Exodus 29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:27

And thou shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering ,.... Set it apart for the use of the priest in all succeeding ages: and the shoulder of the heave offering : as the breast was waved from one hand to another, or cast from the hand of one to the hand of another; the shoulder was heaved up, or cast up and caught again: this also was to be sanctified or set apart for the priest's use, Leviticus 7:32 , which is waved, and which is heaved up of the ram of the consecration : the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:28

And it shall be Aaron's and his sons by a statute for ever from the children of Israel ,.... That is, the shoulder, which seems particularly meant, though the breast also was theirs, which was at this time given to Moses, he being priest; and this was an everlasting statute and ordinance in all generations, as long as the priesthood of Aaron lasted, until the Messiah should come and put an end to it: and this the children of Israel were always to allow the priests; the shoulder, because... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:29

And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his son's after him ,.... That son that succeeded him in the priesthood; for the priesthood continued in Aaron's family by succession, the eldest son being high priest, until the disposal of this office fell into the hands of Heathen princes, and then it was obtained by interest or money: now, though the coat and breeches might be wore out by Aaron before he died, yet the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and its girdle, and the breastplate, might... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:30

And that son that is priest in his stead ,.... The Targum of Jonathan is,"who shall rise after him of his sons, not of the Levites;'for the high priest was to be of the family of Aaron, a descendant of his; it was not enough that he was of the tribe of Levi, but he must descend from Aaron, either in the line of Eleazar or of Ithamar: shall put them on seven days ; the next successor was to wear the garments seven days running: when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:31

And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration ,.... For the other ram was cut in pieces and burnt, even the whole of it: and seethe his flesh in the holy place ; not in that part of the tabernacle which was properly the holy place, as distinguished from the holy of holies, and from the court of the tabernacle; for in that there was no convenience for boiling, but in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation, even at the door of it, as in Leviticus 8:31 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:32

And Aaron and his sons shall eat of the flesh of the ram ,.... Typical of the flesh of Christ, whose flesh is meat indeed, and to be eaten by faith, whereby it becomes spiritual food, savoury and nourishing, as it is to all the Lord's priests, or who are made so to God: and the bread that is in the basket ; the unleavened bread, cakes, and wafers, Exodus 29:2 , what was left of them, one loaf, one cake, and one wafer, having been put into the hands of Aaron and his sons, and received... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:33

And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made ,.... For the sins of Aaron and his sons, for they were men of infirmity, and needed sacrifice for sin themselves; and herein Christ their antitype excelled them, that he had no sin of his own, and needed not to offer first for them, and then for the sins of others, as Aaron and his sons, the types of him, did; and their eating of the sacrifice for atonement points at the receiving of the atonement of Christ's sacrifice by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:34

And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning ,.... Being more than the priests could eat: then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire ; that it might not be used in a contemptuous manner, or abused to superstitious uses; the same orders with those respecting what was left of the passover: Exodus 12:10 , it shall not be eaten, because it is holy ; which is the reason before given why it should not be eaten by a stranger, and being kept... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:35

And thus shall thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons ,.... For their consecration, washing, clothing, anointing them, sprinkling blood upon them and their garments, and offering sacrifice for them: according to all things which I have commanded thee ; no one thing was to be omitted, and we find they were carefully and punctually observed, Leviticus 8:1 . seven days shalt thou consecrate them : so long the rites and ceremonies of the consecration were to be performing, that they might... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:36

And thou shall offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement ,.... That is, every day of the seven days of consecration; denoting the full and complete atonement for sin by the sacrifice of Christ, which these sacrifices could not really obtain, and were therefore frequently repeated, in this case seven times; figuratively by that number pointing to the full expiation of sin by the atoning Saviour, who was made not only an offering for sin, but sin itself by imputation, for his... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:27

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:28

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:35

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:36

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