Exodus 29:33-36

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 29:33

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:33

But a stranger shall not eat thereof - That is, no person who was not of the family of Aaron - no Israelite, and not even a Levite. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:34

Burn the remainder with fire - Common, voluntary, and peace-offerings, might be eaten even on the second day; see Leviticus 7:16 ; Leviticus 19:5 , Leviticus 19:6 . But this being a peculiar consecration, in order to qualify a person to offer sacrifices for sin, like that great sacrifice, the paschal lamb, that typified the atonement made by Christ, none of it was to be left till the morning lest putrefaction should commence, which would be utterly improper in a sacrifice that was to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:36

Thou shalt cleanse the altar - The altar was to be sanctified for seven days; and it is likely that on each day, previously to the consecration service, the altar was wiped clean, and the former day's ashes, etc., removed. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 29:36

Verse 36 36.And thou shalt offer every day a bullock. Since the ancient altar was no less a type of Christ than the priest was, it may naturally be asked, what its expiation could mean, as if there were anything impure or polluted in Christ. But we must remember, what I before adverted to, that no similitude is identical (with the reality); for then the substance and reality of the shadows could not be represented in their perfection. Yet this was an apt similitude, shewing that God could only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 29:1-33

The rites of consecration for the priesthood. The next portion of the Divine directions relates to the formal investiture of Aaron and his sons with the priests' office. This was to be made the occasion of a solemn and imposing ceremonial. "The rites of consecration proclaimed the necessity of holiness—a holiness not their own, but imputed to them by the grace of God; and following upon this, and flowing from the same source, a plentiful endowment of gifts for their sacred office, with the... read more

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