Leviticus 8:10-12

(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 him." To this correspond the opening words of Leviticus 8:10, -And Moses took the anointing oil …" and Leviticus 8:12, -And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him." The clauses of Leviticus 8:10 which intervene, record the anointing of the tabernacle, the altar, and the laver, in words closely parallel to those of Exodus 40:9-11. Other passages which refer to the ceremony of anointing are: Exodus 29:7 (referring to Aaron only), Exodus 29:36 (to the altar), Exodus 30:26-29 (a full list of things to be anointed) and Exodus 40:9-11 (a shorter list). It will be seen that the verbal coincidences in Leviticus 8:10 are with Exodus 29:7; Exodus 40:9-11. But it should be noticed that whereas in Exodus 40:12-15 mention is made of anointing Aaron's sons as well as Aaron himself, there is no account of such a ceremony in Leviticus 8.