Exodus 29:22-35

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 29:22

Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump ,.... The fat which was upon it: the sheep in Arabia and about Judea were remarkable for their large tails; according to Rauwolff F26 Travels, p. 221. , they were half a span thick, and one and a half broad, and very fat; and so in Africa and Egypt were rams of large tails often and twenty pounds weight F1 Leo. African. Descript. Africae, l. 9. p. 753. ; and Aristotle F2 Hist. Animal. l. 8, c. 28. speaks of sheep in Syria... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:23

And one loaf of bread ,.... Of unleavened bread, as in Exodus 29:2 large bread is meant, as Ben Melech observes, for the rest were cakes and wafers, as follows: and one cake of oiled bread ; which was made of flour and oil mixed and tempered together: and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread ; which was anointed with oil and crossed, as the Jewish writers say: that is before the Lord ; which basket of unleavened bread, cakes, and wafers, was set in the court of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:24

And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons ,.... Which accounts for the use of the phrase, filling the hand for consecration, Exodus 29:9 for all the above things of the ram, bread, cakes, and wafers, were put into their hands when consecrated, denoting their investiture with their office: all things are in the hands of Christ, relative to the glory of God and the good of his people; their persons are in his hands, and all grace and blessings of it for them;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:25

And thou shalt receive them of their hands ,.... After they had been put into them, and filled with them, and waved by them: and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering ; not the flesh of the ram, which is after ordered to be boiled and eaten by Aaron and his sons; but the fat of it, before described, with one loaf, one cake, and one wafer of unleavened bread, out of the basket: this was done for a sweet savour before the Lord ; that it might be grateful and acceptable to him,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:26

And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecrations ,.... The ram being slain and cut to pieces, this part is particularly disposed of: and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord ; in the manner before described: and it shall be thy part : the part of Moses, he officiating now as a priest; and we find accordingly in later times that this part of the sacrifice belonged to the priest, Leviticus 7:31 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:27

And thou shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering ,.... Set it apart for the use of the priest in all succeeding ages: and the shoulder of the heave offering : as the breast was waved from one hand to another, or cast from the hand of one to the hand of another; the shoulder was heaved up, or cast up and caught again: this also was to be sanctified or set apart for the priest's use, Leviticus 7:32 , which is waved, and which is heaved up of the ram of the consecration : the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:28

And it shall be Aaron's and his sons by a statute for ever from the children of Israel ,.... That is, the shoulder, which seems particularly meant, though the breast also was theirs, which was at this time given to Moses, he being priest; and this was an everlasting statute and ordinance in all generations, as long as the priesthood of Aaron lasted, until the Messiah should come and put an end to it: and this the children of Israel were always to allow the priests; the shoulder, because... read more

John Gill

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

And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his son's after him ,.... That son that succeeded him in the priesthood; for the priesthood continued in Aaron's family by succession, the eldest son being high priest, until the disposal of this office fell into the hands of Heathen princes, and then it was obtained by interest or money: now, though the coat and breeches might be wore out by Aaron before he died, yet the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and its girdle, and the breastplate, might... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 29:30

And that son that is priest in his stead ,.... The Targum of Jonathan is,"who shall rise after him of his sons, not of the Levites;'for the high priest was to be of the family of Aaron, a descendant of his; it was not enough that he was of the tribe of Levi, but he must descend from Aaron, either in the line of Eleazar or of Ithamar: shall put them on seven days ; the next successor was to wear the garments seven days running: when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to... read more

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