# Exodus 29 đź“–: Ordination of the Priests
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> [[#đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)]]
> [[#đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary]]
> [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]]
> [[#🧠Chapter Summary]]
> [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]]
> [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
> [[#đź’¬ Discussion Questions]]
> [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]]
> [[#đź”— Related Passages/Cross Reference]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
> [[#đź“‚ Internal Notes]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons
[[#Verse 01.]] “Now this is what you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a young bull and two rams without blemish;
[[#Verse 02.]] and bread made without yeast, and perforated cakes without yeast mixed with oil, and wafers without yeast spread with oil—you are to make them using fine wheat flour.Â
[[#Verse 03.]] You are to put them in one basket and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.
[[#Verse 04.]] “You are to present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the tent of meeting. You are to wash them with waterÂ
[[#Verse 05.]] and take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece; you are to fasten the ephod on him by using the skillfully woven waistband.Â
[[#Verse 06.]] You are to put the turban on his head and put the holy diadem on the turban.Â
[[#Verse 07.]]Â You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.
[[#Verse 08.]]Â You are to present his sons and clothe them with tunicsÂ
[[#Verse 09.]] and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons.
[[#Verse 10.]] “You are to present the bull at the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to put their hands on the head of the bull.Â
[[#Verse 11.]] You are to kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meetingÂ
[[#Verse 12.]] and take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; all the rest of the blood you are to pour out at the base of the altar.Â
[[#Verse 13.]] You are to take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the lobe that is above the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar.Â
[[#Verse 14.]] But the meat of the bull, its skin, and its dung you are to burn up outside the camp. It is the purification offering.
[[#Verse 15.]] “You are to take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head,Â
[[#Verse 16.]]Â and you are to kill the ram and take its blood and splash it all around on the altar.Â
[[#Verse 17.]]Â Then you are to cut the ram into pieces and wash the entrails and its legs and put them on its pieces and on its headÂ
[[#Verse 18.]] and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a soothing aroma; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord.
[[#Verse 19.]] “You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram’s head,Â
[[#Verse 20.]] and you are to kill the ram and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and then splash the blood all around on the altar.Â
[[#Verse 21.]] You are to take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on his sons’ garments with him, so that he may be holy, he and his garments along with his sons and his sons’ garments.
[[#Verse 22.]] “You are to take from the ram the fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh—for it is the ram for consecration—Â
[[#Verse 23.]] and one round flat cake of bread, one perforated cake of oiled bread, and one wafer from the basket of bread made without yeast that is before the Lord.Â
[[#Verse 24.]] You are to put all these in Aaron’s hands and in his sons’ hands, and you are to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord.Â
[[#Verse 25.]] Then you are to take them from their hands and burn them on the altar for a burnt offering, for a soothing aroma before the Lord. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord.Â
[[#Verse 26.]] You are to take the breast of the ram of Aaron’s consecration; you are to wave it as a wave offering before the Lord, and it is to be your share.Â
[[#Verse 27.]] You are to sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, which were waved and lifted up as a contribution from the ram of consecration, from what belongs to Aaron and to his sons.Â
[[#Verse 28.]] It is to belong to Aaron and to his sons from the Israelites, by a perpetual ordinance, for it is a contribution. It is to be a contribution from the Israelites from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord.
[[#Verse 29.]] “The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed in them and consecrated in them.Â
[[#Verse 30.]] The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days.
[[#Verse 31.]] “You are to take the ram of the consecration and cook its meat in a holy place.Â
[[#Verse 32.]]Â Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that was in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting.Â
[[#Verse 33.]] They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.Â
[[#Verse 34.]] If any of the meat from the consecration offerings or any of the bread is left over until morning, then you are to burn up what is left over. It must not be eaten, because it is holy.
[[#Verse 35.]] “Thus you are to do for Aaron and for his sons according to all that I have commanded you; you are to consecrate them for seven days.Â
[[#Verse 36.]] Every day you are to prepare a bull for a purification offering for atonement. You are to purify the altar by making atonement for it, and you are to anoint it to set it apart as holy.Â
[[#Verse 37.]] For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy.
[[#Verse 38.]] “Now this is what you are to prepare on the altar every day continually: two lambs a year old.Â
[[#Verse 39.]]Â The first lamb you are to prepare in the morning, and the second lamb you are to prepare around sundown.Â
[[#Verse 40.]] With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.Â
[[#Verse 41.]] The second lamb you are to offer around sundown; you are to prepare for it the same meal offering as for the morning and the same drink offering, for a soothing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
[[#Verse 42.]] “This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you to speak to you there.Â
[[#Verse 43.]] There I will meet with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory.
[[#Verse 44.]] “So I will set apart as holy the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons that they may minister as priests to me.Â
[[#Verse 45.]] I will reside among the Israelites, and I will be their God,Â
[[#Verse 46.]] and they will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, so that I may reside among them. I am the Lord their God.
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## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights
1. The priests were washed with water at the entrance of the tent of meeting (29:4).
2. Anointing oil was poured on Aaron's head (29:7). Psalm 133:2 recalls the oil running down his beard.
3. The Hebrew word *mashiach* (Messiah) means "anointed one." The Greek equivalent is *Christos*, Christ.
4. The word for ordination literally means "to fill the hands" (29:9).
5. Blood was placed on the right earlobe, right thumb, and right big toe of each priest (29:20).
6. The ordination ceremony lasted seven days (29:35).
7. The altar was purified for seven days and became most holy (29:37).
8. Two lambs were offered every day, one in the morning and one at twilight (29:38-39).
9. Each daily lamb was offered with flour mixed with oil and a drink offering of wine (29:40).
10. God states His purpose plainly: to live among Israel and be their God (29:45-46).
## 🧠Chapter Summary
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## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter
Christ is both our priest and our sacrifice. Aaron and his sons had to be washed and consecrated with blood (29:4, 20), but Jesus, the holy and sinless High Priest, offered Himself once for all (Hebrews 7:26-27).
## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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## đź’¬ Discussion Questions
1. The priests were washed, clothed, and anointed before they served (29:4-7). How does this picture what God does for believers in Christ?
2. Blood was placed on the priest's ear, thumb, and toe (29:20). What might it mean to be consecrated in what we hear, do, and where we go?
3. God's goal was to live among His people and be their God (29:45-46). How does that purpose shape everything else in this chapter?
## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
- đź“– verse 7: Aaron is anointed with oil poured on his head.
- đź“– verse 42: The daily burnt offering is made at the entrance of the tent of meeting, where God meets His people.
- đź“– verses 45-46: I will live among the Israelites and be their God.
## đź”— Related Passages/Cross Reference
- đź”— [[Hebrews 07#Verse 26.|Hebrews 7:26-27]] - A holy High Priest who offered Himself once.
- đź”— [[Hebrews 10#Verse 11.|Hebrews 10:11-12]] - Christ offered one sacrifice for all time.
- đź”— [[Psalm 133#Verse 02.|Psalm 133:2]] - Oil running down Aaron's beard.
- đź”— [[Leviticus 08#Verse 01.|Leviticus 8:1-36]] - The ordination of Aaron and his sons carried out.
- đź”— [[1 Peter 02#Verse 05.|1 Peter 2:5]] - A holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices.
## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
đź“ť SOAP: [[Exodus 29- SOAP|God is Not Ashamed of You]]
## đź“‚ Internal Notes