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Exodus 29

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1“This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest’s office: take one young bull and two rams without defect,

2unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil: you shall make them of fine wheat flour.

3You shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bull and the two rams.

4You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water.

5You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastplate, and clothe him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod;

6and you shall set the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban.

7Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

8You shall bring his sons, and put coats on them.

9You shall clothe them with belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind headbands on them: and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

10“You shall bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting: and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull.

11You shall kill the bull before Yahweh, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

12You shall take of the blood of the bull, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

13You shall take all the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.

14But the flesh of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp: it is a sin offering.

15“You shall also take the one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

16You shall kill the ram, and you shall take its blood, and sprinkle it around on the altar.

17You shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its innards, and its legs, and put them with its pieces, and with its head.

18You shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to Yahweh; it is a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

19“You shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram.

20Then you shall kill the ram, and take some of its blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood around on the altar.

21You shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be made holy, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

22Also you shall take some of the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),

23and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahweh.

24You shall put all of this in Aaron’s hands, and in his sons’ hands, and shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh.

25You shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar on the burnt offering, for a pleasant aroma before Yahweh: it is an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

26“You shall take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be your portion.

27You shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the thigh of the wave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:

28and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering: and it shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to Yahweh.

29“The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, to be anointed in them, and to be consecrated in them.

30Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the holy place.

31“You shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.

32Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.

33They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.

34If anything of the flesh of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

35“You shall do so to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them seven days.

36Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you make atonement for it; and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it.

37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

38“Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.

39The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening:

40and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering.

41The other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it according to the meal offering of the morning, and according to its drink offering, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.

42It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.

43There I will meet with the children of Israel; and the place shall be sanctified by my glory.

44I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar: Aaron also and his sons I will sanctify, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

45I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.

46They shall know that I am Yahweh their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them: I am Yahweh their God.

Commentary

CHAPTER 29Ex 29:1-35. Consecrating the Priests and the Altar.1. hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office—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 with a profound sense of its magnitude and importance. In short, they were taught to know that the service was for them as well as for the people; and every time they engaged in a new performance of their duties, they were reminded of their personal interest in the worship, by being obliged to offer for themselves, before they were qualified to offer as the representatives of the people.this is the thing that thou shalt do—Steps are taken at the beginning of a society, which would not be repeated when the social machine was 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 and punished with instant death. But he acted under the special directions of God.

29:1-37 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, Heb 2:10. All believers are spiritual priests, to offer spiritual sacrifices,

Chapter 29 Particular orders are given in this chapter, I. Concerning the consecration of the priests, and the sanctification of the altar (v. 1–37). II. Concerning the daily sacrifice (v. 38–41). To which gracious promises are annexed that God would own and bless them in all their services (v. 42, etc.).Verses 1-37 Here is, I. The law concerning the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priest’s office, which was to be done with a great deal of ceremony and solemnity, that they themselves might be duly affected with the greatness of the work to which they were called, and that the people also might learn to magnify the office and none might dare to invade it.1. The ceremonies wherewith it was to be done were very fully and particularly appointed, because nothing of this kind had been done before, and because it was to be a statute for ever that the high priest should be thus inaugurated. Now,(1.) The work to be done was the consecrating of the persons whom God had chosen to be priests, by which they devoted and gave up themselves to the service of God and God declared his acceptance of them; and the people were made to know that they glorified not themselves to be made priests, but were called of God, Heb. 5:4, 5. They were thus distinguished from common men, sequestered from common services, and set apart for God and an immediate attendance on him. Note, All that are to be employed for God are to be sanctified to him. The person must first be accepted, and then the performance. The Hebrew phrase for consecrating is filling the hand (v. 9): Thou shalt fill the hand of Aaron and his sons, and the ram of consecration is the ram of fillings, v. 22, 26. The consecrating of them was the perfecting of them; Christ is said to be perfect or consecrated for evermore, Heb. 7:28. Probably the phrase here is borrowed from the putting of the sacrifice into their hand, to be waved before the Lord, v. 24. But it intimates, [1.] That ministers have their hands full; they have no time to trifle, so great, so copious, so constant is their work. [2.] That they must have their hands filled. Of necessity they must have something to offer, and they cannot find it in themselves, it must be given them from above. They cannot fill the people’s hearts unless God fill their hands; to him therefore they must go, and receive from his fulness.(2.) The person to do it was Moses, by God’s appointment. Though he was ordained for men, yet the people were not to consecrate him; Moses the servant of the Lord, and his agent herein, must do it. By God’s special appointment he now did the priest’s work, and therefore that which was the priest’s part of the sacrifice was here ordered to be his, v. 26.(3.) The place was at the door of the tabernacle of meeting, v. 4. 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 those to be consecrated in who were to mediate between God and man, and to stand between both, and lay their hands (as it were) upon both. They were consecrated at the door, for they were to be door-keepers.(4.) It was done with many ceremonies.[1.] They were to be washed (v. 4), signifying that those must be clean who bear the vessels of the Lord, Isa. 52:11. Those that would perfect holiness must cleanse themselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, 2 Co. 7:1; Isa. 1:16–18. They were now washed all over; but afterwards, when they went in to minister, they washed only their hands and feet (ch. 30:19); for he that is washed needs no more, Jn. 13:10.[2.] They were to be clothed with the holy garments (v. 5, 6, 8, 9), to signify that it was not sufficient for them to put away the pollutions of sin, but they must put on the graces of the Spirit, be clothed with righteousness, Ps. 132:9. They must be girded, as men prepared and strengthened for their work; and they must be robed and crowned, as men that counted their work and office their true honour.[3.] The high priest was to be anointed with the holy anointing oil (v. 7), that the church might be filled and delighted with the sweet savour of his administrations (for ointment and perfume rejoice the heart), and in token of the pouring out of the Spirit upon him, to qualify him for his work. Brotherly love is compared to this oil with which Aaron was anointed, Ps. 133:2. The inferior priests are said to be anointed (ch.

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AMHEVG “እኔንም በክህነት እንዲያገለግሉኝ ትቀድሳቸው ዘንድ የምታደርግባቸው ነገር ይህ ነው፤ ነውር የሌለባቸውን አንድ ወይፈንና ሁለት አውራ በጎች ትወስዳለህ። አማርኛ ENGNIV “This is what you are to do to consecrate them, so they may serve me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without… English BCV “ኣሮንን ደቁን ካህናት ኮይኖም ምእንቲ ኸገልግሉኒ፥ ከምዙይ ጌርካ ቐድሶም፦ ጐደሎ ዘይብሎም ሓደ ዝራብዕን ክልተ ማጓሉን ውሰድ። ትግርኛ GAZBIB “Luboota ta'anii anaaf akka hojjetanitti isaan qulleessuudhaaf akka kanatti fufee jiru godhi! Tuntunoo tokkoo fi korbee… Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወዝውእቱ ዘትገብር ሎሙ ከመ ትቀድሶሙ ከመ ይትለአኩኒ ወንሣእ ላህመ እምአልህምት ወአባግዐ ንጹሓተ ክልኤተ። giz GAZGAZ “Luboota ta'anii anaaf akka hojjetanitti isaan qulleessuudhaaf akka kanatti fufee jiru godhi! Tuntunoo tokkoo fi korbee… Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum “ኣሮንን ደቁን ካህናት ኮይኖም ምእንቲ ኸገልግሉኒ፥ ከምዙይ ጌርካ ቐድሶም፦ ጐደሎ ዘይብሎም ሓደ ዝራብዕን ክልተ ማጓሉን ውሰድ። ትግርኛ AMHNIV “ካህናት ሆነው እንዲያገለግሉኝ ትቀድሳቸው ዘንድ የምታደርገው ይህ ነው፤ ነውር የሌለባቸው አንድ ወይፈንና ሁለት አውራ በጎች ውሰድ፤ አማርኛ