Leviticus 8:2

THE INVESTMENT AND UNCTION, Leviticus 8:1-36.

2. Aaron and his sons They had been previously designated to this office, and their official garments had been appointed, (Exodus 28:0,) and the anointing oil had been compounded, (Exodus 30:23,) and the consecratory service had been minutely described. Exodus 29:0.

Sin offering So encompassed are the best men with infirmities, and so liable to sins of ignorance (Hebrews 9:7, note) and inadvertence, that they need the efficacy of a perpetual expiatory sacrifice to keep them in a state of acceptance before a holy God. 1 John 1:7, note. Hence Aaron and his sons are treated as presumptive sinners for whom atonement must be made before their induction into the priestly office. Christ commissions only pardoned and regenerate men to preach his glorious Gospel, though they may be called, as were Aaron and his sons, before they are sprinkled with the blood of atonement.

Two rams One was for a burnt offering and the other was the ram of consecration, the flesh of which was treated as a peace offering. Leviticus 8:29-32.

Unleavened bread This was for a meat or bread offering. Thus, with the exception of the trespass offering, all the great sacrifices were combined in a prescribed order in this consecratory service. The order of the offerings is important as a key to their significance. See Introduction, (5.)