Éxodo 29:17

17 Destazarás el carnero y, luego de lavarle los intestinos y las piernas, los pondrás sobre los pedazos y la cabeza del carnero,

Éxodo 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.

Éxodo 29:17 In-Context

15 »Tomarás luego uno de los carneros para que Aarón y sus hijos le pongan las manos sobre la cabeza;

16 lo sacrificarás, y con la sangre rociarás el altar y sus cuatro costados.

17 Destazarás el carnero y, luego de lavarle los intestinos y las piernas, los pondrás sobre los pedazos y la cabeza del carnero,

18 y quemarás todo el carnero sobre el altar. Se trata de un holocausto, de una ofrenda presentada por fuego, de aroma grato al SEÑOR.

19 »Tomarás entonces el otro carnero para que Aarón y sus hijos le pongan las manos sobre la cabeza,