1-13 Moses consecrates Aaron and his sons 14-17 Their sin offering 18-21 Their burnt offering 22-30 The ram of consecration 31-36 The place and time of their consecration

2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;

Aaron Ex 29:1-4

garments Ex 28:2-4,40-43 39:1-31

anointing Ex 30:23-37 40:12-15

bullock Ex 29:1,2 Heb 7:27

3 And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Nu 20:8 21:16 1Ch 13:5 15:3 15:3 2Ch 5:2,6 30:2,13,25 Ne 8:1 Ps 22:25 Ac 2:1

4 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Le 8:9,13,17,29,35 Ex 39:1,5,7,21,26,29,31,32,42,43 De 12:32 Mt 28:20 1Co 11:23 15:3

5 And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done.

Lord commanded to be done Ex 29:4

6 And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.

washed Ex 29:4 40:12 Ps 51:2,7 Isa 1:16 Eze 36:25 Zec 13:1 Joh 13:8-10 1Co 6:11 Eph 5:26 Heb 9:10 10:22 Re 1:5,6 7:14

7 And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith.

he put Ex 28:4 29:5 39:1 Isa 61:3,10 Ro 3:22 13:14 Ga 3:27

the ephod The {ephod} seems to have been a garment worn by persons of distinction of various characters (2Sa 6:4); the description in the book of Exodus (ch 28:6, etc.) relates only to its materials. As to its shape, the LXX. calls it [], which signifies that it was worn on the shoulders. So also Josephus, who says it was a cubit long. Jerome compares it with the Roman {caracalla,} which was a sort of short cloak, only that it had a head or hood, which the ephod had not.

8 And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim.

the breast plate Ex 28:15-29 39:8-21 So 8:6 Isa 59:17 Eph 6:14 1Th 5:8

the Urim Ex 28:30 Ezr 2:63

9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Ex 28:4,36-38 29:6 39:28-30 Zec 3:5 6:11-14 Php 2:9-11

10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.

Ex 30:23-29 40:9-11

11 And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them.

Ex 4:6,17 16:14,19 Isa 52:15 Eze 36:25 Tit 3:6

12 And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.

Le 4:3 21:10,11,12 Ex 28:41 29:7 30:30 Ps 133:2

13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Moses Ex 28:40,41 29:8,9 40:14,15 Ps 132:9 Isa 61:6,10 1Pe 2:5,9 Re 1:6 5:10

coats the {kethoneth} or coat, was made of linen; but the form of it is no where described in Scripture, except in the visionary appearance of Christ to John, in the form and habit of a priest (Re 1:13); where he is said to be [] `clothed with a garment down to the feet,' which perfectly agrees with the description the Jewish writers give of it; who also say, that it had sleeves which came down to the wrist, and was tied about the neck so that it was not unlike a long shirt. It was common to all the priests; but the tunic of the high priest was made of finer linen, or won in a more curious manner. (Ex 28:4)

put. [heb] bound
bonnets The {migabasth}, or bonnets, are described by Josephus as being like helmets of linen, one wreath being plaited and folded over another and a thin cap, suited to its shape, put over all, to prevent its unfolding.

14 And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.

he brought Le 8:2 4:3-12 16:6 Ex 29:10-14 Isa 53:10 Eze 43:19 Ro 8:3 2Co 5:21 Heb 7:26-28 1Pe 3:18

laid Le 1:4 4:4 16:21

15 And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it.

he slew it Le 1:5,11 3:2,8 Ex 29:10,11

Moses Le 4:7,17,18,30 Ex 29:12,36,37 Eze 43:19-27 Heb 9:18-23

to make Le 6:30 16:20 2Ch 29:24 Eze 45:20 Da 9:24 Ro 5:10 2Co 5:18-21 Eph 2:16 Col 1:21,22 Heb 2:17

The beginning of this verse may be rendered, `And Moses slew it, and took the blood,' etc. We find it expressly said in Exodus, that Moses slew the sacrifices. Ex 29:11

Yet, in general, the offerer seems to have killed his own sacrifice.

16 And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.

Le 3:3-5 4:8,9 Ex 29:13

17 But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Le 4:11,12,21 6:30 16:27 Ex 29:14 Ga 3:13 Heb 13:11-13

18 And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

Le 1:4-13 Ex 29:15-18

19 And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

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20 And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.

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21 And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savor, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.

a sweet savour Le 1:17 2:9 Ge 8:21 Ex 29:18 Eph 5:2

22 And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.

the ram of consecration Le 8:2,29 7:37 Ex 29:19-31 Joh 17:19 1Co 1:30 2Co 5:21 Eph 5:25,27 Re 1:5,6

`The ram of consecration' was evidently a sacrifice of {peace offering} though presented on a particular occasion. Part of the blood was applied, not as that of the sin offering, to the horns of the altar, but to Aaron and his sons; to the tips of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands, and the great toes their right feet: implying their obligation to hearken diligently to the word of God--to do his work in the best manner which they could, and to walk in his ways with steady perseverance; and also, that they could not do these things acceptably except through the atoning blood, received and applied by faith. Then part of the blood reserved upon the altar, probably in a basin for that purpose, was mingled with the holy anointing oil, and sprinkled on the garments of aaron and his sons, to hallow them to the Lord. `This may be looked upon as a lively representation of our purification by the blood of jesus Christ, through his Holy Spirit.' Bp. Patrick

23 And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot.

Moses took Le 14:14,17,28 Ex 29:20 Ro 6:13,19 12:1 1Co 1:2,30 6:20 1Th 5:22 Php 1:20 2:17 Heb 2:10 5:8

24 And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about.

Moses sprinkled Heb 9:22

25 And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder:

Le 3:3-5,9 Ex 29:22-25 Pr 23:26 Isa 53:10

26 And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder:

Ex 29:23 Joh 1:14 Ac 5:12 1Ti 2:5

27 And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD.

upon Aaron's Ex 29:24 Jer 30:21 Heb 9:14

and waved Le 7:30,31

28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savor: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Moses Ex 29:25 Ps 22:13,14 Zec 13:7 Heb 10:14-22

they were Le 8:22

29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Le 7:30-34 Ex 29:26,27 Isa 66:20 1Co 10:31 1Pe 4:11

30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him.

the anointing Ex 29:21 30:30 Isa 61:1,3 Ga 5:22-25 Heb 2:11 1Pe 1:2 1Jo 2:27 Re 7:14

and sanctified Le 10:3 Nu 3:3

31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.

Boil Le 6:28 7:15 Ex 29:31,32 De 12:6,7 1Sa 2:13-17 Eze 46:20-24

eat it Le 10:17 Joh 6:33,35,51,53-56 Ga 2:20

32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire.

Le 7:17 Ex 12:10 29:34 Pr 27:1 Ec 9:10 2Co 6:2 Heb 3:13,14

33 And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you.

seven days Le 14:8 Ex 29:30,35 Nu 19:12 Eze 43:25-27

34 As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.

Heb 7:16,27 10:11,12

35 Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded.

the tabernacle Le 14:8 Ex 29:35 Nu 19:12 Eze 43:25 2Co 7:1 Col 2:9,10 Heb 7:28 9:23,24

keep Le 8:30 10:1 Nu 3:7 9:19 De 11:1 1Ki 2:3 1Ti 1:3,4,18 5:21 6:13,17 6:20 2Ti 4:1

36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses.

Aaron This was necessary to be added to show the exact fulfilment of the commandments delivered to Moses, and which are recorded in Exodus, ch. 29; and consequently the complete consecration and preparation of Aaron and his sons to fill the awfully important office of priests and mediators between God and the children of Israel, to offer sacrifices, and make atonement for the sins of the people. Ex 39:43 40:16 De 4:2 12:32 1Sa 15:22