Êxodo 29:17

17 Corte o cordeiro em pedaços, lave as vísceras e as pernas e coloque-as ao lado da cabeça e das outras partes.

Êxodo 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.

Êxodo 29:17 In-Context

15 “Separe um dos cordeiros sobre cuja cabeça Arão e seus filhos terão que colocar as mãos.

16 Sacrifique-o, pegue o sangue e jogue-o nos lados do altar.

17 Corte o cordeiro em pedaços, lave as vísceras e as pernas e coloque-as ao lado da cabeça e das outras partes.

18 Depois queime o cordeiro inteiro sobre o altar; é holocausto dedicado ao SENHOR; é oferta de aroma agradável dedicada ao SENHOR preparada no fogo.

19 “Pegue depois o outro cordeiro. Arão e seus filhos colocarão as mãos sobre a cabeça do animal,