Exodus 29:1-34

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 29:1-37

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,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:1

And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them ,.... To Aaron and his sons: to "hallow" them; to sanctify them, set them apart, and consecrate them: to minister unto me in the priest's office ; for which the Lord had appointed them, to which he had chose, called, and separated them: take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish ; a young bullock was an heifer of three years old, according to Kimchi F20 Comment. in Psal. lxix. 32. , and such an one was used in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:2

And unleavened bread ,.... Such as used to be eaten at the time of the passover, and this being distinguished from cakes and wafers, after mentioned, shows that this was bread of a larger size, a loaf or loaves of bread, see Exodus 29:3 . and cakes unleavened, tempered with oil ; these were made of flour mixed with oil, but without leaven, and were a lesser and thinner sort of bread than the former: and wafers unleavened, anointed with oil ; with oil olive, the best of oil, as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:3

And thou shalt put them into one basket ,.... The unleavened bread, cakes and wafers; this basket may be an emblem of the Gospel and the ministration of it, in which Christ the bread of life is carried, and ministered to his people: and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams ; not that the bullock and the rams were to be brought in the basket along with the bread, cakes, and wafers; but at the same time that they were brought to the door of the tabernacle of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:4

And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation ,.... That is, order and direct them to come thither; for it cannot be thought he was to carry them in his arms or on his shoulders, or have them thither by force, whether they would or not; but he was to declare to them that it was the will of the Lord they should appear there: and shalt wash them with water ; out of the laver after mentioned, which stood between the door of the tabernacle of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:5

And thou shall take the garments ,.... The priestly garments before ordered to be made, and when made: and put upon Aaron the coat : the broidered coat, the coat of fine linen, which was put on first and was next to his flesh, for all these garments were put on in the order in which they are here placed: and the robe of the ephod : which was all of blue, and had pomegranates and golden bells at the hem of it; this was put over the broidered coat: and the ephod ; which was made of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:6

And thou shall put the mitre upon his head ,.... Which was made of linen, and was a wrap of linen about his head in the form of a turban: and put the holy crown upon the mitre ; the holy crown was a plate of gold which had these words, "holiness to the Lord", engraven on it; and so says the Targum of Jonathan,"on which the holy name was engraven;'the mitre was upon the top of his head, this in the forefront of that; it was upon Aaron's forehead, and reached from ear to ear, and was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:7

Then thou shall take the anointing oil , After ordered to be made of principal spices, myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, cassia, and oil olive, Exodus 30:23 . and pour it upon his head, and anoint him ; this was done, according to Jarchi, in the form of the letter "chi" as before; the oil was put upon his head and between his eyebrows, and he joined them with his finger: Aben Ezra thinks this was done before the mitre was put upon his head, for upon the head was the oil only poured; but... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:8

And thou shalt bring his sons ,.... Order the sons of Aaron to come to the same place where he was: and put coats upon them : such as were ordered to be made for them, Exodus 28:40 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:9

And thou shalt gird them with girdles (Aaron and his sons) ,.... Aaron with the girdle of the ephod, and with the girdle of needlework, and his sons with common girdles made for them; all which showed what strength, diligence, and expedition were necessary for the discharge of their office: and put the bonnets on them ; upon their heads, which differed only from the high priest's mitre in the manner of rolling or wrapping, as has been observed on Exodus 28:39 , and the priest's... read more

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