Leviticus 8:28

_AND HE BROUGHT THE OTHER RAM, THE RAM OF CONSECRATION: AND AARON AND HIS SONS LAID THEIR HANDS UPON THE HEAD OF THE RAM._ Brought the other ram ... 'We learn from the Egyptian sculptures that the victim, having its feet tied together, was thrown on the ground; and the priest having placed his hand on its head (as in Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 3:8), or holding it by the horn, cut its throat, apparently from ear to ear, as is the custom of the Moslems at the present day. The skin was then removed, and after the head had been taken away, the foreleg or shoulder, generally the right shoulder (as in Leviticus 8:26), was the first joint cut off. This was considered and called the choicest part, and was the firs

14-36 In these types we see our great High Priest, even Christ Jesus, solemnly appointed, anointed, and invested with his sacred office, by his own blood, and the influences of his Holy Spirit. He sanctifies the ordinances of religion, to the benefit of his people and the honour of God the Father; who for his sake accepts our worship, though it is polluted with sin. We may also rejoice, that he is a merciful and faithful High Priest, full of compassion to the feeble-minded and tempest-tossed soul. All true Christians are consecrated to be spiritual priests. We should seriously ask ourselves, whether in our daily walk we study to maintain this character? and abound in spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Christ? If so, still there is no cause for boasting. Let us not despise our fellow-sinners; but remembering what we have done, and how we are saved, let us seek and pray for th...

Moses as the mediator of the covenant of the Law Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 8:6 was called to perform the priestly functions, in consecrating those on whom henceforth those functions were to devolve, and in inaugurating the legal order of sacrifices. See Exodus 40:23 note. The sin-offering was now offered for the first time. The succession in which the sacrifices followed each other on this occasion, first the sin-offering, then the burnt-offering, and lastly the peace-offering, has its ground in the meaning of each sacrifice, and became the established custom in later ages. The worshipper passed through a spiritual process. He had transgressed the Law, and he needed the atonement signified by the sin-off

PART II. THE INSTITUTION OF AN HEREDITARY PRIESTHOOD EXPOSITION THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS is the natural sequel of the foregoing division of the book. The sacrificial system, which had now been instituted in its completeness, required a priesthood to administer it. Originally the head of each Hebrew family was priest to his own household, to offer gifts betokening self-surrender and communion with God—burnt sacrifices and sacrifices similar in character to the peace offerings. The first step from hence to the hereditary priesthood was the hallowing the firstborn of the Israelites to God's service, after the Israelitish firstborn had been delivered from the destruction which fell upon the fir

AND MOSES TOOK THEM FROM OFF THEIR HANDS,.... After they had been waved before the Lord: AND BURNT [THEM] UPON THE ALTAR, UPON THE BURNT OFFERING; of the other ram; or after that burnt offering, as Jarchi, who observes, that we do not find that the shoulder of peace offerings was offered in any place but this, it belonged to the priest; but this being at the consecration of the priests, it was offered to the Lord by Moses, to whom it seems to have belonged, as the breast also, but that was not burnt, but eaten: and the same writer affirms, that Moses ministered all the seven days of the consecration in a white shirt, or surplice; and that he might wear a linen coat, as priests did, is not improbable, since he now officiated as one: THEY [WERE] CONSECRATED FOR A SWEET SAVOUR; acceptable to the Lord, and so the priests, Aaron and his sons likewise, on whose account they were made: it [i...

II. THE PRIESTHOOD AND THE RESULTS OF HOLINESS 1. Aaron and His Sons and Their Consecration CHAPTER 8 _ 1. Aaron (Leviticus 8:1)_ 2. Aaron and his sons (Leviticus 8:13) 3. The consecration (Leviticus 8:22) 4. The sacrificial feast (Leviticus 8:31) The second part of Leviticus is historical and gives the account of how Aaron and his sons were consecrated as priests and how they exercised their priesthood. The judgment, which fell upon the two sons of Aaron ends this interesting section. The voice of Jehovah spoke again, commanding that Aaron and his sons should now be

LEVITICUS 8-9. THE CONSECRATION AND INDUCTION OF PRIESTS, to which Leviticus 10 is an appendix. Leviticus 8 properly follows Exodus 40. Exodus 29 gives the law of consecrations. Exodus 30-40 the building of the Tabernacle, and Leviticus 8 describes the actual performance of the rite ordained in Exodus 29. LEVITICUS 8. CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS. The actual stages in the process are as follows Leviticus 8:1, assemblage of the persons and materials; Leviticus 8:6, washing, anointing, and clothing of the priests; Leviticus 8:14, sacrifice of the bullock (here Aaron acts as the offerer, Moses as the priest); Lev

CONSECRATIONS. Compare Leviticus 6:19....

(iii) _The ram of consecration_(22 36), cp. Exodus 29:19-26 The last sacrifice is that of the ram of consecration. As some portions are consumed by the offerers (Leviticus 8:31) it resembles the Peace-Offerings, but special rites are added, indicating the character and duties of the priestly office. The blood of the ram is applied to the ear, hand, and foot of Aaron and his sons. The ear attentive to the commands of God, the hand ready to do His will, the foot prepared to walk in His ways are thus signified. The blood is also thrown (as enjoined in Leviticus 3:2) against the altar round about. In Leviticus 8:23 the

HE BROUGHT THE BULLOCK FOR THE SIN-OFFERING, &C.— They who were to offer sacrifice for the sins of others, first needed to make atonement for their own. Nothing fits a minister to deal with wounded consciences, or engages him to have compassion on the tempted, so much as an humbling sense of his own sins. A bullock was offered as a sin-offering, a ram as a burnt-offering, and another for consecration; the blood of which was partly sprinkled upon the altar, and partly put upon their right ears, thumbs, and great toes, and on their garments; and a cake of the bread-offering was put into their hands with the wave-shoulder, and burnt upon the altar. Hence learn, 1. That they who are called to the office of the ministry ought to be deeply thankful to God for the honour he puts upon them. 2. Every priest is married to the altar, and engages to give up himself wholly to the work of the ministry...