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
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