Exodus 29:21-4621And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. 22Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: 23And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord: 24And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. 25And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor before the Lord: it is an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 26And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord: and it shall be thy part. 27And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: 28And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the Lord. 29And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. 30And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. 31And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. 32And 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. 33And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. 34And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. 35And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 36And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. 37Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. 38Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. 39The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: 40And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. 41And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 42This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 43And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. 44And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. 45And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. 46And they shall know that I am the Lord their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the Lord their God. (Exodus 29:21‑46). Consecration of the
Priests.
IN verse 21 we have the continuation of the thought we had before us last week, with these additions: oil was used, and instead of sprinkling certain parts to identify, and consecrate to Him, their whole person and garments were consecrated.
How important this is for all who know the Lord Jesus as their own Saviour. The Lord wants, not only our ear, hands and feet, but our whole person, and habits for Him; indeed, it is summed up in this,
If we give Him our hearts, He will have all that we have, and He is worthy of all, seeing He gave His life for us, and will share with us all that He has, and heaven and earth are all His.
After this we have the offering, and unleavened bread presented to God, and waved before Him. This is typical of worship; and God the Father wants us to be worshipers in spirit and in truth. As the type before us points to Christ (for He was the consecrated One, and He was the unleavened bread, that is, the One in whom there was no sin), God wants us to present Christ to Him; in other words, speak to Him about His beloved Son.
Another point I would take notice of is, that a part of this offering was to be food for Aaron and his sons. God therefore wants us to feed upon Christ, have Him as our object, and find our delight in thinking and meditating on Him. As we do this, we shall become more like Him in our ways.
In the latter part of the chapter, we have the continual burnt offering to give us a type of what Christ is to God continually, as a sweet-smelling savor in giving Himself up to God in death. People generally see no beauty in Christ; their hearts are far from Him, so they do not care to talk about Him, or even think of Him, but He is God’s delight.
How is it with you, dear reader? Do you delight to think, and talk of Christ? Or is it with you, like the many who are so far from God, who have no love for Him. If the latter, you are choosing the lake of fire, which is the furthest place away from Him, but if He is your delight you shall have your portion with Him forever.
ML 08/27/1922