1._And the Lord spake. _It is well known that in conjunction with the sacrifices there was an offering, which they call _minha, _but we shall elsewhere see that this was also used separately; for it was lawful without a victim to offer either plain meal, or cakes, or wafers seasoned with oil. Theref... [ Continue Reading ]
2._Take Aaron. _He more clearly explains the mode of anointing and investing the priests, by appointing the place and the assistants; for he commands the congregation to be convoked at the sanctuary; and then that Aaron and his sons should be brought out before them to be inaugurated by God’s author... [ Continue Reading ]
4._And Moses did as the Lord commanded him _Although these things relate to the priesthood, the authority and nature of which I expounded under the Second Commandment, yet, inasmuch as they are historical, it is not without reason that I have thought fit to defer them till this place: for, if I had... [ Continue Reading ]
10._And Moses took the anointing oil _I have stated why God commanded that the priest himself, as well as all the vessels, should be consecrated with oil, viz., because, without the influence of the Spirit, all the sacrifices would be unsavory. And it is by the operation of the same Spirit that Chri... [ Continue Reading ]
31._And Moses said unto Aaron and his sons, Boil the flesh _This is the universal rule, as we have seen elsewhere. (411) One thing only is special, that God kept them in the tabernacle seven days, that they might learn to subordinate all their domestic cares and worldly business to their sacred duti... [ Continue Reading ]