF HIS BLOOD, some part of it being received into a basin: AND PUT IT UPON THE TIP OF THE RIGHT EAR OF AARON, AND UPON THE TIP OF THE RIGHT EAR OF HIS SONS; according to Jarchi, this is the middle gristle within the ear; but Saadiah more rig... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT TAKE OF THE BLOOD THAT IS UPON THE ALTAR,.... Not that which was sprinkled upon it, which could not be gathered up in such quantities as to be sprinkled again; but which was in a basin on it, having been received into it when the ram was slain: AND OF THE ANOINTING OIL; hereafter to... [ Continue Reading ]
ALSO THOU SHALT TAKE OF THE RAM THE FAT AND THE RUMP,.... The fat which was upon it: the sheep in Arabia and about Judea were remarkable for their large tails; according to Rauwolff z, they were half a span thick, and one and a half broad, and very fat; and so in Africa and Egypt were rams of large... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ONE LOAF OF BREAD,.... Of unleavened bread, as in Exodus 29:2 large bread is meant, as Ben Melech observes, for the rest were cakes and wafers, as follows: AND ONE CAKE OF OILED BREAD; which was made of flour and oil mixed and tempered together: AND ONE WAFER OUT OF THE BASKET OF UNLEAVENED B... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT PUT ALL IN THE HANDS OF AARON, AND IN THE HANDS OF HIS SONS,.... Which accounts for the use of the phrase, filling the hand for consecration, Exodus 29:9 for all the above things of the ram, bread, cakes, and wafers, were put into their hands when consecrated, denoting their investitu... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT RECEIVE THEM OF THEIR HANDS,.... After they had been put into them, and filled with them, and waved by them: AND BURN THEM UPON THE ALTAR FOR A BURNT OFFERING; not the flesh of the ram, which is after ordered to be boiled and eaten by Aaron and his sons; but the fat of it, before des... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT TAKE THE BREAST OF THE RAM OF AARON'S CONSECRATIONS,.... The ram being slain and cut to pieces, this part is particularly disposed of: AND WAVE IT FOR A WAVE OFFERING BEFORE THE LORD; in the manner before described: AND IT SHALL BE THY PART: the part of Moses, he officiating now as... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL SANCTIFY THE BREAST OF THE WAVE OFFERING,.... Set it apart for the use of the priest in all succeeding ages: AND THE SHOULDER OF THE HEAVE OFFERING: as the breast was waved from one hand to another, or cast from the hand of one to the hand of another; the shoulder was heaved up, or c... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IT SHALL BE AARON'S AND HIS SONS BY A STATUTE FOR EVER FROM THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... That is, the shoulder, which seems particularly meant, though the breast also was theirs, which was at this time given to Moses, he being priest; and this was an everlasting statute and ordinance in all gener... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE HOLY GARMENTS OF AARON SHALL BE HIS SON'S AFTER HIM,.... That son that succeeded him in the priesthood; for the priesthood continued in Aaron's family by succession, the eldest son being high priest, until the disposal of this office fell into the hands of Heathen princes, and then it was ob... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THAT SON THAT IS PRIEST IN HIS STEAD,.... The Targum of Jonathan is, "who shall rise after him of his sons, not of the Levites;'' for the high priest was to be of the family of Aaron, a descendant of his; it was not enough that he was of the tribe of Levi, but he must descend from Aaron, eithe... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALT TAKE THE RAM OF THE CONSECRATION,.... For the other ram was cut in pieces and burnt, even the whole of it: AND SEETHE HIS FLESH IN THE HOLY PLACE; not in that part of the tabernacle which was properly the holy place, as distinguished from the holy of holies, and from the court of the... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AARON AND HIS SONS SHALL EAT OF THE FLESH OF THE RAM,.... Typical of the flesh of Christ, whose flesh is meat indeed, and to be eaten by faith, whereby it becomes spiritual food, savoury and nourishing, as it is to all the Lord's priests, or who are made so to God: AND THE BREAD THAT IS IN THE... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY SHALL EAT THOSE THINGS WHEREWITH THE ATONEMENT WAS MADE,.... For the sins of Aaron and his sons, for they were men of infirmity, and needed sacrifice for sin themselves; and herein Christ their antitype excelled them, that he had no sin of his own, and needed not to offer first for them, an... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF OUGHT OF THE FLESH OF THE CONSECRATIONS, OR OF THE BREAD, REMAIN UNTO THE MORNING,.... Being more than the priests could eat: THEN THOU SHALT BURN THE REMAINDER WITH FIRE; that it might not be used in a contemptuous manner, or abused to superstitious uses; the same orders with those respecti... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THUS SHALL THOU DO UNTO AARON, AND TO HIS SONS,.... For their consecration, washing, clothing, anointing them, sprinkling blood upon them and their garments, and offering sacrifice for them: ACCORDING TO ALL THINGS WHICH I HAVE COMMANDED THEE; no one thing was to be omitted, and we find they we... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THOU SHALL OFFER EVERY DAY A BULLOCK FOR A SIN OFFERING FOR ATONEMENT,.... That is, every day of the seven days of consecration; denoting the full and complete atonement for sin by the sacrifice of Christ, which these sacrifices could not really obtain, and were therefore frequently repeated, in... [ Continue Reading ]
SEVEN DAYS THOU SHALT MAKE ATONEMENT FOR THE ALTAR, AND SANCTIFY IT,.... That it might be thoroughly fit to have sacrifices offered on it: AND IT SHALL BE AN ALTAR MOST HOLY; as Christ is, and is called the Most Holy, and said to be anointed, Daniel 9:24. He is holy in his person, nature, and offic... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THIS IS THAT WHICH THOU SHALT OFFER UPON THE ALTAR,.... An altar being ordered to be built, and this sanctified and expiated, and priests being appointed and consecrated to the service of it; an account is given of the offerings that should be offered up upon it every day, besides those that sho... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ONE LAMB THOU SHALT OFFER IN THE MORNING,.... And before this no other sacrifice was to be offered, and therefore it was slain and offered very early; and yet it was not lawful to slay it before break of day, wherefore great care was taken that it should not; "he that was appointed over the ser... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WITH THE ONE LAMB A TENTH DEAL,.... That is, the tenth part of an "ephah", as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, which is an "omer", and held as much as a man could eat in one day, or more, see Exodus 16:18: OF FLOUR MINGLED WITH THE FOURTH PART OF AN HIN OF BEATEN OIL; this was a meat, or, rather bread off... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE OTHER LAMB THOU SHALT OFFER AT EVEN,.... Exodus 29:39, AND SHALL DO THERETO ACCORDING TO THE MEAT OFFERING OF THE MORNING, AND ACCORDING TO THE DRINK OFFERING THEREOF; a meat and drink offering consisting of the same things, for quality and quantity, and made in the same manner, were to be... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS SHALL BE A CONTINUAL BURNT OFFERING THROUGHOUT YOUR GENERATIONS,.... To be offered up morning and evening in every age, as long as the Mosaic economy lasted, till he came, who put an end to it by offering up himself, the antitype of it: AT THE DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION BEFORE... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THERE WILL I MEET WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... Not only with Moses or with Aaron, and his successors, but with the people themselves, by granting them his gracious presence in public ordinances, giving them tokens of his goodwill unto them, and of his acceptance of their offerings, hearing t... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WILL SANCTIFY THE TABERNACLE OF THE CONGREGATION, AND THE ALTAR,.... This seems to intimate that something else in the preceding verse is intended, as what should be sanctified, than the tabernacle, as we supply it; or else here is a repetition of the same thing for the confirmation of it, and... [ Continue Reading ]
AND I WILL DWELL AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL,.... In the tabernacle ordered to be built for him, and which, when built, was placed in the midst of the camp of Israel; and here Jehovah dwelt as a king in his palace, near at hand to help, protect, and defend his subjects, and supply them with all thi... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD THEIR GOD,.... By his presence with them, by the blessings bestowed upon them, by his care of them, and kindness to them: THAT BROUGHT THEM FORTH OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT, THAT I MAY DWELL AMONGST THEM; not only did he bring them from thence, that they might d... [ Continue Reading ]