Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
The ceremonies for consecrating Aaron and his sons had to be set down in detail so that they themselves would grasp the weight of what God called them to, and the people would learn to honor the office and keep their hands off it. The Hebrew word for consecrating means filling the hand, which tells us ministers have their hands full, no time for trifling, their work is so great and constant.
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Commenting on Exodus 29:1-37
By laying their hands upon the ram's head, Aaron and his sons confess their sins and transfer their guilt to the beast, which becomes a burnt offering and a type of Christ receiving the imputation of sin itself.
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The full force of this consecration ceremony cannot be grasped apart from the sacrificial law in Leviticus 1-7, so I defer detailed examination until we reach Leviticus 8, where the consecration is actually carried out. The daily offerings that follow belong here because they begin immediately after the tabernacle's completion and form part of the sanctuary's total operation.
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Commenting on Exodus 29:1-37