“You shall take the ram of consecration and boil its meat in a holy place. Aaron and his sons shall eat the meat of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.
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“You shall take the ram of consecration and boil its meat in a holy place. Aaron and his sons shall eat the meat of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy. If anything of the meat of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
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“You shall take the ram of consecration and boil its meat in a holy place.
Aaron and his sons shall eat the meat of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.
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And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
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And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place.
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, at the door of the tent of meeting.
And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
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Cross-references (22)
- Leviticus 8:31 (v31) Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, “Boil the meat at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and there eat it and the bread that is in the…
- Matthew 12:4 (v32) how he entered into God’s house, and ate the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who were with him, but only…
- Numbers 18:4 (v33) They shall be joined to you and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come…
- Exodus 24:9-11 (v32) Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up. They saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was like a paved…
- Exodus 29:2-3 (v32) unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour. You…
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- Exodus 29:23 (v32) and one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before Yahweh.
- Leviticus 10:12-14 (v32) Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, “Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of…
- Leviticus 10:13-18 (v33) and you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your portion, and your sons’ portion, of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire; for so I…
- Leviticus 22:10-13 (v33) “ ‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. But…
- Numbers 1:51 (v33) When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The…
- Numbers 3:10 (v33) You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood, but the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
- Numbers 3:38 (v33) Those who encamp before the tabernacle eastward, in front of the Tent of Meeting toward the sunrise, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his…
- Numbers 16:5 (v33) He said to Korah and to all his company, “In the morning, Yahweh will show who are his, and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to…
- Numbers 16:40 (v33) to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn…
- Numbers 18:7 (v33) You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give…
- 1 Samuel 2:13 (v31) The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling,…
- 1 Samuel 2:15 (v31) Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat to roast for the priest; for he…
- Psalms 22:26 (v33) The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
- Ezekiel 46:20-24 (v31) He said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the…
- John 6:53-55 (v33) Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have…
- 1 Corinthians 11:24 (v33) When he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “Take, eat. This is my body, which is broken for you. Do this in memory of me.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:26 (v33) For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v33 That is, by the sacrifices.
That is, by the sacrifices.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv31, 33 Exo 29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of…
Exo 29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
Ver. 31. And thou shalt take the ram,] i.e., The remnant of him.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv31, 33 In the court-yard at the door of the tabernacle,…
In the court-yard at the door of the tabernacle, where it was both boiled and eaten, as appears from this and the next verse, and from Lev 8:31. And part of this was eaten by the person or persons that brought the offering, though they were of the people, who were not admitted into any other holy place but this.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv31–33 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration,....…
And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration,.... For the other ram was cut in pieces and burnt, even the whole of it:
and seethe his flesh in the holy place; not in that part of the tabernacle which was properly the holy place, as distinguished from the holy of holies, and from the court of the tabernacle; for in that there was no convenience for boiling, but in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation, even at the door of it, as in Lev 8:31.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On v31 The other part of the flesh of the ram,…
The other part of the flesh of the ram, and of the bread, Aaron and his sons were to eat at the door of the tabernacle, to signify that he not only called them servants but friends. He supped with them, and they with him. Their eating of the things wherewith the atonement was made, signified their receiving the atonement, their thankful acceptance of the benefit of it, and their joyful communion with God thereupon.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v33 Verse 33. But a stranger shall not eat thereof]…
Verse 33. But a stranger shall not eat thereof] That is, no person who was not of the family of Aaron - no Israelite, and not even a Levite.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv31, 33 Holy place. The court of the tabernacle, where a…
Holy place. The court of the tabernacle, where a constant fire was kept, to prepare the food of the priests, and sometimes of others, who wished to eat their share of the victims in the presence of the Lord.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v31 31-37. Eat the flesh of the ram — The…
31-37. Eat the flesh of the ram — The ceremony of consecration, continuing for seven days, afforded opportunity for divers acts of worship, and for feasting upon the flesh of the peace offerings. This latter the priests were to do at the door of the tabernacle; and of the portion dedicated to them, and regarded therefore as specially holy, no stranger, no one outside the priestly family, was permitted to eat. No portions either of the flesh of the consecrations or of the bread which remained over unto the next day after they had been consecrated, were permitted to be eaten, but must all be burned. So, too, the altar of burnt offerings was to be cleansed, anointed, and sanctified on each of the seven days, probably by such forms of consecration as are mentioned in Exo_29:12; Exo_29:20.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv31–33 31. seethe] i.e. boil, as the word is actually…
31. seethe] i.e. boil, as the word is actually rendered (in both AV. and RV.) in the parallel place, Lev_8:31.
its flesh] apart from the right thigh (v. 22), and, if v. 27 form an original part of the regulation, the breast.
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in a holy place, i.e. in the court: see on Lev_6:16. In the║, Lev_8:31, ‘at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting,’ where also (as directed here in v. 32) it is to be eaten.
31–34. Continuation of v. 26 (cf. Lev_8:31-32). The sacrificial meal accompanying the peace-offering; the flesh of the ram of installation to be eaten by Aaron and his sons in the court of the Tent of Meeting. For the general principle, see Lev_7:15-21; and cf. on Exo_18:12.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On v31 (31-34) The writer having digressed in Exo_29:27 from his…
THE FEAST UPON THE CONSECRATION OFFERINGS.
(31-34) The writer having digressed in Exo_29:27 from his main subject (the consecration of Aaron and his sons) to the consideration of certain permanent laws which arose out of the occasion, returns to his main subject at this point, and records the directions which he received with respect to the feast that followed, as a matter of course, on the consecration sacrifice. The parts of the victim neither consumed on the altar nor assigned to the officiating priest, were to be boiled at the door of the Tabernacle (Lev_8:31), and there consumed by Aaron and his sons, together with the loaf of unleavened bread, the oiled cake, and the wafer, which still remained in the “basket of consecrations” (Lev_8:31) mentioned in Exo_29:3; Exo_29:23. No “stranger”—i.e., no layman—was to join with them in the feast (Exo_29:33); and, if they were unable to consume the whole, what remained was to be burnt. (Comp. the injunctions with respect to the paschal lamb, given in Exo_12:10; Exo_23:18.) Christian ritualism draws from these injunctions the propriety of an entire consumption of the elements on each occasion of the celebration of the Eucharist.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv31–33 The ram of consecrationi.e. , the part of the…
The ram of consecrationi.e. , the part of the ram that was left and had not been burnt (ver. 25). Seethe his flesh in the holy place. This was understood to mean boiling at the door of the tabernacle. (Lev_8:31) A sacrificial meal followed on every peace-offering, in which the offerers participated. (See above, Exo_18:12)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v33 Heb. kaphar, "to cover." The English word "atonement" (at-one-ment)…
atonement
Heb. kaphar, "to cover." The English word "atonement" (at-one-ment) is not a translation of the Heb. kaphar, but a translator’s interpretation. According to Scripture the legal sacrifice "covered" the offerer’s sin and secured the divine forgiveness; according to the translators it made God and the sinner at- one. But the O.T. sacrifices did not at-one the sinner and God. "It is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins." Heb 10:4. The Israelite’s offering implied confession of sin and of its due desert, death; and God "covered" (passed over," Rom 3:25 his sin, in anticipation of Christ’s sacrifice, which did, finally, "put away" the sins "done aforetime in the forbearance of God."; Rom 3:25; Heb 9:15. (See Scofield "Rom 3:25"). The word "atonement" does not occur in the N.T.; Rom 5:11 meaning reconciliation, and so rendered in the R.V.
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See "Sacrifice," Gen 4:4, and refs. (See Scofield "Gen 4:4")
(See Scofield "Lev 16:5")
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Paul E. Kretzmann 1924 · Public Domain On v31 The Portion of the Priests
The Portion of the Priests
v. 31. And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the Holy Place; it was sacred food intended to nourish them during the week of consecration.
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v. 32. And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, that being their official place of abode when they were engaged in their work.
v. 33. And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, the parts of the daily offerings of consecration, which also served for expiation, to consecrate and to sanctify them. But a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy, set apart for the worship of the Lord.
v. 34. And if aught of the flesh of the consecrations or of the bread remain unto the morning, the priests finding themselves unable to eat all, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. Once being set aside for the Lord’s use, it should not be returned to profane use.
v. 35. And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron and to his sons according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. Moses was held responsible for the proper and complete execution of God’s orders.
v. 36. And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin-offering for atonement, as on the first day, vv. 10 and 11; and thou shalt cleanse the altar when thou hast made an atonement for it; the altar was also included in the rites of expiation and dedication; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
v. 37. Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy, set apart and dedicated to the Lord. Thus was the altar, in a symbolic sense, cleansed from defilement, and placed exclusively in the service of Jehovah, designed for permanent use in His service.
Paul E. Kretzmann, Popular Commentary of the Bible (1921–1924) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v31 General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking to Moses.
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the ram for the installation of the priests
"the ram you killed when you installed the priests"
in a holy place
This is not the same as the holy place outside of the most holy place. This refers to a place within the courtyard. AT: "at the entrance to the tent of meeting" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
tent of meeting
This is another name for the tabernacle. See how you translated this in Exodus 27:21.
that were given
This can be stated in active form. AT: "that you sacrificed" (See: Active or Passive)
It must not be eaten
This can be stated in active form. AT: "No one must eat it" (See: Active or Passive)
because it has been set apart to me
This can be stated in active form. AT: "because you have set it apart to me" (See: Active or Passive)
translationWords
ewe
dedicate
priest
Aaron
bread
basket
tent of meeting
atonement
sacrifice
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv31–33 29:31 This sacred place was probably in the courtyard…
29:31 This sacred place was probably in the courtyard of the Tabernacle.
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