Exode 30:8

8 Et quand Aaron allumera les lampes, entre les deux soirs, il le fera aussi fumer; c'est un parfum qu'on brûlera continuellement devant l'Éternel dans vos générations.

Exode 30:8 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 30:8

And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn
incense upon it
In the evening the priest went into the holy place to light the lamps that were gone out, (See Gill on Exodus 27:20) at the same time he burnt incense on the altar; and as the daily sacrifice was offered up morning and evening, so the incense was burnt every morning and evening, and much about the same time: the Jews say ^F20, that the incense of the morning was offered between the blood (i.e. the sprinkling of the blood of the daily sacrifice) and the members, or the laying of the pieces on the altar; and the incense of the evening was between the pieces and the drink offering: and with this Philo agrees ^F21, who says, twice every day most fragrant odours were offered, at the sun rising and setting, before the morning and after the evening sacrifice:

a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations;
thus Christ's mediation and intercession is constant and continual; as his sacrifice continually takes away the sin of the world, in which it was the antitype of the daily sacrifice; so his blood continually speaks for peace and pardon, and every blessing of grace for his people, in which it is the antitype of the morning and evening incense; for he ever lives to make intercession; and so the prayers of the saints are directed to God both morning and evening, and they cease not praying as long as they live.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Misn. Yoma, c. 3. sect. 4.
F21 De Victimis, p. 836.

Exode 30:8 In-Context

6 Et tu mettras l'autel au-devant du voile, qui est devant l'arche du Témoignage, en face du propitiatoire qui est sur le Témoignage, où je me trouverai avec toi.

7 Et Aaron y fera fumer un parfum d'aromates; chaque matin, quand il préparera les lampes, il fera fumer le parfum.

8 Et quand Aaron allumera les lampes, entre les deux soirs, il le fera aussi fumer; c'est un parfum qu'on brûlera continuellement devant l'Éternel dans vos générations.

9 Vous n'offrirez sur cet autel aucun parfum étranger, ni holocauste, ni offrande, et vous n'y ferez aucune libation.

10 Mais Aaron fera expiation sur les cornes de cet autel, une fois l'an. Avec le sang du sacrifice expiatoire pour le péché, il y fera expiation, une fois l'an, dans vos générations. Ce sera une chose très sainte et consacrée à l'Éternel.