Take of the blood... and of the anointing oil. — The twofold sprinkling, with blood and with oil, denoted the necessity of a twofold holiness — that of justification by the atoning blood of Christ, and that of sanctification by the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. The anointing which is here spoken of seems to have been the only anointing received by the sons of Aaron. (See Leviticus 8:30.)

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