Éxodo 29:22

22 »De este carnero, que representa la autoridad conferida a los sacerdotes, tomarás la cola, la grasa que recubre las vísceras, el hígado, los dos riñones y el muslo derecho.

Éxodo 29:22 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 29:22

Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump
The fat which was upon it: the sheep in Arabia and about Judea were remarkable for their large tails; according to Rauwolff ^F26, they were half a span thick, and one and a half broad, and very fat; and so in Africa and Egypt were rams of large tails often and twenty pounds weight ^F1; and Aristotle ^F2 speaks of sheep in Syria that had tails a cubit broad; and Herodotus ^F3 makes mention of two sorts in Arabia, one sort have tails three cubits long, which if drawn upon the ground would ulcerate, wherefore the shepherds make little carts to bear them upon ^F4, and the other sort have tails a cubit broad; and Vartomanus

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 relates, how in Arabia are fat sheep whose tails weigh eleven, twelve, seventeen, nay, forty four pounds, and of a cubit long:

and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul of the liver, and
the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them:
(See Gill on Exodus 29:13)

and the right shoulder;
what was to be done with it is afterwards observed as well as with the rest:

for it is a ram of consecration;
or "of fillings" ^F6; Jarchi says, the Scripture declares these fillings to be peace offerings, for they minister peace to the altar, and to him that does the service, and to the owners; wherefore the breast was necessarily his that did the service for his portion, and this was Moses, for he ministered in the fillings, and the rest Aaron and his sons ate, for they were the owners.

F26 Travels, p. 221.
F1 Leo. African. Descript. Africae, l. 9. p. 753.
F2 Hist. Animal. l. 8, c. 28.
F3 Thalia sive, l. 3. c. 113.
F4 The same is observed in T. Bab. Sabbat, fol. 54. 2. & Gloss. in. ib.
F5 Navigat. l. 2. c. 5, 9, 15.
F6 (Myalm) "impletionum", Montanus, Vatablus, Piscator.

Éxodo 29:22 In-Context

20 y lo sacrificarás, poniendo un poco de su sangre en el lóbulo de la oreja derecha de Aarón y de sus hijos, lo mismo que en el pulgar derecho y en el dedo gordo derecho. Después de eso rociarás el altar y sus cuatro costados con la sangre,

21 y rociarás también un poco de esa sangre y del aceite de la unción sobre Aarón y sus hijos, y sobre sus vestiduras. Así Aarón y sus hijos y sus vestiduras quedarán consagrados.

22 »De este carnero, que representa la autoridad conferida a los sacerdotes, tomarás la cola, la grasa que recubre las vísceras, el hígado, los dos riñones y el muslo derecho.

23 Del canastillo del pan sin levadura que está ante el SEÑOR, tomarás uno de los panes, una torta hecha con aceite y una oblea,

24 y meciéndolos ante el SEÑOR los pondrás en las manos de Aarón y de sus hijos. Se trata de una ofrenda mecida.