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The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 7:34
The wave breast and the heave shoulder were to be the priests', as well as the meat offering (Leviticus 7:10) and other portions. Thus is taught the lesson, enforced by St. Paul (1 Corinthians 9:13, 1 Corinthians 9:14),…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 7:35-38
Solemn acts of religious worship are not things which we may do or not do at our pleasure; it is at our peril if we omit them. An observance of the laws of Christ cannot be less necessary than of the laws of Moses.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 7:35-38
Here is the conclusion of these laws concerning the sacrifices, though some of them are afterwards repeated and explained. These are to be considered, 1. As a grant to the priests, Leviticus 7:35-36. In the day they wer…
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 8:1-13
The consecration of Aaron and his sons had been delayed until the tabernacle had been prepared, and the laws of the sacrifices given. Aaron and his sons were washed with water, to signify that they ought to purify thems…
Consecration of Aaron and His Sons. (b. c. 1490.)
CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS. (B. C. 1490.) God had given Moses orders to consecrate Aaron and his sons to the priests' office, when he was with him the first time upon Mount Sinai, Exodus 28:1, where we have also…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:1-36
Priestly consecration. cf. Luke 3:21, Luke 3:22; Hebrews 4:14-16; Hebrews 5:1-14; Hebrews 7:1-28; Hebrews 8:1-13; Hebrews 9:1-28; 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:9. In this chapter we have the history of the consecr…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:1-36
PART II. THE INSTITUTION OF AN HEREDITARY PRIESTHOOD EXPOSITION THE CONSECRATION OF AARON AND HIS SONS is the natural sequel of the foregoing division of the book. The sacrificial system, which had now been instituted i…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:1-5
These verses contain the preliminaries of the ceremony of consecration. Aaron and his sons are to be brought to the door of the tabernacle, together with all that is necessary for the performance of the rite that is abo…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:1-36
Priesthood, which had existed from the beginning of the world, is now for the first time made the exclusive and hereditary function of one family so far as the Israelitish nation is concerned. I. AARON AND HIS SONS ARE…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:1-6
The baptism of Aaron and his sons. Hitherto this book consists of precepts and directions concerning the sacrifices and services of the tabernacle; but here a new section commences, in which the directions are described…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:1-5
Public inauguration of Divine service. I. ALL THE PEOPLE GATHERED TOGETHER. 1. Religion is universal, as human necessity and sin. God and man reconciled and united in fellowship. No human condition dispenses with worshi…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:2
Spiritual apparel. "Take Aaron and his sons with him and the garments." Aaron and his sons were about to be invested. Their formal investiture of the priestly office was to be signified and symbolized by their putting o…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:3-5
A time for publicity. The solemn inauguration of Aaron and his sons into their sacred office was to have the utmost possible publicity. This was— I. A DIVINE INSTRUCTION. The Lord said, "Take Aaron … and gather thou all…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:6-12
The High Priesthood of Christ. To direct the thoughts of a congregation to Jesus Christ is never unseasonable. The Epistle to the Hebrews warrants the assumption that in the rites here described are symbolized the chara…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:6
And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. Not hands and feet only, as in daily ministrations, but the whole body, symbolizing entire spiritual cleansing. I. Take this cleansing as MAN'S OBEDIENCE…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:6
Washing, robing, anointing, sacrificing, are the four means by the joint operation of which the consecration is effected. The washing, or bathing, took place in the sight of the people. The whole of the person, except s…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:7-9
The holy garments of Aaron. The high priest of the Levitical dispensation is allowed to be an eminent type of the "Great High Priest of our profession." His attire was intended to foreshow the qualities by which the Red…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:7-9
The robing. The various articles of the priestly dress had been appointed and described before (Exodus 28:1-43, Exodus 29:1-46). In these verses we see the order in which they were put on. After the priests had, no doub…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:7-9
The human and Divine priesthood-comparison. Between the priesthood of Aaron and that of the Lord Jesus Christ there are not only points of contrast (see above) but also of resemblance. The "holy garments" in which the h…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:7-9
Aaron's dress. Coat, girdle, robe, ephod, breastplate, Urim and Thummim, mitre, golden plate, and crown,—all significant, and fulfilled in Christ. The two main ideas are mediation and government. I. The high priest is c…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:10-12
Levitical anointings. The subjects of these anointings, as brought under our notice in the text, are, generally, "the tabernacle and all that was therein." From amongst these included things we have afterwards particula…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:10-12
Anointing. The tabernacle, the altar, the vessels, the laver and its foot, Aaron the high priest. The main intention to lift up the thoughts of all, both priests and people, to Jehovah as the Source of all good gifts. T…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:12
He poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head. The change of the verb poured for sprinkled, indicates that the amount of "the precious ointment" poured "upon the head, that ran down unto the beard, and went down to t…
The Pulpit Commentary on Leviticus 8:13
The investiture of Aaron's sons—Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, Ithamar—follows the consecration of their father. They are robed, according as the Lord commanded Moses in Exodus 28:40, in the white tunic, the sash, and the cap.…