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- Exodus
- Chapter 29
- Verse 7
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
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Gill's Exposition
Then thou shall take the anointing oil, After ordered to be made of principal spices, myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, cassia, and oil olive, Exo 30:23.
and pour it upon his head, and anoint him; this was…
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
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil - It appears, from Isa 61:1, that anointing with oil, in consecrating a person to any important office, whether civil or religious, was considered as an emblem…
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
the anointing oil see, for its ingredients and use, Exo 30:22-33. Here only the high priest is anointed, in accordance with the expression -anointed priest," by which he is distinguished from the…
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