Exodus 29:10-37

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 29:10

And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation ,.... The same, or of the same kind he was ordered to take, Exodus 29:1 , and here the place is expressed where it was to be taken, and what was to be done with it: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock ; not Aaron first alone, and then his sons, as some have thought, Aben Ezra makes mention of; but, as he says, both together, not one before another; declaring it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:11

And thou shalt kill the bullock before the Lord ,.... That is, Moses is ordered to do it, who now officiated as a priest, "pro tempore", Aaron and his sons not being yet completely invested with that office, or thoroughly consecrated to it; of which consecration this sacrifice was a part, and therefore could not with propriety be concerned in killing their own sacrifice; for that purpose, Moses therefore did it, and he did it "before the Lord"; Jehovah the Son gave him those orders to do it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:12

And thou shalt take the blood of the bullock ,.... Being slain, and its blood received into a basin: and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger ; not sprinkle it with hyssop, as was done in some cases, but put on with the finger dipped into the blood in the basin; as the horns of the altar were the place where the sacrifice was bound, as some think, or however where persons in distress fled for refuge, and laid hold on, it may figure the blood of Christ, being effectual to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:13

And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards ,.... That covered the skin or caul, in which the bowels are contained, called the "omentum", which generally has a pretty deal of fat upon it: and the caul that is above the liver ; which seems to design the diaphragm or midriff; but the Septuagint renders it, "the lobe of the liver"; and Ben Melech says it is to be interpreted with the liver, for he says he took a little of the liver with the caul: and the two kidneys, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:14

But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung ,.... The several parts and members of him, head, legs, feet, &c.; and the skin taken off of him, and the dung that comes from him. Aben Ezra observes, that the flesh comprehends the head and the pieces, and may be interpreted in a way of conjecture, that he washed it, and afterwards burnt it; all representing a whole Christ under all his painful sufferings, and the shame and reproach he underwent in them: shalt thou burn with... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:15

Thou shalt also take one ram ,.... One of the two he was bid to take, Exodus 29:1 , and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram ; confessing their sins, acknowledging their guilt, and by this act transferring the same to the ram, which was to be a burnt offering, and was typical of the imputation of sin to Christ, as before observed. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:16

And thou shalt slay the ram ,.... As he was ordered to slay the bullock, acting in this as a priest, as in that: and thou shall take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar ; the blood being received into a basin, it was not to be put upon the altar with the finger, as the blood of the bullock, but was to be sprinkled probably with a bunch of hyssop, round about upon the altar, on the top and sides: as the deity of Christ is the altar which sanctifies every gift, this may... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:17

And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces ,.... For the better convenience of laying it upon the wood on the altar, that it might be burnt; for it was to be a whole burnt offering: and wash the inwards of him, and his legs ; denoting the purity of the sacrifice of Christ, and that when his people give up themselves to God as a whole burnt offering, in the flames of love and zeal, their affections should be pure and sincere: and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head ; lay them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:18

And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar ,.... For which reason his head, his pieces, his inwards, and his legs, were to be put together, and laid in order upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the Lord ; offered up to him, and accepted by him, as follows: it is a sweet savour ; or "a smell of rest" F25 ריח ניחוח "odor quietis", Montanus, Fagius, Vatablus, Cartwright, Piscator. , in which God acquiesces, and rests, and takes delight and pleasure; it is, as the... read more

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