And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
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Gill's Exposition
And thou shalt receive them of their hands,.... After they had been put into them, and filled with them, and waved by them:
and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering; not the flesh of the…
The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Lev. 8–9. Exo 29:4 Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Lev 8:3. Exo 29:27 The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a…
Adam Clarke
Thou shalt receive them of their hands - Aaron and his sons are here considered merely as any common persons bringing an offering to God, and not having, as yet, any authority to present it…
Here is, I. The law concerning the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priest's office, which was to be done with a great deal of ceremony and solemnity, that they themselves might be duly…
Cambridge Bible
Finally, Moses is himself the priests being not as yet fully installed, and authorized to do so themselves to take the offerings from their hands and burn them upon the altar. In Lev 8:28 the parts…
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