_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 ]