Exodus 29:1

_AND THIS IS THE THING THAT THOU SHALT DO UNTO THEM TO HALLOW THEM, TO MINISTER UNTO ME IN THE PRIEST'S OFFICE: TAKE ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, AND TWO RAMS WITHOUT BLEMISH,_ This is the thing that thou shalt do. Steps are taken at the beginning of a society which need not be repeated when the social machine is in full motion; and Moses, at the opening of the tabernacle, was employed to discharge functions which, in later periods, would have been regarded as sacrilege-laying an unhallowed hand on the ark-and punished with instant death. But he acted under the special directions of God. The ceremony of consecrating the priests is summarily described in the following verses. HALLOW THEM. The act of inaugurating the priests was accompanied by ceremonial solemnities well calculated not only to lead the people to entertain exalted views of the office, but to impress those functionaries themselves w...

1._And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them. _Since I shall again repeat and more fully explain these things as they are written in Leviticus 9:0, in the history of the consecration of the tabernacle, it will be sufficient to give nothing more than a brief summary of them here; nor is it my custom to invent mysteries out of vague speculations, (174) such as may rather gratify than instruct my readers. First, since the whole human race is corrupt and infected with many impurities, so that his uncleanness prevents every single individual from having access to God, Moses, before he consecrates the priests, washes them by the sprinkling of water, in order that they may be no longer deemed to be of ordinary rank. Hence we gather that true purity and innocence, which was but typical in the Law, is found in Christ alone. “For such an high priest be

1-37 Aaron and his sons were to be set apart for the priest's office, with ceremony and solemnity. Our Lord Jesus is the great High Priest of our profession, called of God to be so; anointed with the Spirit, whence he is called Messiah, the Christ; clothed with glory and beauty; sanctified by his own blood; made perfect, or consecrated through sufferings, Hebrews 2:10. All believers are spiritual priests, to offer spiritual sacrifices, 1 Peter 2:5, washed in the blood of Christ, and so made to our God priests, Revelation 1:5; Revelation 1:6. They also are clothed with the beauty of holiness, and have received the anointing,...

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_ ram _for a_ burnt-offering, 15-18; _and a second_ ram _for a_ consecration-offering, 19-22. _A_ loaf, _a_ cake, _and a_ wafer _or thin_ cake, _for a_ wave-offering, 23-25....

The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Lev. 8–9. Exodus 29:4 DOOR OF THE TABERNACLE - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3. Exodus 29:27 The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once. Exodus 29:33 A STRANGER - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron....

EXPOSITION EXODUS 29:1 THE CONSECRATION OF THE PRIESTS. From the description of the priestly attire, the Divine Law-giver passed to the form of priestly consecration, whereof investiture in the "holy garments" was a part. The ceremony of consecration was to consist of four things:— 1. Ablution; 2. Investiture; 3. Chrism or Anointing with oil; and 4. Sacrifice. In the directions given, we have, first, the preparation of the offerings (Exodus 29:1); secondly, directions for the ablutions (Exodus 29:4); thirdly,

AND THIS IS THE THING THAT THOU SHALT DO UNTO THEM,.... To Aaron and his sons: to "hallow" them; to sanctify them, set them apart, and consecrate them: TO MINISTER UNTO ME IN THE PRIEST'S OFFICE; for which the Lord had appointed them, to which he had chose, called, and separated them: TAKE ONE YOUNG BULLOCK, AND TWO RAMS WITHOUT BLEMISH; a young bullock was an heifer of three years old, according to Kimchi t, and such an one was used in sacrifice in former times, see Genesis 15:9 though Maimonides u says it was one of two years, and so Abendana w, whose words are, "a bullock is a son of two years, and a ram is after he has entered into the second year thirty one days;'' and so Ben Gersom; the bullock was an emblem of the strength, laboriousness, and patience of Christ, and both of them being without blemish, were ty

DO UNTO THEM TO HALLOW THEM The priest type of consecration. (Compare the temple type, (1 Kings 8:1); (2 Chronicles 5:4); (2 Chronicles 5:14). The order in; (Leviticus 8:1); (Leviticus 8:24); differs from the order here. In Leviticus the filling the hands precedes the sprinkling. BULLOCK, RAMS (_ See Scofield) - (Leviticus 1:3). _...

CHAPTER 29 THE CONSECRATION OF THE PRIESTS _ 1. Aaron and his sons wash with water (Exodus 29:1)_ 2. Aaron clothed (Exodus 29:5) 3. The consecration (Exodus 29:8) 4. The food of the priests (Exodus 29:26) 5. God's meeting place (Exodus 29:36) In Leviticus we find the record of their consecration, which is linked there with the offerings. Here it is only the instruction, while in Leviticus we find the act of the consecration. We touch upon it briefly; in Leviticus, we shall follow it a little closer. First they

EXODUS 29. P (Exodus 29:21; Exodus 29:38 later). CONSECRATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD (_cf._ Leviticus 8). The ritual of consecration is described at length. For the various sacrifices, _see_ the appropriate sections of Leviticus 1-7*, which belong to an older stratum of P, and are presupposed throughout. (I.) The materials for the sacrificial ceremonial include a bullock and two rams, bread of unleavened cakes, perforated cakes (perforations are still made in the Passover cakes), and large thin wafers, all unleavened, and to be brought in a basket (Exodus 29:1). (II.) All the priests to be consecrated must be bathed ...