Exode 29:17

17 Tu couperas le bélier par morceaux, et tu laveras les entrailles et les jambes, que tu mettras sur les morceaux et sur sa tête.

Exode 29:17 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 29:17

And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces
For the better convenience of laying it upon the wood on the altar, that it might be burnt; for it was to be a whole burnt offering:

and wash the inwards of him, and his legs;
denoting the purity of the sacrifice of Christ, and that when his people give up themselves to God as a whole burnt offering, in the flames of love and zeal, their affections should be pure and sincere:

and put [them] unto his pieces, and unto his head;
lay them together, so that they might be entirely consumed at once; signifying that Christ was both in soul and body an offering and a sacrifice of a sweet smelling savour to God; zeal for the honour of whose house, and the glory of his name, ate him up, as well as the fire of divine wrath; and so our whole souls, bodies and spirits, should be presented to the Lord as a holy, living, and acceptable sacrifice to him, which is more strongly suggested in the next verse.

Exode 29:17 In-Context

15 Tu prendras l'un des béliers, et Aaron et ses fils poseront leurs mains sur la tête du bélier.

16 Tu égorgeras le bélier; tu en prendras le sang, et tu le répandras sur l'autel tout autour.

17 Tu couperas le bélier par morceaux, et tu laveras les entrailles et les jambes, que tu mettras sur les morceaux et sur sa tête.

18 Tu brûleras tout le bélier sur l'autel; c'est un holocauste à l'Eternel, c'est un sacrifice consumé par le feu, d'une agréable odeur à l'Eternel.

19 Tu prendras l'autre bélier, et Aaron et ses fils poseront leurs mains sur la tête du bélier.