And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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
And Aaron and his sons shall eat of the flesh of the ram,.... Typical of the flesh of Christ, whose flesh is meat indeed, and to be eaten by faith, whereby it becomes spiritual food, savoury and nourishing, as it is to all the Lord's priests, or who are made so to God: and the bread that is in the basket; the unleavened bread, cakes...
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