23 and one cake of bread and one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is set before the Lord ; 24 and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons , and shall wave them as a wave offering before the Lord . 25 " You shall take them from their hands , and offer them up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering for a soothing aroma before the Lord ; it is an offering by fire to the Lord . 26 "Then you shall take the breast of Aaron's ram of ordination , and wave it as a wave offering before the Lord ; and it shall be your portion . 27 "You shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering which was waved and which was offered from the ram of ordination , from the one which was for Aaron and from the one which was for his sons . 28 "It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the sons of Israel , for it is a heave offering ; and it shall be a heave offering from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings , even their heave offering to the Lord . 29 " The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, that in them they may be anointed and ordained e . 30 "For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his stead shall put them on when he enters the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place. 31 "You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place . 32 "Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket , at the doorway of the tent of meeting . 33 "Thus they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination e and consecration ; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy . 34 " If any of the flesh of ordination or any of the bread remains until morning , then you shall burn the remainder with fire ; it shall not be eaten , because it is holy . 35 "Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons , according to all that I have commanded you; you shall ordain e them through seven days . 36 " Each day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement , and you shall purify the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to consecrate it. 37 "For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy , and whatever touches the altar shall be holy .
38 "Now this is what you shall offer on the altar : two one year old lambs each day , continuously . 39 "The one lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight ; 40 and there shall be one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten oil , and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with one lamb . 41 "The other lamb you shall offer at twilight , and shall offer with it the same grain offering and the same drink offering as in the morning , for a soothing aroma , an offering by fire to the Lord . 42 "It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before the Lord , where e I will meet with you, to speak to you there . 43 "I will meet there with the sons of Israel , and it shall be consecrated by My glory . 44 "I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar ; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to Me. 45 " I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God . 46 "They shall know that I am the Lord their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt , that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their 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.