23 Also take one loaf of bread, an oil cake, and a wafer from the breadbasket that is in the presence of God. 24 "Place all of these in the open hands of Aaron and his sons who will wave them before God, a Wave-Offering. 25 Then take them from their hands and burn them on the Altar with the Whole-Burnt-Offering - a pleasing fragrance before God, a gift to God. 26 "Now take the breast from Aaron's ordination ram and wave it before God, a Wave-Offering. That will be your portion. 27 "Consecrate the Wave-Offering breast and the thigh that was held up. These are the parts of the ordination ram that are for Aaron and his sons. 28 Aaron and his sons are always to get this offering from the Israelites; the Israelites are to make this offering regularly from their Peace-Offerings. 29 "Aaron's sacred garments are to be handed down to his descendants so they can be anointed and ordained in them. 30 The son who succeeds him as priest is to wear them for seven days and enter the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place. 31 "Take the ordination ram and boil the meat in the Holy Place. 32 At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons will eat the boiled ram and the bread that is in the basket. 33 Atoned by these offerings, ordained and consecrated by them, they are the only ones who are to eat them. No outsiders are to eat them; they're holy. 34 Anything from the ordination ram or from the bread that is left over until morning you are to burn up. Don't eat it; it's holy. 35 "Do everything for the ordination of Aaron and his sons exactly as I've commanded you throughout the seven days. 36 Offer a bull as an Absolution-Offering for atonement each day. Offer it on the Altar when you make atonement for it: Anoint and consecrate it. 37 Make atonement for the Altar and consecrate it for seven days; the Altar will become soaked in holiness - anyone who so much as touches the Altar will become holy.
38 "This is what you are to offer on the Altar: two year-old lambs each and every day, 39 one lamb in the morning and the second lamb at evening. 40 With the sacrifice of the first lamb offer two quarts of fine flour with a quart of virgin olive oil, plus a quart of wine for a Drink-Offering. 41 The sacrifice of the second lamb, the one at evening, is also to be accompanied by the same Grain-Offering and Drink-Offering of the morning sacrifice to give a pleasing fragrance, a gift to God. 42 "This is to be your regular, daily Whole-Burnt-Offering before God, generation after generation, sacrificed at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. That's where I'll meet you; that's where I'll speak with you; 43 that's where I'll meet the Israelites, at the place made holy by my Glory. 44 I'll make the Tent of Meeting and the Altar holy. I'll make Aaron and his sons holy in order to serve me as priests. 45 I'll move in and live with the Israelites. I'll be their God. 46 They'll realize that I am their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt so that I could live with them. I am God, your God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 29:23-46
Commentary on Exodus 29:1-37
(Read Exodus 29:1-37)
Aaron and his sons were to be set apart for the priest's office, with ceremony and solemnity. Our Lord Jesus is the great High Priest of our profession, called of God to be so; anointed with the Spirit, whence he is called Messiah, the Christ; clothed with glory and beauty; sanctified by his own blood; made perfect, or consecrated through sufferings, Matthew 12:28,) and by him the merit of Christ is applied to our souls. This consecration signifies the admission of a sinner into the spiritual priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Commentary on Exodus 29:38-46
(Read Exodus 29:38-46)
A lamb was to be offered upon the altar every morning, and a lamb every evening. This typified the continual intercession which Christ ever lives to make for his church. Though he offered himself but once for all, that one offering thus becomes a continual offering. This also teaches us to offer to God the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise every day, morning and evening. Our daily devotions are the most needful of our daily works, and the most pleasant of our daily comforts. Prayer-time must be kept up as duly as meal-time. Those starve their own souls, who keep not up constant attendance on the throne of grace; constancy in religion brings in the comfort of it.