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Verse	Translation	Text
Le 8:14	Strong Concordance	And he brought [05066] the bullock [06499] for the sin offering [02403]: and Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] laid [05564] their hands [03027] upon the head [07218] of the bullock [06499] for the sin offering [02403].
	King James	And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
brought the bullock for the sin offering, &c.--a timely expression of their sense of unworthiness--a public and solemn confession of their personal sins and a transference of their guilt to the typical victim.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

brought the bullock for the sin offering, &c.--a timely expression of their sense of unworthiness--a public and solemn confession of their personal sins and a transference of their guilt to the typical victim.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Moses as the mediator of the covenant of the Law Gal 3:19; Heb 8:6 was called to perform the priestly functions, in consecrating those on whom henceforth those functions were to devolve, and in inaugurating the legal order of sacrifices. See Exo 40:23 note. The sin-offering was now offered for the first time. The succession in which the sacrifices followed each other on this occasion, first the sin-offering, then the burnt-offering, and lastly the peace-offering, has its ground in the meaning of each sacrifice, and became the established custom in later ages. The worshipper passed through a spiritual process. He had transgressed the Law, and he needed the atonement signified by the sin-offering: if his offering had been made in truth and sincerity, he could then offer himself as an accepted person, as a sweet savour, in the burnt-offering; and in consequence, he could enjoy communion with the Lord and with his brethren in the peace-offering. Lev 8:14-17 See the marginal references. The flesh of the sin-offering could not be eaten by any but a legally consecrated priest (Lev 6:25 note). Moses therefore could not eat of it himself, though he was, for the occasion, performing the duties of a priest. Those whom he was consecrating could not eat it, not only because they were not yet duly installed, but because the sacrifice was offered on their behalf, and the body of the victim stood to them in the same relation as that of the regular sin-offering afterward stood to the high priest. Lev 8:15 Purified the altar ... sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it - The altar had been sanctified by the anointing oil Lev 8:11 like the priests who were to officiate at it; it was now, like them, sanctified by blood, in acknowledgment of the alienation of all nature, in itself, from God, and the need of a reconciliation to Him of all things by blood. Col 1:20; Heb 9:21-22. See Lev 17:11; Exo 28:38. Lev 8:18-21 Atonement having been made, Aaron and his sons were now permitted, by the laying on of their hands, to make themselves one with the victim, which was to be sent up to Yahweh as "a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord." All was done strictly according to the ritual Lev 1:3-9, except that Moses performed the duties of the priest. Lev 8:22 The ram of consecration - The sacrifice of this ram was by far the most unique part of the whole ceremony. The words may be literally rendered "the ram of the fillings", and the name has been supposed to have reference to the ceremony in which Moses filled the hands of the priests; see Lev 8:27. The offering was in the highest sense "the sacrifice of completion or fulfilling", as being the central point of the consecrating rite. The final perfection of the creature is consecration to the Lord. Lev 8:23, Lev 8:24 Before casting forth the blood round the altar in the usual manner, Moses took a portion of the blood and put some of it on the right extremities of each of the priests. This, being performed with the blood of the peace-offering, has been supposed to figure the readiness of the priest who is at peace with Yahweh to hear with the ear and obey the divine word, to perform with the hand the sacred duties of his office, and to walk with the feet in the way of holiness. Lev 8:25-28 In the rite of filling the hands of the priests, Moses took the portions of the victim which usually belonged to the altar, with the right shoulder (or leg); he placed upon them one cake of each of the three kinds of unleavened bread contained in the basket (see Lev 8:2 note), and then put the whole first upon the hands of Aaron and in succession upon the hands of his sons: in each case, according to Jewish tradition, he put his own hands under the hands of the priest, moving them backwards and forwards, so as to wave the mass to and fro. In this remarkable ceremony the gifts of the people appear to have been made over to the priests, as if in trust, for the service of the altar. The articles were presented to Yahweh and solemnly waved in the hands of the priests, but not by their own act and deed. The mediator of the Law, who was expressly commissioned on this occasion, was the agent in the process. Lev 8:25 The rump - See Lev 3:9 note. Lev 8:29 The heave-shoulder was the ordinary perquisite of the officiating priest, but the wave-breast appears to have been awarded to Moses as the servant of Yahweh now especially appointed for the priestly service. Lev 8:30 The sprinkling was on their garments as well as their persons, because it belonged to them in reference to the office with which they had been formally invested by putting on the garments. (See Exo 28:3 note). The union of the two symbols of the atoning blood and the inspiring unction appears to be a fit conclusion of the entire rite. Lev 8:33-36 The rites of consecration were to last a whole week, and thus, like the longer of the annual festivals, were connected in an emphatic manner with the sabbatical number of the covenant. During this period the priests were not to leave the holy precinct for the sake of any worldly business; and the whole series of ceremonies, including the sacrifice of the Ram of consecration, was to be gone through on each day. Compare the marginal references. Lev 8:33 Rather, ye shall not go away from the entrance of the tent. With this agree Cranmer, the Geneva Bible, etc. The meaning is evidently that they were not to go out of the court, as is more clearly expressed in Lev 8:35. Lev 8:35 That ye die not - See Exo 28:35 note.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Moses as the mediator of the covenant of the Law Gal 3:19; Heb 8:6 was called to perform the priestly functions, in consecrating those on whom henceforth those functions were to devolve, and in inaugurating the legal order of sacrifices. See Exo 40:23 note. The sin-offering was now offered for the first time. The succession in which the sacrifices followed each other on this occasion, first the sin-offering, then the burnt-offering, and lastly the peace-offering, has its ground in the meaning of each sacrifice, and became the established custom in later ages. The worshipper passed through a spiritual process. He had transgressed the Law, and he needed the atonement signified by the sin-offering: if his offering had been made in truth and sincerity, he could then offer himself as an accepted person, as a sweet savour, in the burnt-offering; and in consequence, he could enjoy communion with the Lord and with his brethren in the peace-offering.

Lev 8:14-17

See the marginal references. The flesh of the sin-offering could not be eaten by any but a legally consecrated priest (Lev 6:25 note). Moses therefore could not eat of it himself, though he was, for the occasion, performing the duties of a priest. Those whom he was consecrating could not eat it, not only because they were not yet duly installed, but because the sacrifice was offered on their behalf, and the body of the victim stood to them in the same relation as that of the regular sin-offering afterward stood to the high priest.

Lev 8:15

Purified the altar ... sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it - The altar had been sanctified by the anointing oil Lev 8:11 like the priests who were to officiate at it; it was now, like them, sanctified by blood, in acknowledgment of the alienation of all nature, in itself, from God, and the need of a reconciliation to Him of all things by blood. Col 1:20; Heb 9:21-22. See Lev 17:11; Exo 28:38.

Lev 8:18-21

Atonement having been made, Aaron and his sons were now permitted, by the laying on of their hands, to make themselves one with the victim, which was to be sent up to Yahweh as "a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord." All was done strictly according to the ritual Lev 1:3-9, except that Moses performed the duties of the priest.

Lev 8:22

The ram of consecration - The sacrifice of this ram was by far the most unique part of the whole ceremony. The words may be literally rendered "the ram of the fillings", and the name has been supposed to have reference to the ceremony in which Moses filled the hands of the priests; see Lev 8:27. The offering was in the highest sense "the sacrifice of completion or fulfilling", as being the central point of the consecrating rite. The final perfection of the creature is consecration to the Lord.

Lev 8:23, Lev 8:24

Before casting forth the blood round the altar in the usual manner, Moses took a portion of the blood and put some of it on the right extremities of each of the priests. This, being performed with the blood of the peace-offering, has been supposed to figure the readiness of the priest who is at peace with Yahweh to hear with the ear and obey the divine word, to perform with the hand the sacred duties of his office, and to walk with the feet in the way of holiness.

Lev 8:25-28

In the rite of filling the hands of the priests, Moses took the portions of the victim which usually belonged to the altar, with the right shoulder (or leg); he placed upon them one cake of each of the three kinds of unleavened bread contained in the basket (see Lev 8:2 note), and then put the whole first upon the hands of Aaron and in succession upon the hands of his sons: in each case, according to Jewish tradition, he put his own hands under the hands of the priest, moving them backwards and forwards, so as to wave the mass to and fro.

In this remarkable ceremony the gifts of the people appear to have been made over to the priests, as if in trust, for the service of the altar. The articles were presented to Yahweh and solemnly waved in the hands of the priests, but not by their own act and deed. The mediator of the Law, who was expressly commissioned on this occasion, was the agent in the process.

Lev 8:25

The rump - See Lev 3:9 note.

Lev 8:29

The heave-shoulder was the ordinary perquisite of the officiating priest, but the wave-breast appears to have been awarded to Moses as the servant of Yahweh now especially appointed for the priestly service.

Lev 8:30

The sprinkling was on their garments as well as their persons, because it belonged to them in reference to the office with which they had been formally invested by putting on the garments. (See Exo 28:3 note). The union of the two symbols of the atoning blood and the inspiring unction appears to be a fit conclusion of the entire rite.

Lev 8:33-36

The rites of consecration were to last a whole week, and thus, like the longer of the annual festivals, were connected in an emphatic manner with the sabbatical number of the covenant. During this period the priests were not to leave the holy precinct for the sake of any worldly business; and the whole series of ceremonies, including the sacrifice of the Ram of consecration, was to be gone through on each day. Compare the marginal references.

Lev 8:33

Rather, ye shall not go away from the entrance of the tent. With this agree Cranmer, the Geneva Bible, etc. The meaning is evidently that they were not to go out of the court, as is more clearly expressed in Lev 8:35.

Lev 8:35

That ye die not - See Exo 28:35 note.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The sacrificial ceremony with which the consecration was concluded, consisted of a threefold sacrifice, the materials for which were not supplied by the persons about to be installed, but were no doubt provided by Moses at the expense of the congregation, for which the priesthood was instituted. Moses officiated as the mediator of the covenant, through whose service Aaron and his sons were to be consecrated as priests of Jehovah, and performed every part of the sacrificial rite-the slaughtering, sprinkling of the blood, and burning of the altar gifts, - just as the priests afterwards did at the public daily and festal sacrifices, the persons to be consecrated simply laying their hands upon the sacrificial animals, to set them apart as their representatives. Lev 8:14-17 The first sacrifice was a sin-offering, for which a young ox was taken (Exo 29:1), as in the case of the sin-offerings for the high priest and the whole congregation (Lev 4:3, Lev 4:14): the highest kind of sacrificial animal, which corresponded to the position to be occupied by the priests in the Israelitish kingdom of God, as the ἐκλογή of the covenant nation. Moses put some of the blood with his finger upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and poured the rest at the foot of the altar. The far portions (see Lev 3:3-4) he burned upon the altar; but the flesh of the ox, as well as the hide and dung, he burned outside the camp. According to the general rule of the sin-offerings, whose flesh was burnt outside the camp, the blood was brought into the sanctuary itself (Lev 6:23); but here it was only put upon the altar of burnt-offering to make this sin-offering a consecration-sacrifice. Moses was to take the blood to "purify (יחטּא) and sanctify the altar, to expiate it." As the altar had been sanctified immediately before by the anointing with holy oil (Lev 8:11), the object of the cleansing or sanctification of it through the blood of the sacrifice cannot have been to purify it a second time from uncleanness, that still adhered to it, or was inherent in it; but just as the purification or expiation of the vessels or worship generally applied only to the sins of the nation, by which these vessels had been defiled (Lev 16:16, Lev 16:19), so here the purification of the altar with the blood of the sin-offering, upon which the priests had laid their hands, had reference simply to pollutions, with which the priests defiled the altar when officiating at it, through the uncleanness of their sinful nature. As the priests could not be installed in the functions of the priesthood, notwithstanding the holiness communicated to them through the anointing, without a sin-offering to awaken the consciousness in both themselves and the nation that the sinfulness which lay at the root of human nature was not removed by the anointing, but only covered in the presence of the holy God, and that sin still clung to man, and polluted all his doings and designs; so that altar, upon which they were henceforth to offer sacrifices, still required to be purified through the blood of the bullock, that had been slaughtered as a sin-offering for the expiation of their sins, to sanctify it for the service of the priests, i.e., to cover up the sins by which they would defile it when performing their service. For this sanctification the blood of the sin-offering, that had been slaughtered for them, was taken, to indicate the fellowship which was henceforth to exist between them and the altar, and to impress upon them the fact, that the blood, by which they were purified, was also to serve as the means of purifying the altar from the sins attaching to their service. Although none of the blood of this sin-offering was carried into the holy place, because only the anointed priests were to be thereby inducted into the fellowship of the altar, the flesh of the animal could only be burnt outside the camp, because the sacrifice served to purify the priesthood (see Lev 4:11-12). For the rest, the remarks made on Lev 4:4 are also applicable to the symbolical meaning of this sacrifice. Lev 8:18-21 The sin-offering, through which the priests and the altar had been expiated, and every disturbance of the fellowship existing between the holy God and His servants at the altar, in consequence of the sin of those who were to be consecrated, had been taken away, was followed by a burnt-offering, consisting of a ram, which was offered according to the ordinary ritual of the burnt-offering (Lev 1:3-9), and served to set forth the priests, who had appointed it as their substitute through the laying on of hands, as a living, holy, and well-pleasing sacrifice to the Lord, and to sanctify them to the Lord with all the faculties of both body and soul. Lev 8:22-30 This was followed by the presentation of a peace-offering, which also consisted of a ram, called "the ram of the filling," or "of the fill-offering," from the peculiar ceremony performed with the flesh, by which this sacrifice became a consecration-offering, inducting the persons consecrated into the possession and enjoyment of the privileges of the priesthood. A ram was offered as a peace-offering, by the nation as a whole (Lev 9:4, Lev 9:18), the tribe-princes (Num 7:17.), and a Nazarite (Num 6:14, Num 6:17), who also occupied a higher position in the congregation (Amo 2:11-12); but it was never brought by a private Israelite for a peace-offering. The offering described here differed from the rest of the peace-offerings, first of all, in the ceremony performed with the blood (Lev 8:23 and Lev 8:24, cf. Exo 29:20-21). Before sprinkling the blood upon the altar, Moses put some of it upon the tip of the right ear, upon the right thumb, and upon the great toe of the right foot of Aaron and his sons. Thus he touched the extreme points, which represented the whole, of the ear, hand, and foot on the right, or more important and principal side: the ear, because the priest was always to hearken to the word and commandment of God; the hand, because he was to discharge the priestly functions properly; and the foot, because he was to walk correctly in the sanctuary. Through this manipulation the three organs employed in the priestly service were placed, by means of their tips, en rapport with the sacrificial blood; whilst through the subsequent sprinkling of the blood upon the altar they were introduced symbolically within the sphere of the divine grace, by virtue of the sacrificial blood, which represented the soul as the principle of life, and covered it in the presence of the holiness of God, to be sanctified by that grace to the rendering of willing and righteous service to the Lord. The sanctification was at length completed by Moses' taking some of the anointing oil and some of the blood upon the altar, and sprinkling Aaron and his sons, and also their clothes; that is to say, by his sprinkling the persons themselves, as bearers of the priesthood, and their clothes, as the insignia of the priesthood, with a mixture of holy anointing oil and sacrificial blood taken from the altar (Lev 8:30). The blood taken from the altar shadowed forth the soul as united with God through the medium of the atonement, and filled with powers of grace. The holy anointing oil was a symbol of the Spirit of God. Consequently, through this sprinkling the priests were endowed, both soul and spirit, with the higher powers of the divine life. The sprinkling, however, was performed, not upon the persons alone, but also upon their official dress. For it had reference to the priests, not in their personal or individual relation to the Lord, but in their official position, and with regard to their official work in the congregation of the Lord. (Note: In the instructions in Exo 29:21 this ceremony is connected with the sprinkling of the blood upon the altar; but here, on the contrary, it is mentioned after the burning of the flesh. Whether because it was not performed till after this, or because it is merely recorded here in a supplementary form, it is difficult to decide. The latter is the more probable, because the blood upon the altar would soon run off; so that if Moses wanted to take any of it off, it could not be long delayed.) In addition to this, the following appointment is contained in Exo 29:29, Exo 29:30 : "The holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him," i.e., pass to his successors in the high-priesthood, "to anoint them therein and fill their hands therein. Seven days shall the priest of his sons in his stead put them on (ילבּשׁם with the suffix - ם as in Gen 19:19), who shall go into the tabernacle to serve in the sanctuary." Accordingly, at Aaron's death his successor Eleazar was dressed in his robes (Num 20:26-28). It by no means follows from this, that a formal priestly consecration was repeated solely in the case of the high priest as the head of the priesthood, and that with the common priests the first anointing by Moses sufficed for all time. We have already observed at p. 545 that this is not involved in Exo 40:15; and the fact that it is only the official costume of the high priest which is expressly said to have passed to his successor, may be explained on the simple ground, that as his dress was only worn when he was discharging certain special functions before Jehovah, it would not be worn out so soon as the dress of the ordinary priests, which was worn in the daily service, and therefore would hardly last long enough to be handed down from father to son. (Note: It no more follows from the omission of express instructions concerning the repetition of the ceremony in the case of every priest who had to be consecrated, that the future priests were not invested, anointed, and in all respects formally consecrated, than the fact that the anointing is not mentioned in Lev 8:13 proves that the priests were not anointed at all.) The ceremony performed with the flesh of this sacrifice was also peculiarly significant (Lev 8:25-29). Moses took the fat portions, which were separated from the flesh in the case of the ordinary peace-offerings and burned upon the altar, and the right leg, which was usually assigned to the officiating priest, and then laid by the pieces of flesh (or upon them) another cake of each of the three kinds of pastry, which fell to the portion of the priest in other cases, as a heave-offering for Jehovah, and put all this into the hands of Aaron and his sons, and waved it as a wave-offering for Jehovah, after which he took it from their hands and burned it upon the altar, "as a filling (מלּאים) for a savour of satisfaction, as a firing for Jehovah." These last words, which are attached to the preceding without a conjunction, and, as the הם and הוּא show, form independent clauses (lit., "filling are they...a firing is it for Jehovah"), contain the reason for this unusual proceeding, so that Luther's explanation is quite correct, "for it is a fill-offering," etc. The ceremony of handing the portions mentioned to Aaron and his sons denoted the filling of their hands with the sacrificial gifts, which they were afterwards to offer to the Lord in the case of the peace-offerings, viz., the fat portions as a firing upon the altar, the right leg along with the bread-cake as a wave-offering, which the Lord then relinquished to them as His own servants. The filling of their hands with these sacrificial gifts, from which the offering received the name of fill-offering, signified on the one hand the communication of the right belonging to the priest to offer the fat portions to the Lord upon the altar, and on the other hand the enfeoffment of the priests with gifts, which they were to receive in future for their service. This symbolical signification of the act in question serves to explain the circumstance, that both the fat portions, which were to be burned upon the altar, and also the right leg with the bread-cakes which formed the priests' share of the peace-offerings, were merely placed in the priests's hands in this instance, and presented symbolically to the Lord by waving, and then burned by Moses upon the altar. For Aaron and his sons were not only to be enfeoffed with what they were to burn unto the Lord, but also with what they would receive for their service. And as even the latter was a prerogative bestowed upon them by the Lord, it was right that at their consecration they should offer it symbolically to the Lord by waving, and actually by burning upon the altar. But as the right leg was devoted to another purpose in this case, Moses received the breast-piece, which was presented to the Lord by waving (Lev 8:29), and which afterwards fell to the lot of the priests, as his portion for the sacrificial meal, which formed the conclusion of this dedicatory offering, as it did of all the peace-offerings. In Exo 29:27-28, we also find the command, that the wave-breast of the ram of the fill-offering, and the heave-leg which had been lifted off, should afterwards belong to Aaron and his sons on the part of the children of Israel, as a perpetual statute, i.e., as a law for all time; and the following reason is assigned: "for it is a heave-offering (terumah, a lifting off), and shall be a heave-offering on the part of the children of Israel of their peace-offerings, their heave-offering for Jehovah," i.e., which they were to give to the Lord from their peace-offerings for the good of His servants. The application of the word terumah to both kinds of offering, the wave-breast and the heave-shoulder, may be explained on the simple ground, that the gift to be waved had to be lifted off from the sacrificial animal before the waving could be performed. Lev 8:31-32 For the sacrificial meal, the priests were to boil the flesh in front of the door of the tabernacle, or, according to Exo 29:31, "at the holy place," i.e., in the court, and eat it with the bread in the fill-offering basket; and no stranger (i.e., layman or non-priest) was to take part in the meal, because the flesh and bread were holy (Exo 29:33), that is to say, had served to make atonement for the priests, to fill their hands and sanctify them. Atoning virtue is attributed to this sacrifice in the same sense as to the burnt-offering in Lev 1:4. Whatever was left of the flesh and bread until the following day, that is to say, was not eaten on the day of sacrifice, was to be burned with fire, for the reason explained at Lev 7:17. The exclusion of laymen from participating in this sacrificial meal is to be accounted for in the same way as the prohibition of unleavened bread, which was offered and eaten in the case of the ordinary peace-offerings along with the unleavened sacrificial cakes (see at Lev 7:13). The meal brought the consecration of the priests to a close, as Aaron and his sons were thereby received into that special, priestly covenant with the Lord, the blessings and privileges of which were to be enjoyed by the consecrated priests alone. At this meal the priests were not allowed to eat leavened bread, any more than the nation generally at the feast of Passover (Exo 12:8.).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The sacrificial ceremony with which the consecration was concluded, consisted of a threefold sacrifice, the materials for which were not supplied by the persons about to be installed, but were no doubt provided by Moses at the expense of the congregation, for which the priesthood was instituted. Moses officiated as the mediator of the covenant, through whose service Aaron and his sons were to be consecrated as priests of Jehovah, and performed every part of the sacrificial rite-the slaughtering, sprinkling of the blood, and burning of the altar gifts, - just as the priests afterwards did at the public daily and festal sacrifices, the persons to be consecrated simply laying their hands upon the sacrificial animals, to set them apart as their representatives.

Lev 8:14-17

The first sacrifice was a sin-offering, for which a young ox was taken (Exo 29:1), as in the case of the sin-offerings for the high priest and the whole congregation (Lev 4:3, Lev 4:14): the highest kind of sacrificial animal, which corresponded to the position to be occupied by the priests in the Israelitish kingdom of God, as the ἐκλογή of the covenant nation. Moses put some of the blood with his finger upon the horns of the altar of burnt-offering, and poured the rest at the foot of the altar. The far portions (see Lev 3:3-4) he burned upon the altar; but the flesh of the ox, as well as the hide and dung, he burned outside the camp. According to the general rule of the sin-offerings, whose flesh was burnt outside the camp, the blood was brought into the sanctuary itself (Lev 6:23); but here it was only put upon the altar of burnt-offering to make this sin-offering a consecration-sacrifice. Moses was to take the blood to "purify (יחטּא) and sanctify the altar, to expiate it." As the altar had been sanctified immediately before by the anointing with holy oil (Lev 8:11), the object of the cleansing or sanctification of it through the blood of the sacrifice cannot have been to purify it a second time from uncleanness, that still adhered to it, or was inherent in it; but just as the purification or expiation of the vessels or worship generally applied only to the sins of the nation, by which these vessels had been defiled (Lev 16:16, Lev 16:19), so here the purification of the altar with the blood of the sin-offering, upon which the priests had laid their hands, had reference simply to pollutions, with which the priests defiled the altar when officiating at it, through the uncleanness of their sinful nature. As the priests could not be installed in the functions of the priesthood, notwithstanding the holiness communicated to them through the anointing, without a sin-offering to awaken the consciousness in both themselves and the nation that the sinfulness which lay at the root of human nature was not removed by the anointing, but only covered in the presence of the holy God, and that sin still clung to man, and polluted all his doings and designs; so that altar, upon which they were henceforth to offer sacrifices, still required to be purified through the blood of the bullock, that had been slaughtered as a sin-offering for the expiation of their sins, to sanctify it for the service of the priests, i.e., to cover up the sins by which they would defile it when performing their service. For this sanctification the blood of the sin-offering, that had been slaughtered for them, was taken, to indicate the fellowship which was henceforth to exist between them and the altar, and to impress upon them the fact, that the blood, by which they were purified, was also to serve as the means of purifying the altar from the sins attaching to their service. Although none of the blood of this sin-offering was carried into the holy place, because only the anointed priests were to be thereby inducted into the fellowship of the altar, the flesh of the animal could only be burnt outside the camp, because the sacrifice served to purify the priesthood (see Lev 4:11-12). For the rest, the remarks made on Lev 4:4 are also applicable to the symbolical meaning of this sacrifice.

Lev 8:18-21

The sin-offering, through which the priests and the altar had been expiated, and every disturbance of the fellowship existing between the holy God and His servants at the altar, in consequence of the sin of those who were to be consecrated, had been taken away, was followed by a burnt-offering, consisting of a ram, which was offered according to the ordinary ritual of the burnt-offering (Lev 1:3-9), and served to set forth the priests, who had appointed it as their substitute through the laying on of hands, as a living, holy, and well-pleasing sacrifice to the Lord, and to sanctify them to the Lord with all the faculties of both body and soul.

Lev 8:22-30

This was followed by the presentation of a peace-offering, which also consisted of a ram, called "the ram of the filling," or "of the fill-offering," from the peculiar ceremony performed with the flesh, by which this sacrifice became a consecration-offering, inducting the persons consecrated into the possession and enjoyment of the privileges of the priesthood. A ram was offered as a peace-offering, by the nation as a whole (Lev 9:4, Lev 9:18), the tribe-princes (Num 7:17.), and a Nazarite (Num 6:14, Num 6:17), who also occupied a higher position in the congregation (Amo 2:11-12); but it was never brought by a private Israelite for a peace-offering. The offering described here differed from the rest of the peace-offerings, first of all, in the ceremony performed with the blood (Lev 8:23 and Lev 8:24, cf. Exo 29:20-21). Before sprinkling the blood upon the altar, Moses put some of it upon the tip of the right ear, upon the right thumb, and upon the great toe of the right foot of Aaron and his sons. Thus he touched the extreme points, which represented the whole, of the ear, hand, and foot on the right, or more important and principal side: the ear, because the priest was always to hearken to the word and commandment of God; the hand, because he was to discharge the priestly functions properly; and the foot, because he was to walk correctly in the sanctuary. Through this manipulation the three organs employed in the priestly service were placed, by means of their tips, en rapport with the sacrificial blood; whilst through the subsequent sprinkling of the blood upon the altar they were introduced symbolically within the sphere of the divine grace, by virtue of the sacrificial blood, which represented the soul as the principle of life, and covered it in the presence of the holiness of God, to be sanctified by that grace to the rendering of willing and righteous service to the Lord. The sanctification was at length completed by Moses' taking some of the anointing oil and some of the blood upon the altar, and sprinkling Aaron and his sons, and also their clothes; that is to say, by his sprinkling the persons themselves, as bearers of the priesthood, and their clothes, as the insignia of the priesthood, with a mixture of holy anointing oil and sacrificial blood taken from the altar (Lev 8:30). The blood taken from the altar shadowed forth the soul as united with God through the medium of the atonement, and filled with powers of grace. The holy anointing oil was a symbol of the Spirit of God. Consequently, through this sprinkling the priests were endowed, both soul and spirit, with the higher powers of the divine life. The sprinkling, however, was performed, not upon the persons alone, but also upon their official dress. For it had reference to the priests, not in their personal or individual relation to the Lord, but in their official position, and with regard to their official work in the congregation of the Lord.

(Note: In the instructions in Exo 29:21 this ceremony is connected with the sprinkling of the blood upon the altar; but here, on the contrary, it is mentioned after the burning of the flesh. Whether because it was not performed till after this, or because it is merely recorded here in a supplementary form, it is difficult to decide. The latter is the more probable, because the blood upon the altar would soon run off; so that if Moses wanted to take any of it off, it could not be long delayed.)

In addition to this, the following appointment is contained in Exo 29:29, Exo 29:30 : "The holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him," i.e., pass to his successors in the high-priesthood, "to anoint them therein and fill their hands therein. Seven days shall the priest of his sons in his stead put them on (ילבּשׁם with the suffix - ם as in Gen 19:19), who shall go into the tabernacle to serve in the sanctuary." Accordingly, at Aaron's death his successor Eleazar was dressed in his robes (Num 20:26-28). It by no means follows from this, that a formal priestly consecration was repeated solely in the case of the high priest as the head of the priesthood, and that with the common priests the first anointing by Moses sufficed for all time. We have already observed at p. 545 that this is not involved in Exo 40:15; and the fact that it is only the official costume of the high priest which is expressly said to have passed to his successor, may be explained on the simple ground, that as his dress was only worn when he was discharging certain special functions before Jehovah, it would not be worn out so soon as the dress of the ordinary priests, which was worn in the daily service, and therefore would hardly last long enough to be handed down from father to son.

(Note: It no more follows from the omission of express instructions concerning the repetition of the ceremony in the case of every priest who had to be consecrated, that the future priests were not invested, anointed, and in all respects formally consecrated, than the fact that the anointing is not mentioned in Lev 8:13 proves that the priests were not anointed at all.)

The ceremony performed with the flesh of this sacrifice was also peculiarly significant (Lev 8:25-29). Moses took the fat portions, which were separated from the flesh in the case of the ordinary peace-offerings and burned upon the altar, and the right leg, which was usually assigned to the officiating priest, and then laid by the pieces of flesh (or upon them) another cake of each of the three kinds of pastry, which fell to the portion of the priest in other cases, as a heave-offering for Jehovah, and put all this into the hands of Aaron and his sons, and waved it as a wave-offering for Jehovah, after which he took it from their hands and burned it upon the altar, "as a filling (מלּאים) for a savour of satisfaction, as a firing for Jehovah." These last words, which are attached to the preceding without a conjunction, and, as the הם and הוּא show, form independent clauses (lit., "filling are they...a firing is it for Jehovah"), contain the reason for this unusual proceeding, so that Luther's explanation is quite correct, "for it is a fill-offering," etc. The ceremony of handing the portions mentioned to Aaron and his sons denoted the filling of their hands with the sacrificial gifts, which they were afterwards to offer to the Lord in the case of the peace-offerings, viz., the fat portions as a firing upon the altar, the right leg along with the bread-cake as a wave-offering, which the Lord then relinquished to them as His own servants. The filling of their hands with these sacrificial gifts, from which the offering received the name of fill-offering, signified on the one hand the communication of the right belonging to the priest to offer the fat portions to the Lord upon the altar, and on the other hand the enfeoffment of the priests with gifts, which they were to receive in future for their service. This symbolical signification of the act in question serves to explain the circumstance, that both the fat portions, which were to be burned upon the altar, and also the right leg with the bread-cakes which formed the priests' share of the peace-offerings, were merely placed in the priests's hands in this instance, and presented symbolically to the Lord by waving, and then burned by Moses upon the altar. For Aaron and his sons were not only to be enfeoffed with what they were to burn unto the Lord, but also with what they would receive for their service. And as even the latter was a prerogative bestowed upon them by the Lord, it was right that at their consecration they should offer it symbolically to the Lord by waving, and actually by burning upon the altar. But as the right leg was devoted to another purpose in this case, Moses received the breast-piece, which was presented to the Lord by waving (Lev 8:29), and which afterwards fell to the lot of the priests, as his portion for the sacrificial meal, which formed the conclusion of this dedicatory offering, as it did of all the peace-offerings. In Exo 29:27-28, we also find the command, that the wave-breast of the ram of the fill-offering, and the heave-leg which had been lifted off, should afterwards belong to Aaron and his sons on the part of the children of Israel, as a perpetual statute, i.e., as a law for all time; and the following reason is assigned: "for it is a heave-offering (terumah, a lifting off), and shall be a heave-offering on the part of the children of Israel of their peace-offerings, their heave-offering for Jehovah," i.e., which they were to give to the Lord from their peace-offerings for the good of His servants. The application of the word terumah to both kinds of offering, the wave-breast and the heave-shoulder, may be explained on the simple ground, that the gift to be waved had to be lifted off from the sacrificial animal before the waving could be performed.

Lev 8:31-32

For the sacrificial meal, the priests were to boil the flesh in front of the door of the tabernacle, or, according to Exo 29:31, "at the holy place," i.e., in the court, and eat it with the bread in the fill-offering basket; and no stranger (i.e., layman or non-priest) was to take part in the meal, because the flesh and bread were holy (Exo 29:33), that is to say, had served to make atonement for the priests, to fill their hands and sanctify them. Atoning virtue is attributed to this sacrifice in the same sense as to the burnt-offering in Lev 1:4. Whatever was left of the flesh and bread until the following day, that is to say, was not eaten on the day of sacrifice, was to be burned with fire, for the reason explained at Lev 7:17. The exclusion of laymen from participating in this sacrificial meal is to be accounted for in the same way as the prohibition of unleavened bread, which was offered and eaten in the case of the ordinary peace-offerings along with the unleavened sacrificial cakes (see at Lev 7:13). The meal brought the consecration of the priests to a close, as Aaron and his sons were thereby received into that special, priestly covenant with the Lord, the blessings and privileges of which were to be enjoyed by the consecrated priests alone. At this meal the priests were not allowed to eat leavened bread, any more than the nation generally at the feast of Passover (Exo 12:8.).

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The bullock - There were indeed seven bullocks to be offered at his consecration, one every day; but here he mentions only one, because he here describes only the work of the first day.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
The bullock for the sin-offering - This was offered each day during the seven days of consecration. See Exo 29:36.

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³⁵ And it shall be upon Aaron [0175] to minister [08334]: and his sound [06963] shall be heard [08085] when he goeth [0935] in unto the holy [06944] place before [06440] the LORD [03068], and when he cometh [03318] out, that he die [04191] not.

³⁵ Therefore shall ye abide [03427] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] day [03119] and night [03915] seven [07651] days [03117], and keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the LORD [03068], that ye die [04191] not: for so I am commanded [06680].

³³ And ye shall not go out [03318] of the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] in seven [07651] days [03117], until the days [03117] of your consecration [04394] be at an end [04390]: for seven [07651] days [03117] shall he consecrate [04390] [03027] you.
³⁴ As he hath done [06213] this day [03117], so the LORD [03068] hath commanded [06680] to do [06213], to make an atonement [03722] for you.
³⁵ Therefore shall ye abide [03427] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] day [03119] and night [03915] seven [07651] days [03117], and keep [08104] the charge [04931] of the LORD [03068], that ye die [04191] not: for so I am commanded [06680].
³⁶ So Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] did [06213] all things [01697] which the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872].

³ And thou shalt speak [01696] unto all that are wise [02450] hearted [03820], whom I have filled [04390] with the spirit [07307] of wisdom [02451], that they may make [06213] Aaron's [0175] garments [0899] to consecrate [06942] him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office [03547].

³⁰ And Moses [04872] took [03947] of the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and of the blood [01818] which was upon the altar [04196], and sprinkled [05137] it upon Aaron [0175], and upon his garments [0899], and upon his sons [01121], and upon his sons [01121]' garments [0899] with him; and sanctified [06942] Aaron [0175], and his garments [0899], and his sons [01121], and his sons [01121]' garments [0899] with him.

²⁹ And Moses [04872] took [03947] the breast [02373], and waved [05130] it for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: for of the ram [0352] of consecration [04394] it was Moses [04872]' part [04490]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].

⁹ And he shall offer [07126] of the sacrifice [02077] of the peace offering [08002] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]; the fat [02459] thereof, and the whole [08549] rump [0451], it shall he take off [05493] hard [05980] by the backbone [06096]; and the fat [02459] that covereth [03680] the inwards [07130], and all the fat [02459] that is upon the inwards [07130],

² Take [03947] Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] with him, and the garments [0899], and the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and a bullock [06499] for the sin offering [02403], and two [08147] rams [0352], and a basket [05536] of unleavened bread [04682];

²⁵ And he took [03947] the fat [02459], and the rump [0451], and all the fat [02459] that was upon the inwards [07130], and the caul [03508] above the liver [03516], and the two [08147] kidneys [03629], and their fat [02459], and the right [03225] shoulder [07785]:
²⁶ And out of the basket [05536] of unleavened [04682] bread [03899], that was before [06440] the LORD [03068], he took [03947] one [0259] unleavened [04682] cake [02471], and a cake [02471] of oiled [08081] bread, and one [0259] wafer [07550], and put [07760] them on the fat [02459], and upon the right [03225] shoulder [07785]:
²⁷ And he put [05414] all upon Aaron's [0175] hands [03709], and upon his sons [01121]' hands [03709], and waved [05130] them for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
²⁸ And Moses [04872] took [03947] them from off their hands [03709], and burnt [06999] them on the altar [04196] upon the burnt offering [05930]: they were consecrations [04394] for a sweet [05207] savour [07381]: it is an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068].

²⁴ And he brought [07126] Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], and Moses [04872] put [05414] of the blood [01818] upon the tip [08571] of their right [03233] ear [0241], and upon the thumbs [0931] of their right [03233] hands [03027], and upon the great toes [0931] of their right [03233] feet [07272]: and Moses [04872] sprinkled [02236] the blood [01818] upon the altar [04196] round about [05439].

²³ And he slew [07819] it; and Moses [04872] took [03947] of the blood [01818] of it, and put [05414] it upon the tip [08571] of Aaron's [0175] right [03233] ear [0241], and upon the thumb [0931] of his right [03233] hand [03027], and upon the great toe [0931] of his right [03233] foot [07272].

²⁷ And he put [05414] all upon Aaron's [0175] hands [03709], and upon his sons [01121]' hands [03709], and waved [05130] them for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068].

³ If his offering [07133] be a burnt sacrifice [05930] of the herd [01241], let him offer [07126] a male [02145] without blemish [08549]: he shall offer [07126] it of his own voluntary will [07522] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
⁴ And he shall put [05564] his hand [03027] upon the head [07218] of the burnt offering [05930]; and it shall be accepted [07521] for him to make atonement [03722] for him.
⁵ And he shall kill [07819] the bullock [01121] [01241] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: and the priests [03548], Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], shall bring [07126] the blood [01818], and sprinkle [02236] the blood [01818] round about [05439] upon the altar [04196] that is by the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].
⁶ And he shall flay [06584] the burnt offering [05930], and cut [05408] it into his pieces [05409].
⁷ And the sons [01121] of Aaron [0175] the priest [03548] shall put [05414] fire [0784] upon the altar [04196], and lay the wood [06086] in order [06186] upon the fire [0784]:
⁸ And the priests [03548], Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], shall lay [06186] the parts [05409], the head [07218], and the fat [06309], in order [06186] upon the wood [06086] that is on the fire [0784] which is upon the altar [04196]:
⁹ But his inwards [07130] and his legs [03767] shall he wash [07364] in water [04325]: and the priest [03548] shall burn [06999] all on the altar [04196], to be a burnt sacrifice [05930], an offering made by fire [0801], of a sweet [05207] savour [07381] unto the LORD [03068].

¹⁸ And he brought [07126] the ram [0352] for the burnt offering [05930]: and Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] laid [05564] their hands [03027] upon the head [07218] of the ram [0352].
¹⁹ And he killed [07819] it; and Moses [04872] sprinkled [02236] the blood [01818] upon the altar [04196] round about [05439].
²⁰ And he cut [05408] the ram [0352] into pieces [05409]; and Moses [04872] burnt [06999] the head [07218], and the pieces [05409], and the fat [06309].
²¹ And he washed [07364] the inwards [07130] and the legs [03767] in water [04325]; and Moses [04872] burnt [06999] the whole ram [0352] upon the altar [04196]: it was a burnt sacrifice [05930] for a sweet [05207] savour [07381], and an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].

³⁸ And it shall be upon Aaron's [0175] forehead [04696], that Aaron [0175] may bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of the holy things [06944], which the children [01121] of Israel [03478] shall hallow [06942] in all their holy [06944] gifts [04979]; and it shall be always [08548] upon his forehead [04696], that they may be accepted [07522] before [06440] the LORD [03068].

¹¹ For the life [05315] of the flesh [01320] is in the blood [01818]: and I have given [05414] it to you upon the altar [04196] to make an atonement [03722] for your souls [05315]: for it is the blood [01818] that maketh an atonement [03722] for the soul [05315].

²¹ Moreover [1161] [3668] he sprinkled [4472] with blood [129] both [2532] the tabernacle [4633], and [2532] all [3956] the vessels [4632] of the ministry [3009].
²² And [2532] almost [4975] all things [3956] are [2511] by [2596] the law [3551] purged [2511] with [1722] blood [129]; and [2532] without [5565] shedding of blood [130] is [1096] no [3756] remission [859].

²⁰ And [2532], having made peace [1517] through [1223] the blood [129] of his [846] cross [4716], by [1223] him [846] to reconcile [604] all things [3956] unto [1519] himself [846]; by [1223] him [846], I say, whether [1535] they be things in [1909] earth [1093], or [1535] things in [1722] heaven [3772].

¹¹ And he sprinkled [05137] thereof upon the altar [04196] seven [07651] times [06471], and anointed [04886] the altar [04196] and all his vessels [03627], both the laver [03595] and his foot [03653], to sanctify [06942] them.

¹⁵ And he slew [07819] it; and Moses [04872] took [03947] the blood [01818], and put [05414] it upon the horns [07161] of the altar [04196] round about [05439] with his finger [0676], and purified [02398] the altar [04196], and poured [03332] the blood [01818] at the bottom [03247] of the altar [04196], and sanctified [06942] it, to make reconciliation [03722] upon it.

²⁵ Speak [01696] unto Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121], saying [0559], This is the law [08451] of the sin offering [02403]: In the place [04725] where the burnt offering [05930] is killed [07819] shall the sin offering [02403] be killed [07819] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: it is most [06944] holy [06944].

¹⁴ And he brought [05066] the bullock [06499] for the sin offering [02403]: and Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] laid [05564] their hands [03027] upon the head [07218] of the bullock [06499] for the sin offering [02403].
¹⁵ And he slew [07819] it; and Moses [04872] took [03947] the blood [01818], and put [05414] it upon the horns [07161] of the altar [04196] round about [05439] with his finger [0676], and purified [02398] the altar [04196], and poured [03332] the blood [01818] at the bottom [03247] of the altar [04196], and sanctified [06942] it, to make reconciliation [03722] upon it.
¹⁶ And he took [03947] all the fat [02459] that was upon the inwards [07130], and the caul [03508] above the liver [03516], and the two [08147] kidneys [03629], and their fat [02459], and Moses [04872] burned [06999] it upon the altar [04196].
¹⁷ But the bullock [06499], and his hide [05785], his flesh [01320], and his dung [06569], he burnt [08313] with fire [0784] without [02351] the camp [04264]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].

²³ And he set [06187] the bread [03899] in order [06186] upon it before [06440] the LORD [03068]; as the LORD [03068] had commanded [06680] Moses [04872].

⁶ But [1161] now [3570] hath he obtained [5177] a more excellent [1313] ministry [3009], by how much [3745] also [2532] he is [2076] the mediator [3316] of a better [2909] covenant [1242], which [3748] was established [3549] upon [1909] better [2909] promises [1860].

¹⁹ Wherefore [5101] then [3767] serveth the law [3551]? It was added [4369] because of [5484] transgressions [3847], till [891] [3739] the seed [4690] should come [2064] to whom [3739] the promise was made [1861]; and it was ordained [1299] by [1223] angels [32] in [1722] the hand [5495] of a mediator [3316].

⁸ And they shall eat [0398] the flesh [01320] in that night [03915], roast [06748] with fire [0784], and unleavened bread [04682]; and with bitter [04844] herbs they shall eat [0398] it.

¹³ Besides the cakes [02471], he shall offer [07126] for his offering [07133] leavened [02557] bread [03899] with the sacrifice [02077] of thanksgiving [08426] of his peace offerings [08002].

¹⁷ But the remainder [03498] of the flesh [01320] of the sacrifice [02077] on the third [07992] day [03117] shall be burnt [08313] with fire [0784].

⁴ And he shall put [05564] his hand [03027] upon the head [07218] of the burnt offering [05930]; and it shall be accepted [07521] for him to make atonement [03722] for him.

³³ And they shall eat [0398] those things wherewith the atonement was made [03722], to consecrate [04390] [03027] and to sanctify [06942] them: but a stranger [02114] shall not eat [0398] thereof, because they are holy [06944].

³¹ And thou shalt take [03947] the ram [0352] of the consecration [04394], and seethe [01310] his flesh [01320] in the holy [06918] place [04725].

³¹ And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Aaron [0175] and to his sons [01121], Boil [01310] the flesh [01320] at the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150]: and there eat [0398] it with the bread [03899] that is in the basket [05536] of consecrations [04394], as I commanded [06680], saying [0559], Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] shall eat [0398] it.
³² And that which remaineth [03498] of the flesh [01320] and of the bread [03899] shall ye burn [08313] with fire [0784].

²⁷ And thou shalt sanctify [06942] the breast [02373] of the wave offering [08573], and the shoulder [07785] of the heave offering [08641], which is waved [05130], and which is heaved up [07311], of the ram [0352] of the consecration [04394], even of that which [0834] is for Aaron [0175], and of that which is for his sons [01121]:
²⁸ And it shall be Aaron's [0175] and his sons [01121]' by a statute [02706] for ever [05769] from the children [01121] of Israel [03478]: for it is an heave offering [08641]: and it shall be an heave offering [08641] from the children [01121] of Israel [03478] of the sacrifice [02077] of their peace offerings [08002], even their heave offering [08641] unto the LORD [03068].

¹³ And Moses [04872] brought [07126] Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], and put [03847] coats [03801] upon them, and girded [02296] them with girdles [073], and put [02280] bonnets [04021] upon them; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].

¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint [04886] them, as thou didst anoint [04886] their father [01], that they may minister unto me in the priest's office [03547]: for their anointing [04888] shall surely be an everlasting [05769] priesthood [03550] throughout their generations [01755].

²⁶ And strip [06584] Aaron [0175] of his garments [0899], and put [03847] them upon Eleazar [0499] his son [01121]: and Aaron [0175] shall be gathered [0622] unto his people, and shall die [04191] there.
²⁷ And Moses [04872] did [06213] as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680]: and they went up [05927] into mount [02022] Hor [02023] in the sight [05869] of all the congregation [05712].
²⁸ And Moses [04872] stripped [06584] Aaron [0175] of his garments [0899], and put [03847] them upon Eleazar [0499] his son [01121]; and Aaron [0175] died [04191] there in the top [07218] of the mount [02022]: and Moses [04872] and Eleazar [0499] came down [03381] from the mount [02022].

¹⁹ Behold now, thy servant [05650] hath found [04672] grace [02580] in thy sight [05869], and thou hast magnified [01431] thy mercy [02617], which thou hast shewed [06213] unto me [05978] in saving [02421] my life [05315]; and I cannot [03201] escape [04422] to the mountain [02022], lest some evil [07451] take [01692] me, and I die [04191]:

³⁰ And that son [01121] that is priest [03548] in his stead shall put [03847] them on seven [07651] days [03117], when he cometh [0935] into the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] to minister [08334] in the holy [06944] place.

²⁹ And the holy [06944] garments [0899] of Aaron [0175] shall be his sons [01121]' after [0310] him, to be anointed [04888] therein, and to be consecrated [04390] [03027] in them.

²¹ And thou shalt take [03947] of the blood [01818] that is upon the altar [04196], and of the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and sprinkle [05137] it upon Aaron [0175], and upon his garments [0899], and upon his sons [01121], and upon the garments [0899] of his sons [01121] with him: and he shall be hallowed [06942], and his garments [0899], and his sons [01121], and his sons [01121]' garments [0899] with him.

²⁰ Then shalt thou kill [07819] the ram [0352], and take [03947] of his blood [01818], and put [05414] it upon the tip [08571] of the right ear [0241] of Aaron [0175], and upon the tip [08571] of the right [03233] ear [0241] of his sons [01121], and upon the thumb [0931] of their right [03233] hand [03027], and upon the great toe [0931] of their right [03233] foot [07272], and sprinkle [02236] the blood [01818] upon the altar [04196] round about [05439].
²¹ And thou shalt take [03947] of the blood [01818] that is upon the altar [04196], and of the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and sprinkle [05137] it upon Aaron [0175], and upon his garments [0899], and upon his sons [01121], and upon the garments [0899] of his sons [01121] with him: and he shall be hallowed [06942], and his garments [0899], and his sons [01121], and his sons [01121]' garments [0899] with him.

¹¹ And I raised up [06965] of your sons [01121] for prophets [05030], and of your young men [0970] for Nazarites [05139]. Is it not even thus, O ye children [01121] of Israel [03478]? saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
¹² But ye gave the Nazarites [05139] wine [03196] to drink [08248]; and commanded [06680] the prophets [05030], saying [0559], Prophesy [05012] not.

¹⁷ And he shall offer [06213] the ram [0352] for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002] unto the LORD [03068], with the basket [05536] of unleavened bread [04682]: the priest [03548] shall offer [06213] also his meat offering [04503], and his drink offering [05262].

¹⁴ And he shall offer [07126] his offering [07133] unto the LORD [03068], one [0259] he lamb [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141] without blemish [08549] for a burnt offering [05930], and one [0259] ewe lamb [03535] of the first [01323] year [08141] without blemish [08549] for a sin offering [02403], and one [0259] ram [0352] without blemish [08549] for peace offerings [08002],

¹⁷ And for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], two [08147] oxen [01241], five [02568] rams [0352], five [02568] he goats [06260], five [02568] lambs [03532] of the first [01121] year [08141]: this was the offering [07133] of Nahshon [05177] the son [01121] of Amminadab [05992].

¹⁸ He slew [07819] also the bullock [07794] and the ram [0352] for a sacrifice [02077] of peace offerings [08002], which was for the people [05971]: and Aaron's [0175] sons [01121] presented [04672] unto him the blood [01818], which he sprinkled [02236] upon the altar [04196] round about [05439],

⁴ Also a bullock [07794] and a ram [0352] for peace offerings [08002], to sacrifice [02076] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and a meat offering [04503] mingled [01101] with oil [08081]: for to day [03117] the LORD [03068] will appear [07200] unto you.

²² And he brought [07126] the other [08145] ram [0352], the ram [0352] of consecration [04394]: and Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] laid [05564] their hands [03027] upon the head [07218] of the ram [0352].
²³ And he slew [07819] it; and Moses [04872] took [03947] of the blood [01818] of it, and put [05414] it upon the tip [08571] of Aaron's [0175] right [03233] ear [0241], and upon the thumb [0931] of his right [03233] hand [03027], and upon the great toe [0931] of his right [03233] foot [07272].
²⁴ And he brought [07126] Aaron's [0175] sons [01121], and Moses [04872] put [05414] of the blood [01818] upon the tip [08571] of their right [03233] ear [0241], and upon the thumbs [0931] of their right [03233] hands [03027], and upon the great toes [0931] of their right [03233] feet [07272]: and Moses [04872] sprinkled [02236] the blood [01818] upon the altar [04196] round about [05439].
²⁵ And he took [03947] the fat [02459], and the rump [0451], and all the fat [02459] that was upon the inwards [07130], and the caul [03508] above the liver [03516], and the two [08147] kidneys [03629], and their fat [02459], and the right [03225] shoulder [07785]:
²⁶ And out of the basket [05536] of unleavened [04682] bread [03899], that was before [06440] the LORD [03068], he took [03947] one [0259] unleavened [04682] cake [02471], and a cake [02471] of oiled [08081] bread, and one [0259] wafer [07550], and put [07760] them on the fat [02459], and upon the right [03225] shoulder [07785]:
²⁷ And he put [05414] all upon Aaron's [0175] hands [03709], and upon his sons [01121]' hands [03709], and waved [05130] them for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
²⁸ And Moses [04872] took [03947] them from off their hands [03709], and burnt [06999] them on the altar [04196] upon the burnt offering [05930]: they were consecrations [04394] for a sweet [05207] savour [07381]: it is an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068].
²⁹ And Moses [04872] took [03947] the breast [02373], and waved [05130] it for a wave offering [08573] before [06440] the LORD [03068]: for of the ram [0352] of consecration [04394] it was Moses [04872]' part [04490]; as the LORD [03068] commanded [06680] Moses [04872].
³⁰ And Moses [04872] took [03947] of the anointing [04888] oil [08081], and of the blood [01818] which was upon the altar [04196], and sprinkled [05137] it upon Aaron [0175], and upon his garments [0899], and upon his sons [01121], and upon his sons [01121]' garments [0899] with him; and sanctified [06942] Aaron [0175], and his garments [0899], and his sons [01121], and his sons [01121]' garments [0899] with him.

⁴ And he shall bring [0935] the bullock [06499] unto the door [06607] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] before [06440] the LORD [03068]; and shall lay [05564] his hand [03027] upon the bullock's [06499] head [07218], and kill [07819] the bullock [06499] before [06440] the LORD [03068].

¹¹ And the skin [05785] of the bullock [06499], and all his flesh [01320], with his head [07218], and with his legs [03767], and his inwards [07130], and his dung [06569],
¹² Even the whole bullock [06499] shall he carry forth [03318] without [02351] the camp [04264] unto a clean [02889] place [04725], where the ashes [01880] are poured out [08211], and burn [08313] him on the wood [06086] with fire [0784]: where [0413] the ashes [01880] are poured out [08211] shall he be burnt [08313].

¹⁹ And he shall sprinkle [05137] of the blood [01818] upon it with his finger [0676] seven [07651] times [06471], and cleanse [02891] it, and hallow [06942] it from the uncleanness [02932] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478].

¹⁶ And he shall make an atonement [03722] for the holy [06944] place, because of the uncleanness [02932] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and because of their transgressions [06588] in all their sins [02403]: and so shall he do [06213] for the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150], that remaineth [07931] among them in the midst [08432] of their uncleanness [02932].

²³ For every meat offering [04503] for the priest [03548] shall be wholly burnt [03632]: it shall not be eaten [0398].

³ And he shall offer [07126] of the sacrifice [02077] of the peace offering [08002] an offering made by fire [0801] unto the LORD [03068]; the fat [02459] that covereth [03680] the inwards [07130], and all the fat [02459] that is upon the inwards [07130],
⁴ And the two [08147] kidneys [03629], and the fat [02459] that is on them, which is by the flanks [03689], and the caul [03508] above the liver [03516], with the kidneys [03629], it shall he take away [05493].

¹⁴ When the sin [02403], which they have sinned [02398] against it, is known [03045], then the congregation [06951] shall offer [07126] a young [01241] [01121] bullock [06499] for the sin [02403], and bring [0935] him before [06440] the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150].

³ If the priest [03548] that is anointed [04899] do sin [02398] according to the sin [0819] of the people [05971]; then let him bring [07126] for his sin [02403], which he hath sinned [02398], a young [01241] [01121] bullock [06499] without blemish [08549] unto the LORD [03068] for a sin offering [02403].

¹ And this is the thing [01697] that thou shalt do [06213] unto them to hallow [06942] them, to minister unto me in the priest's office [03547]: Take [03947] one [0259] young [01121] [01241] bullock [06499], and two [08147] rams [0352] without blemish [08549],

³⁶ And thou shalt offer [06213] every day [03117] a bullock [06499] for a sin offering [02403] for atonement [03725]: and thou shalt cleanse [02398] the altar [04196], when thou hast made an atonement [03722] for it, and thou shalt anoint [04886] it, to sanctify [06942] it.