Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:1
Take one young bullock - This consecration did not take place till after the erection of the tabernacle. See Leviticus 8:9-14 . read more
Exodus 29
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:2
Unleavened bread - Three kinds of bread as to its form are mentioned here, but all unleavened: מצות matstsoth , unleavened bread, no matter in what shape. See Exodus 12:8 . חלת challoth , cakes, pricked or perforated, as the root implies. רקיקי rekikey , an exceeding thin cake, from רק rak , to be attenuated, properly enough translated wafer. The manner in which these were prepared is sufficiently plain from the text, and probably these were the principal forms in... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:4
Thou - shalt wash them - This was done emblematically, to signify that they were to put away all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, and perfect holiness in the fear of God; 2 Corinthians 7:1 . read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:5
Thou shalt take the garments - As most offices of spiritual and secular dignity had appropriate habits and insignia, hence, when a person was appointed to an office and habited for the purpose, he was said to be invested with that office, from in , used intensively, and vestio , I clothe, because he was then clothed with the vestments peculiar to that office. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:7
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil - It appears, from Isaiah 61:1 , that anointing with oil, in consecrating a person to any important office, whether civil or religious, was considered as an emblem of the communication of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit. This ceremony was used on three occasions, viz., the installation of prophets, priests, and kings, into their respective offices. But why should such an anointing be deemed necessary? Because the common sense of men taught... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:10
Shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock - By this rite the animal was consecrated to God, and was then proper to be offered in sacrifice. Imposition of hands also signified that they offered the life of this animal as an atonement for their sins, and to redeem their lives from that death which, through their sinfulness, they had deserved. In the case of the sin-offering and trespass-offering, the person who brought the sacrifice placed his hands on the head of the animal between... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:14
It is a sin-offering - See Clarke's note on Genesis 4:7 ; See Clarke's note on Genesis 13:13 ; See Clarke's note on Leviticus 7:1 , etc. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:18
It is a burnt-offering - See Clarke's note on Leviticus 7:1 , etc. read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:19
The other ram - There were two rams brought on this occasion: one was for a burnt-offering, and was to be entirely consumed; the other was the ram of consecration, Exodus 29:22 , מלאים איל eil milluim , the ram of filling up, because when a person was dedicated or consecrated to God, his hands were filled with some particular offering proper for the occasion, which he presented to God. Hence the word consecration signifies the filling up or filling the hands, some part of the sacrifice... read more
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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29
Ceremonies to be used in consecrating Aaron and his sons, Exodus 29:1-3 . They are to be washed, Exodus 29:4 . Aaron is to be clothed with the holy vestments, Exodus 29:5 , Exodus 29:6 ; to be anointed, Exodus 29:7 . His sons to be clothed and girded, Exodus 29:8 , Exodus 29:9 . They are to offer a bullock for a sin-offering, Exodus 29:10-14 ; and a ram for a burnt-offering, Exodus 29:15-18 ; and a second ram for a consecration-offering, Exodus 29:19-22 . A loaf, a cake,... read more