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Leviticus 8:20-30

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20 When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses 1offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke.
21 After he had washed the entrails and the legs with water, Moses 2offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
22 Then he presented the second ram, 3the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram.
23 Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and 4put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.
24 He also had Aaron's sons come near; and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. Moses then 5sprinkled the rest of the blood around on the altar.
25 He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and their fat and the right thigh.
26 6From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake and one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer, and placed them on the portions of fat and on the right thigh.
27 He then 7put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons and presented them as a wave offering before the LORD.
28 Then Moses 8took them from their hands and offered them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering for 9a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the LORD.
29 Moses also took 10the breast and presented it for a wave offering before the LORD; it was 11Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
30 So Moses 12took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
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Leviticus 8:20-30 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 8

The order for the consecration of Aaron and his sons is renewed, Le 8:1-3 which accordingly was set about and performed by Moses, Le 8:4,5 who having first washed and clothed them, first Aaron, and then his sons, with the garments of the priesthood, anointing at the same time the tabernacle of the altar, and what appertained to them and Aaron also, Le 8:6-13 and then he slew the bullock for the sin offering, and the ram for the burnt offering, and the ram of consecration; and did with the blood, fat, shoulder, and breast, and the meat offering belonging thereunto, as he had been directed, Le 8:14-30 and the chapter is concluded with some instructions about boiling the flesh, and burning the remainder of it, and keeping the charge of the Lord night and day for seven days, Le 8:31-36.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 12

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Lit "filling," and so throughout the ch
  • [b]. Lit "He slaughtered it and Moses took"
  • [c]. Or "appendage on"
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