Exodus 29:2-12

2 and ¹unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil; you shall make them of fine wheat flour.

3 "You shall put them in one basket, and present them in the basket along with the bull and the two rams.

4 "Then ²you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water.

5 "You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the ³tunic and ⁴the robe of the ephod and ⁵the ephod and ⁶the breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully ⁷woven band of the ephod;

6 and you shall set the ⁸turban on his head and put ⁹the holy crown on the turban.

7 "Then you shall take ¹⁰the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

8 "You shall bring his sons and put ¹¹tunics on them.

9 "You shall gird them with ¹²sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them, and they shall have ¹³the priesthood by a perpetual statute. So you shall ¹⁴ordain * Aaron and his sons.

The Sacrifices

10 "Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall ¹⁵lay their hands on the head of the bull.

11 "You shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

12 "You shall ¹⁶take some of the blood of the bull and put it on ¹⁷the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

Exodus 29:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 29

This chapter gives an account of the form and order of the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priestly office; preparatory to which Moses is ordered to take a young bullock, two rams, bread, cakes, and wafers unleavened, and bring them and Aaron and his sons to the door of the congregation, where the ceremony was to be publicly performed, and which began with washing them, Ex 29:1-4 and then proceeded by putting on the priestly garments directed to be made in the preceding chapter, first on Aaron, who also was anointed, Ex 29:5-7 and then upon his sons, Ex 29:8,9 after which the bullock and the two rams were to be slain, and orders are given what was to be done with their blood, and the several parts of them, as well as with the cakes and wafers, Ex 29:10-23 and directions are given to make these wave and heave offerings, Ex 29:24-28 and that the garments of Aaron's should be his son's that succeeded him, Ex 29:29,30, and that the flesh of the ram of consecration with the bread should be eaten by Aaron and his sons and no other, Ex 29:31-35, the altar also where they were to officiate was to be cleansed, sanctified, and an atonement made for it, Ex 29:36,37 after which two lambs every day, morning and evening, were to be offered on it in all succeeding generations, Ex 29:38-42, and the chapter is closed with a promise that the Lord would meet with the children of Israel at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and would sanctify the tabernacle, and dwell among them, and be their God, Ex 29:43-46.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 2:4; Leviticus 6:19-23
• 2. Exodus 40:12; Leviticus 8:6
• 3. Exodus 28:39; Leviticus 8:7
• 4. Exodus 28:31
• 5. Exodus 28:6
• 6. Exodus 28:15
• 7. Exodus 28:8
• 8. Exodus 28:4, 39
• 9. Exodus 28:36, 37; Leviticus 8:9
• 10. Exodus 30:25; Leviticus 8:12; Leviticus 21:10; Numbers 35:25; Psalms 133:2
• 11. Exodus 28:39, 40; Leviticus 8:13
• 12. Exodus 28:40
• 13. Exodus 40:15; Numbers 3:10; Numbers 18:7; Numbers 25:13; Deuteronomy 18:5
• 14. Exodus 28:41; Leviticus 8:1-36
• 15. Leviticus 1:4; Leviticus 8:14
• 16. Leviticus 8:15
• 17. Exodus 27:2; Exodus 30:2

Footnotes

• [a] Or "anointed"
• [b] Or "pouch"
• [c] Lit "headgear"
• [d] Lit "fill the hand of"