CHAPTER XXIX _Ceremonies to be used in consecrating Aaron and his sons_, 1-3. _They are to be washed_, 4. _Aaron is to be_ clothed _with the holy vestments_, 5, 6; _to be_ anointed, 7. _His sons to be clothed and girded_, 8, 9. _They are to offer a_ bullock _for a_ sin-offering, 10-14; _and a... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:2. _UNLEAVENED BREAD_] _Three_ kinds of bread as to its _form_ are mentioned here, but all unleavened: 1. מצות matstsoth, _unleavened bread_, no matter in what shape. See Exodus 12:8. 2. חלת challoth, cakes, pricked or _perforated_, as the root implies. 3. רקיקי rekikey, an exceed... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:4. _THOU - SHALT WASH THEM_] This was done emblematically, to signify that they were to put away all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and perfect holiness in the fear of God; 2 Corinthians 7:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:5. _THOU SHALT TAKE THE GARMENTS_] As most offices of spiritual and secular dignity had appropriate habits and _insignia_, hence, when a person was appointed to an office and habited for the purpose, he was said to be _invested_ with that office, from _in_, used intensively, and _ves... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:7. _THEN SHALT THOU TAKE THE ANOINTING OIL_] It appears, from Isaiah 61:1, that _anointing with oil_, in consecrating a person to any important office, whether _civil_ or _religious_, was considered as an emblem of the communication of the gifts and graces of the _Holy Spirit_. This... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:10. _SHALL PUT THEIR HANDS UPON THE HEAD OF THE BULLOCK._] By this rite the animal was _consecrated to God_, and was then proper to be offered in sacrifice. _Imposition of hands_ also signified that they offered the life of this animal as an atonement for their sins, and to redeem t... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:14. _IT_ IS _A SIN-OFFERING._] Genesis 4:7; _"_Genesis 13:13_"_; _"_Leviticus 7:1_"_, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:18. _IT IS A BURNT-OFFERING_] Leviticus 7:1, Leviticus 7:1, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:19. _THE OTHER RAM_] There were two rams brought on this occasion: one was for a _burnt-offering_, and was to be entirely consumed; the other was the _ram of consecration_, Exodus 29:22, איל מלאים eil milluim, the _ram_ of _filling up_, because when a person was dedicated or consecr... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:20. _TAKE OF HIS BLOOD_] The putting the blood of the sacrifice on the _tip_ of the _right ear_, the _thumb_ of the _right hand_, and the _great toe_ of the _right foot_, was doubtless intended to signify that they should _dedicate all their_ _faculties and powers to the service of... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:22. _THE FAT AND THE RUMP_] The _rump_ or _tail_ of some of the eastern sheep is the best part of the animal, and is counted a great delicacy. They are also very large, some of them weighing from _twelve_ to _forty pounds_' weight; "so that the owners," says Mr. _Ludolf_, in his _His... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:23. _AND ONE LOAF OF BREAD_] The bread of different kinds, (Exodus 29:2,) in this offering, seems to have been intended as a _minchah_, or offering of _grateful_ acknowledgment for providential blessings. The essence of worship consisted in acknowledging God, 1. As the Creator, Gove... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:24. FOR _A WAVE-OFFERING_] Leviticus 7:1 c., where an ample account of _all the offerings, sacrifices_, c., under the Mosaic dispensation, and the reference they bore to the great sacrifice offered by Christ, is given in detail.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:25. _THOU SHALT RECEIVE THEM OF THEIR HANDS_] Aaron and his sons are here considered merely as any common persons bringing an offering to God, and not having, as yet, any authority to present it themselves, but through the _medium_ of a _priest_. Moses, therefore, was now to Aaron an... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:27. _THE BREAST OF THE WAVE-OFFERING, AND THE SHOULDER OF_ _THE HEAVE-OFFERING_] As the _wave-offering_ was agitated _to_ and _fro_, and the _heave-offering up_ and _down_, some have conceived that this twofold action represented the _figure of the cross_, on which the great _Peace-o... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:29. _THE HOLY GARMENTS - SHALL BE HIS SON'S AFTER HIM_] These garments were to descend from father to son, and no _new_ garments were to be made.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:30. _SEVEN DAYS_] The priest in his consecration was to abide seven days and nights at the door of the tabernacle, keeping the Lord's watch. See Leviticus 8:33, c. The number _seven_ is what is called among the Hebrews a number of _perfection_ and it is often used to denote the _comp... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:33. _BUT A STRANGER SHALL NOT EAT_ THEREOF] That is, no person who was not of the _family of Aaron _- no _Israelite_, and not even a _Levite_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:34. _BURN THE REMAINDER WITH FIRE_] Common, voluntary, and peace-offerings, might be eaten even on the second day; see Leviticus 7:16; Leviticus 19:5-3. But this being a _peculiar_ consecration, in order to qualify a person to offer sacrifices for sin, like that great sacrifice, the... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:36. _THOU SHALT CLEANSE THE ALTAR_] The altar was to be sanctified for seven days; and it is likely that on each day, previously to the consecration service, the altar was wiped clean, and the former day's ashes, c., removed.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:37. _WHATSOEVER TOUCHES THE ALTAR SHALL BE HOLY._] To this our Lord refers Matthew 23:19, where he says the altar sanctifies the gift; and this may be understood as implying that whatever was laid on the altar became the _Lord's property_, and must be wholly devoted to sacred uses, f... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:39. _ONE LAMB THOU SHALT OFFER IN THE MORNING_] These two lambs, one in the morning, and the other in the evening, were generally termed the _morning_ and _evening daily sacrifices_, and were offered from the time of their settlement in the promised land to the destruction of Jerusal... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Exodus 29:40. _A TENTH DEAL OF FLOUR_] _Deal_ signifies a _part_, from the Anglo-Saxon [Anglo-Saxon], to _divide_; hence [Anglo-Saxon], a _part_, a _portion_ taken from the whole. From Numbers 28:5 we learn that this _tenth deal_ was the _tenth part_ of an _ephah_, which constituted what is ca... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 43. _THERE I WILL MEET WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL_] Exodus 25:22, Exodus 25:22.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 44. _I WILL SANCTIFY - BOTH AARON AND HIS SONS_] So we find the sanctification by Moses according to the Divine institution was only _symbolical_; and that Aaron and his sons must be sanctified, i.e., made holy, by God himself before they could officiate in holy things. From this, as well as f... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 45. _I WILL DWELL AMONG THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL_] This is the _great charter_ of the people of God, both under the Old and New Testaments; see Exodus 25:8; Leviticus 26:11-3; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Revelation 21:3. God dwells AMONG them: he is ever to be found in his Church to enlighten, quicken,... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 46. _AND THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I_ AM _THE LORD THEIR GOD_] That is, They shall _acknowledge_ God, and their infinite obligations to him. In a multitude of places in Scripture the word _know_ should be thus understood. _THAT I MAY DWELL AMONG THEM_] For without this _acknowledgment_ and consequ... [ Continue Reading ]