“You shall do so to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them seven days. Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it. You shall anoint it, to sanctify it. Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
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“You shall do so to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you. You shall consecrate them seven days.
Every day you shall offer the bull of sin offering for atonement. You shall cleanse the altar when you make atonement for it. You shall anoint it, to sanctify it.
Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy.
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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.
And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
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.
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And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded thee; seven days shalt thou consecrate them.
And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin-offering, beside the other offerings of atonement; and thou shalt do the purification upon the altar when thou makest atonement for it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.
Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; thus shall the altar be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
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- Hebrews 10:11 (v36) Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices which can never take away sins,
- Exodus 40:10 (v37) You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar, and the altar will be most holy.
- Exodus 30:28-29 (vv36–37) the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base. You shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy.…
- Matthew 23:19 (v37) You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?
- Hebrews 9:22-23 (v36) According to the law, nearly everything is cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission. It was necessary…
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- Exodus 30:26 (v36) You shall use it to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant,
- Exodus 40:9-11 (v36) “You shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall make it holy, and all its furniture, and it…
- Ezekiel 48:18-20 (v36) The remainder in the length, alongside the holy offering, shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward; and it shall be…
- Exodus 29:10-14 (v36) “You shall bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. You shall kill…
- Exodus 29:30 (v35) Seven days shall the son who is priest in his place put them on, when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the holy place.
- Exodus 29:37 (v35) Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be…
- Exodus 39:42-43 (v35) According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work. Moses saw all the work, and behold, they had done…
- Exodus 40:12-16 (v35) “You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water. You shall put on Aaron the holy…
- Leviticus 8:4-36 (v35) Moses did as Yahweh commanded him; and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting. Moses said to the congregation,…
- Leviticus 8:10-11 (v36) Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them. He sprinkled it on the altar seven…
- Leviticus 14:8-11 (v35) “He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that…
- Leviticus 16:16-19 (v36) He shall make atonement for the Holy Place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions, even…
- Leviticus 16:27 (v36) The bull for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be…
- Numbers 7:1 (v36) On the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its furniture, and the altar…
- Ezekiel 43:25 (v36) “Seven days you shall prepare every day a goat for a sin offering. They shall also prepare a young bull, and a ram out of the flock,…
- Daniel 9:24 (v37) “Seventy weeks are decreed on your people and on your holy city, to finish disobedience, and to make an end of sins, and to make…
- Matthew 23:17 (v37) You blind fools! For which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold?
- John 16:14 (v35) He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you.
- Ezekiel 43:27 (v36) When they have accomplished the days, it shall be that on the eighth day, and forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings on the…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv35–36 Hebrew, fill their hands.
Hebrew, fill their hands.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv35–37 Exo 29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron,…
Exo 29:35 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.
Ver. 35. Seven days.] To teach the priests to consecrate their whole lives to God’s service.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv36–37 For atonement, as well for the priests as for…
For atonement, as well for the priests as for the altar; both which, as they were or might be polluted, so they needed the sprinkling of this blood to sanctify them, to show that all persons and things were fitted for God’s service, and accepted by him only for and through the blood of Christ.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv35–37 And thus shall thou do unto Aaron, and to…
And thus shall thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons,.... For their consecration, washing, clothing, anointing them, sprinkling blood upon them and their garments, and offering sacrifice for them:
according to all things which I have commanded thee; no one thing was to be omitted, and we find they were carefully and punctually observed, Lev 8:1.
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seven days shalt thou consecrate them: so long the rites and ceremonies of the consecration were to be performing, that they might be thoroughly used to the putting on of their garments, and the offering of sacrifices as they saw performed by Moses; and in all respects be fitted for the discharge of their office: the Jewish writers generally say that seven days were appointed, that a sabbath might pass over them.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv35–36 Seven days shalt thou consecrate them - Though all…
Seven days shalt thou consecrate them - Though all the ceremonies were performed on the first day, yet, they were not to look upon their consecration as compleated till the seven days end, which put a solemnity upon their admission, and a distance between this and their former state, and obliged them to enter upon their work with a pause, giving them time to consider the weight of it. This was to be observed in after ages: he that was to succeed Aaron in the high priesthood, must put on the holy garments seven days together, in token of a deliberate advance into his office, and that one sabbath might pass over him, in his consecration. Every day of the seven, in this first consecration, a bullock was to be offered for a sin-offering, which was to intimate, (1.) That though atonement was made, yet they must still keep up a penitent sense of sin, and often repeat the confession of it. (2.) That those sacrifices which were thus offered day by day, could not make the comers there unto perfect, for then they would have ceased to be offered; Heb. x, 1, 2. They must therefore expect the bringing in of a better hope. Now this consecration of the priests was a shadow of good things to come.
1. Our Lord Jesus is the great high priest of our profession, called of God to be so consecrated forevermore, anointed with the Spirit above his fellows, whence he is called Messiah, the Christ; clothed with the holy garments, even with glory and beauty; sanctified by his own blood, not that of bullocks and rams.
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2. All believers are spiritual priests, to offer spiritual sacrifices, 1 Pet. ii, 5, washed in the blood of Christ, and so made to our God priests, Rev. i, 5, 6. They also are clothed with the beauty of holiness, and have received the anointing, 1 John ii, 27. His blood sprinkled upon the conscience, purgeth it from dead works, that they may, as priests, serve the living God. The Spirit of God is called the finger of God (Luke xi, 20, compared with Matt. xii, 28,) and by him the merit of Christ is effectually applied to our souls, as here Moses with his finger was to put the blood upon Aaron. It is likewise intimated that gospel ministers are to be solemnly set apart to the work of the ministry with great deliberation and seriousness, both in the ordainers, and in the ordained, as those that are employed in a great work, and intrusted with a great charge.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv36–37 Verse 36. Thou shalt cleanse the altar] The altar…
Verse 36. Thou shalt cleanse the altar] The altar was to be sanctified for seven days; and it is likely that on each day, previously to the consecration service, the altar was wiped clean, and the former day's ashes, &c., removed.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv35–36 Exo 29:35. Seven days shalt thou consecrate them —…
Exo 29:35. Seven days shalt thou consecrate them — Though all the ceremonies were performed on the first day, yet they were not to look upon their consecration as completed till the seven days’ end, which put a solemnity upon their admission, and a distance between this and their former state, and obliged them to enter upon their work with a pause, giving them time to consider the weight of it. This was to be observed in after ages: he that was to succeed Aaron in the high-priesthood, must put on the holy garments seven days together, in token of a deliberate advance into his office, and that one sabbath might pass over him in his consecration. Every day of the seven, in this first consecrations, a bullock was to be offered for a sin-offering, which was to intimate, 1st, That though atonement was made, yet they must still keep up a penitent sense of sin, and often repeat the confession of it. 2d, That those sacrifices which were thus offered day by day, could not make the comers thereunto perfect, for then they would have ceased to be offered, Heb 10:1-2. They must therefore expect the bringing in of a better hope. Now this consecration of the priests was a shadow of good things to come. 1st, Our Lord Jesus is the great High-Priest of our profession, called of God to be so consecrated for evermore, anointed with the Spirit above his fellows, clothed with the holy garments, even with glory and beauty, sanctified by his own blood, not that of bullocks and rams. 2d, All believers are spiritual priests, to offer spiritual sacrifices, (1Pe 2:5,) washed in the blood of Christ, and so made to our God priests, Rev 1:5-6. They also are clothed with the beauty of holiness, and have received the anointing, 1Jn 2:27. 3d, It is likewise here intimated that gospel ministers are to be solemnly set apart to the work of the ministry with great deliberation and seriousness, both in the ordainers and in the ordained, as those that are employed in a great work, and intrusted with a great charge.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On v37 Seven. This number is frequently prescribed in Scripture. Balaam…
Seven. This number is frequently prescribed in Scripture. Balaam required seven altars, (Numbers xxiii.) and the Egyptians never spent less than seven days in their expiations. (Porphyrius, Abstin. 4.) (Calmet) --- Shall be holy, consecrated according to this rite, (Menochius) or defiled; for sacred things purify those who approach in a proper manner, while they defile or increase the guilt of the unworthy. (Calmet) --- By the unleavened bread, (ver. 23,) we are reminded of the blessed eucharist; and by oil, of the grace of the spirit. (Du Hamel)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On vv35–36 seven days shalt thou consecrate them--The renewal of these…
seven days shalt thou consecrate them--The renewal of these ceremonies on the return of every day in the seven, with the intervention of a Sabbath, was a wise preparatory arrangement, in order to afford a sufficient interval for calm and devout reflection (Heb 9:1; Heb 10:1).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv35–37 35. To make it the more solemn and efficacious,…
35. To make it the more solemn and efficacious, the entire installation-ceremony is to be repeated every day for seven days (cf. Lev_8:33-35). In Lev. it is added that the priests are to remain during the whole of the seven days at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
consecrate] install.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv35–37 (35) Seven days shalt thou consecrate them.—The number seven…
THE SEVENFOLD REPETITION OF THE CONSECRATION CEREMONIAL.
(35) Seven days shalt thou consecrate them.—The number seven possessed an ideal completeness, resting on the primeval facts of creation (Genesis 1, 2). It is the number almost exclusively used under the old covenant, when acts are to attain their result by repetition. (See Lev_4:6; Lev_4:17; Lev_8:11; Lev_14:7; Lev_16:14; Num_19:4; Jos_6:4; 1Ki_18:43; 2Ki_5:10; Psa_119:164; &c.) Here we are to understand a sevenfold repetition of the entire ceremonial of consecration. (See Lev_8:33-34.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv35–37 Vers. 35-37. The repetition of the ceremonial, and the…
Vers. 35-37. The repetition of the ceremonial, and the consecration of the altar.
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 Jericho, (Jos_6:3, Jos_6:4) the seven washings in Jordan by Naaman, (2Ki_5:14) the seven ascents to the top of Carmel by the servant of Elijah, (1Ki_18:43, 1Ki_18:44) etc.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v37 (See Scofield "Exo 29:33").
atonement
(See Scofield "Exo 29:33").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v35 General Information:
General Information:
Yahweh continues speaking to Moses.
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In this way, by following all that I have commanded you to do, you must treat Aaron and his sons
"I have commanded you to treat Aaron and his sons this way"
Then the altar will be completely set apart to me
"Then the altar will be most holy"
will be set apart to Yahweh
"will also be very holy"
translationWords
command
Aaron
cow
sin offering
atonement
pure
altar
anoint
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v37 29:37 As with the priests, the altar was to…
29:37 As with the priests, the altar was to be made holy so it could be used in service of the holy God.
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