Exodus Chapter 29

1 “This is what you are to do to consecrate them, so they may serve me as priests:

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1. What does it mean to “consecrate them”?

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Treat as set apart or separate unto God—King James Dictionary

Outward preparation to meet God symbolizes the inward consecration God requires of his people.

consecrate.  The ones chosen to begin the priesthood could not enter into office without Moses’ conducting a solemn, 7-day investiture (vv. 4–35 and Lv 8:1–36), involving washing, dressing, anointing, sacrificing, daubing and sprinkling with blood, and eating. The consecration, or dedication, of Aaron and his sons was performed at the door of the tabernacle. They were first washed with water, speaking of cleansing. Next, after Aaron was clothed in the new priestly attire, Moses poured the anointing oil … upon his head. The oil represents the Holy Spirit (Zech 4:3–6). Aaron’s four sons were then duly outfitted as well. God ordained Aaron and his sons as the first priests. After that the only way to become a priest was by being born into the priestly tribe and family. In the church the only way to become a priest is by the new birth (Rev. 1:5,6). For man to ordain priests is sheer human presumption.

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Take a young bull and two rams without defect. 2 And from fine wheat flour, without yeast, make bread, and cakes mixed with oil, and wafers spread with oil. 3 Put them in a basket  and present them in it–along with the bull and the two rams.

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2. Why must the sacrificial animals be without defect?

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The sacrifice speaks is a picture of Christ.

Jesus is totally without sin.  A man.  A descendent of Abraham.  Tribe of Judah.  Son of David.  Born of a virgin, Born in Bethlehem, born 483 yrs after the command to rebuild the wall in Jerusalem. Humble beginnings, not rich.

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4 Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.

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3. What does the washing represent?

The first step in the consecration of the priests was the washing of Aaron and his sons … with water at the door of the tabernacle. . wash them with water. Symbolizing the removal of ceremonial uncleanness (cf. Heb 10:22 and note) and thus signifying the purity that must characterize them.

22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Heb 10:22 (NKJV)

not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior, Titus 3:5-6 (NKJV)

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5 Take the garments and dress Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod itself and the breastpiece. Fasten the ephod on him by its skillfully woven waistband. 6 Put the turban on his head and attach the sacred diadem to the turban.

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3. Where have we seen these garments before?

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7 Take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.

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4. What does the oil represent? 

The oil is the anointing by the Holy Spirit. The messiah means the anointed one. The high priest was to be anointed with the holy anointing oil, which showed the empowerment of God upon these men to do HIS will.

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8 Bring his sons and dress them in tunics 9 and put headbands on them. Then tie sashes on Aaron and his sons. The priesthood is theirs by a lasting ordinance. In this way you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

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This ceremony was to be performed whenever a new priest took his position. It was only for the decedents of Aaron, and forever.

10 “Bring the bull to the front of the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head. 11 Slaughter it in the Lord’s presence at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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 Bring the bull. As a sin offering to atone for the past sins of Aaron and his sons In the LORDS presence.  Every sinner must come before the Lord, and confess they are a sinner. You cannot enter into the church, not the building but the church until you come face to face with God, No excuses.

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Take some of the bull’s blood and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest of it at the base of the altar. 13 Then take all the fat around the inner parts, the covering of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar. 14 But burn the bull’s flesh and its hide and its offal outside the camp. It is a sin offering.

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5. Why burn the whole animal?

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The Sin Offering is indicated for our general sinful condition before God and also for unintentional sins, especially by leaders or by the people as a whole, but also for individuals among God’s people.

It represents that the sacrifice of Jesus was total. Nothing left. He gave all. You can’t add anything to it.

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For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? Heb 9:13-14 (NKJV)

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Dead works…. Anything you do to make up for your sin.

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15 “Take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head. 16 Slaughter it and take the blood and sprinkle it against the altar on all sides. 17 Cut the ram into pieces and wash the inner parts and the legs, putting them with the head and the other pieces. 18 Then burn the entire ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the Lord by fire. 19 “Take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on its head. 20 Slaughter it, take some of its blood and put it on the lobes of the right ears of Aaron and his sons, on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the big toes of their right feet.

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6. What’s going on here?

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lay their hands on its head. As a symbol of (1) the animal’s becoming their substitute and (2) transferring their sins to the sin-bearer

Daubing blood on the right ear, hand, and big toe symbolically sanctified the ear to hear the Word of God, the hand to do the work of God, and the foot to walk in the way of God. Burnt offering  A lamb was burnt at the Burnt Offering Altar every morning and every evening . The point of the burnt offering was that, by it, a person might become accepted before God and forgiven (Leviticus 1:4). For the burnt offering a male animal was sacrificed: a ram, a goat, a bullock or a turtle-dove (or a pigeon) (Leviticus 1:3-17). The offering had to be without blemish, the very healthiest and best available. This foreshadows the Lord Jesus, Who was examined by Pontius Pilate, who declared “I find no fault in Him at all” (John 18:38). The continual burnt offering was to be continually offered.

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Then sprinkle blood against the altar on all sides. 21 And take some of the blood on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments. Then he and his sons and their garments will be consecrated.

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It might seem strange that the priests’ beautiful garments should be sprinkled with blood; atoning blood might not seem attractive in man’s eyes, but it is absolutely necessary in the sight of God.

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22 “Take from this ram the fat, the fat tail, the fat around the inner parts, the covering of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh. (This is the ram for the ordination.) 23 From the basket of bread made without yeast, which is before the Lord, take a loaf, and a cake made with oil, and a wafer. 24 Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the Lord as a wave offering. 25 Then take them from their hands and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the Lord, an offering made to the Lord by fire. 26 After you take the breast of the ram for Aaron’s ordination, wave it before the Lord as a wave offering, and it will be your share. 27 “Consecrate those parts of the ordination ram that belong to Aaron and his sons: the breast that was waved and the thigh that was presented.

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The ram was then waved before the Lord as a heave, or wave, offering, together with unleavened bread . This signified their complete consecration to God. The
waved breast speaks of God’s affection for us, and the heaved shoulder symbolizes His power stretched forth in our behalf  regular share … for Aaron and his sons. Parts of certain sacrificial animals were set aside as food for the priests and their families (see Lev 10:14).

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29 “Aaron’s sacred garments will belong to his descendants so that they can be anointed and ordained in them. 30 The son who succeeds him as priest and comes to the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place is to wear them seven days.

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7. Seven days?

Total perfect period of time for completion.

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31 “Take the ram for the ordination and cook the meat in a sacred place. 32 At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket. 33 They are to eat these offerings by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no one else may eat them, because they are sacred. 34 And if any of the meat of the ordination ram or any bread is left over till morning, burn it up. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.

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8. Why waste it?

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It’s like with the manna, not to be keep over night. Give us this day our daily bread.

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35 “Do for Aaron and his sons everything I have commanded you, taking seven days to ordain them. 36 Sacrifice a bull each day as a sin offering to make atonement. Purify the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. 37 For seven days make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will be most holy, and whatever touches it will be holy. 38 “This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly each day: two lambs a year old. 39 Offer one in the morning and the other at twilight. 40 With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

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9. What is  an ephah……………..hin.?  

Four to six gallons and six to eight pints respectively.

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 41 Sacrifice the other lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and its drink offering as in the morning–a pleasing aroma, an offering made to the Lord by fire. 42 “For the generations to come this burnt offering is to be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the Lord. There I will meet you and speak to you; 43 there also I will meet with the Israelites, and the place will be consecrated by my glory. 44 “So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar and will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests. 45 Then I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. 46 They will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out of Egypt so that I might dwell among them. I am the Lord their God.

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10. What is so special about the statements is this last section?

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That He would be their God and they would be His people was one thing, but that He would also dwell or tabernacle with them was a very important reality in the experience of the new nation. They were to understand not only the transcendence of their God, whose dwelling place was in the heaven of heavens, but also the immanence of their God, whose dwelling place was with them. Their redemption from Egypt was for this purpose (v. 46). Before Israel could meet with God, all of these sacrifices, consecrations, and anointings had to be completed. God said I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God (vs. 45). Since God was holy, everything had to be sanctified, or set apart properly.

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