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The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:12
Thou shalt take of the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar. The virtue of the altar was regarded as residing especially in its horns. Here expiation was obtained by the blood—"which is the life "—of the victim…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:13
Thou shalt take all the fat, etc. Among all nations who have offered sacrifices, it has been very usual to select certain parts of the victim only for burning upon the altar, and to dispose otherwise of the remainder. T…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:14
The flesh … shalt thou burn with fire without the camp. Such was the rule with sin-offerings generally (Le Exodus 4:11, Exodus 4:12). The curse of sin which was on them, made them unfit for food and even unworthy of bur…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:15
One ram. Literally "the one ram"—i.e; "one of the two rams mentioned in Exodus 29:1. Put their hands. Here, again, the object was to identify themselves with the victim, and make it their representative; though now, as…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:16
Thou shalt take his blood and sprinkle it. Rather, "and cast it." The blood was to be thrown from a basin, not sprinkled with the hand or with hyssop. Rabbinical tradition says that it was so cast at two of the corners,…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:17
Thou shalt cut the ram in pieces. Literally, "into its pieces," which Kalisch supposes to mean "into its natural limbs." Egyptian sculptures show us animals thus cut up, and offered at sacrificial feasts to ancestors. W…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:18
Thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar. This became the general law of the burnt-offering (Le Exodus 1:9, Exodus 1:13, Exodus 1:17). It indicated that self-sacrifice was wholly acceptable to God; whereas in sin-of…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:19
The other ram. Compare Exodus 29:15; and see also Exodus 29:1 and Exodus 29:3, where two rams had been mentioned. This second ram is called, "the ram of consecration" in Exodus 29:22, and again in Le Exodus 8:22. It was…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:20
The victim having been offered and accepted, its blood had a sanctifying power. Placed upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron and his sons, it sanctified that organ, which was to be ever open to the Divine voice; placed…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:21
Thou shalt take of the blood … and of the anointing oil. Apparently, this is the only unction that the ordinary priests were to receive. (Compare Le Exodus 8:30.) The mixture of the blood with the oil is unusual, and pr…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:22
The rump. Rather, "the tail." Oriental sheep have very commonly a broad fat tail, which weighs from six to twenty pounds, and is sometimes laid upon a little cart with two wheels, which the sheep drags after it. There i…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:23
One cake of oiled bread—i.e; one of the "unleavened cakes tempered with oil," mentioned in Exodus 29:2. Out of the basket of the unleavened bread. See Exodus 29:3.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:24
Thou shalt put all in the hands, or "on the hands." The offerings were to be laid first, on the hands of Aaron, and then on those of his sons, which were to support them; while Moses, putting his hands under theirs, mad…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:25
Thou shalt receive them at their hands and burn them. Moses was still to continue the priestly acts, and to complete the peace-offering by burning the selected parts (Exodus 29:22) on the brazen altar. (See Le Exodus 3:…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:26
Thou shalt take the breast. Henceforth Aaron and his sons were to have the breast of all wave-offerings (Le 7:31-34); but on this occasion, as Moses officiated, the breast was to be his. Exodus 29:27, Exodus 29:28 A sho…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:31
The ram of consecration—i.e; the part of the ram that was left and had not been burnt (Exodus 29:25). Seethe his flesh in the holy place. This was understood to mean boiling at the door of the tabernacle (Le Exodus 8:31…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:32
The bread that is in the basket—i.e; the loaf, cake, and wafer which still remained in the basket after one of each had been subtracted (see Exodus 29:23, and compare Exodus 29:2, Exodus 29:3).
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:33
They shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made. An atoning force pervaded all sacrifice. Sin-offerings were wholly expiatory; burnt-offerings and peace-offerings partially so (Le Exodus 1:4). A stranger sh…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:34
Thou shalt burn the remainder with fire. Compare above, Exodus 12:10.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:35-37
The repetition of the ceremonial, and the consecration of the altar.
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:35
Seven days shalt thou consecrate them. The repetition of the ceremony seven times on seven separate days seems to be intended. Thus was an ideal completeness given to it. Compare the seven days' compassing around of Jer…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:36
Thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it. Rather, "thou shelf purify the altar by making an atonement for it." The sin-offering for the altar was the same bullock which served for Aaron and…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:37
Seven days shalt thou make an atonement. All the ceremonial was to be repeated seven times, not only the atonement for the altar (Le 8:33). An altar most holy. Literally, "holiness of holinesses," as in Exodus 40:10. Wh…
The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 29:38-42
EXPOSITION THE DAILY SACRIFICE. The consecration of the altar, which is made a part of the consecration of the priests, is to be followed immediately by the establishment of the daily sacrifice. Two lambs are to be offe…