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| 1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| 2 Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil, and the bullock of the sin-offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; |
Take Aaron – Type of the man Christ Jesus as a New Creature. T41
The Aaronic priesthood pictures the sufferings of Christ. R4759:3
And his sons – Type of the Church in the flesh, New Creatures. T39
And the anointing oil – Type of the holy Spirit. T29
And a bullock – Representing the earthly nature of Jesus and the Church, his Body. T41
And two rams – The ram for the burnt offering to show how God receives our sacrifice, and the ram of consecration to show what effect the sacrifice will have upon us. T45
Unleavened bread – Representing the actual purity of Jesus as a man and the imputed purity of the Church. T46
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| 3 and gather all the assembly together at the entrance of the tent of meeting. |
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| 4 And Moses did as Jehovah had commanded him; and the assembly was collected at the entrance of the tent of meeting. |
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| 5 And Moses said to the assembly, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded to be done. |
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| 6 And Moses brought Aaron near, and his sons, and bathed them with water. |
And washed them – To represent the purity of Jesus, our High Priest, "who knew no sin." (2 Cor. 5:21) T29
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| 7 And he put upon him the vest and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the cloak, and put the ephod on him, and he girded him with the girdle of the ephod, and fastened the ephod on him. |
The coat – Of linen, representing Christ's righteousness. T29
With the girdle – Representing servitude. T30
With the robe – Of blue, representing Christ's faithfulness. T30
And put the ephod – Typifying the Abrahamic and New covenants. T30
The curious girdle – Representing a servant, "Messenger." T33
Of the ephod – Covenant; hence the girdle of the ephod speaks of "The Messenger of the Covenant." (Mal. 3:1) T33
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| 8 And he put the breastplate on it, and put on the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim; |
The breastplate – Representing the Law. T34
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| 9 and he put the turban upon his head; and upon the turban, on the front of it, he put the golden plate, the holy diadem; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. |
The holy crown – Representing the power to rule. B83
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| 10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and hallowed them. |
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| 11 And he sprinkled thereof on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, to hallow them. |
The laver – Aaron had to be washed in order fitly to represent the purity of Jesus. T29
Symbolizing a cleansing of the flesh. Putting away all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. R3054:1, R1543:6, R5959:5
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| 12 And he poured of the anointing oil on Aaron's head, and anointed him, to hallow him. |
The anointing oil – Typifying the holy Spirit of adoption. T29
A peace-producing and light-giving influence. SM606:3
The Lord Jesus, Head of the anointed Body, received the anointing at his baptism. SM598:3
His followers are anointed for the priestly service of sacrificing now. SM606:3, SM601:T
And for the glorious service of the future as kings with our Lord. SM606:3, SM605:1
The same oil was used for the anointing of kings. SM601:T
Upon Aaron's head – Only the High Priest was anointed. Only those who are in Christ partake of his anointing. T37
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| 13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons near and clothed them with the vests, and girded them with the girdles, and bound the high caps on them, as Jehovah had commanded Moses. |
Brought Aaron's sons – Not his daughters; women were debarred from the priesthood, from public ministry. F265
Put coats upon them – Linen garments representing the righteousness of Jesus imputed to us. T36
With girdles – Representing us as servants of righteousness. T36
Bonnets upon them – Upon the under-priests representing that Christ is our Head. T36; R135:1, R270:6
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| 14 And he brought near the bullock for the sin-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bullock for the sin-offering; |
Laid their hands – Thus saying, this sacrifice represents us. T41[T41:3]
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| 15 and he slaughtered it, and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and cleansed the altar from sin, and the blood he poured at the bottom of the altar, and hallowed it, making atonement for it. |
And he – Moses, representing the Law. T41
Slew it – To meet the demands of the Law against Israel, typical of the world of mankind in general. T41
Took the blood – Representing the life given. T42
Upon the horns – Horns are the symbol of power. T42
Of the altar – Representing the finger of the Lord as pointing out that the altar of earthly sacrifices is acceptable to God by reason of the shed blood, and that all who realize the power of the altar must first recognize the blood which sanctifies it. T42
Bottom of the altar – Upon the ground, to represent that through the blood of the sacrifice even the earth was purchased back from the curse. T42
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| 16 And he took all the fat that was on the inwards, and the net of the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar. |
He took all the fat – Symbol of loving zeal. T57
The two kidneys – Representing our best powers. T45
Burned it – Representing steady, continuous submission to the fiery ordeal of suffering. T71
Upon the altar – Showing that God accepts the heart devotion which prompts the sacrifice. T42
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| 17 And the bullock, and its skin, and its flesh, and its dung he burned with fire outside the camp, as Jehovah had commanded Moses. |
And his dung – We are the filth and offscourings of the earth. T62
He burnt with fire – Representing the destruction to which mankind was doomed. T42
Without the camp – As a vile thing in the eyes of the world. T42
"Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach." (Heb. 13:13) T62
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| 18 And he presented the ram of the burnt-offering; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram; |
Brought the ram – The one to show how God receives our sacrifice. T45
Aaron and his sons – Representing the new spiritual nature of Christ and his Church while still in the flesh. T41
Laid their hands – Indicating that it represented them. T42
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| 19 and he slaughtered it; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. |
And he – Moses, representing the Law. T41
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| 20 And the ram he cut up into its pieces; and Moses burned the head, and the pieces, and the fat; |
Burnt the head – Representing the Lord Jesus, who was first laid on the altar of sacrifice. T45
And the pieces – Representing the members of Christ's Body. T45
And the fat – Symbol of loving zeal. T57
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| 21 and the inwards and the legs he washed in water; and Moses burned the whole ram on the altar: it was a burnt-offering for a sweet odour, it was an offering by fire to Jehovah; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. |
Washed the inwards – Representing the washing of water through the Word. T45
Burnt the whole ram – Representing the steady submission to fiery trials. T71
For a sweet savour – Showing how God accepts the sacrifice. T45
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| 22 And he presented the second ram, the ram of consecration; and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram; |
The other ram – To show the effect the sacrifice has on us. T45
Aaron and his sons – Representing the new nature of Christ. T41
Laid their hands – Indicating that it represented them. T42
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| 23 and one slaughtered it; and Moses took of its blood, and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot; |
And he – Moses, representing the Law. T41
Took of the blood – Representing the consecrated life. T45
Of Aaron's right ear – By consecration we get the hearing of faith. T45
Of his right hand – Our consecration impels us to do with our might what our hands find to do. T45
Of his right foot – We walk not as other Gentiles, but walk in newness of life, walk by faith, walk in the Spirit, walk in the light, and walk in Christ. T45
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| 24 and he brought Aaron's sons near, and Moses put of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. |
Aaron's sons – Showing that our consecration is an individual work. T45
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| 25 And he took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the inwards, and the net of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right shoulder; |
And he took the fat – Symbol of loving zeal. T57
The two kidneys – Representing our best powers. T45
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| 26 and out of the basket of unleavened bread that was before Jehovah he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat and upon the right shoulder; |
He – Moses, representing the Law. T46
One unleavened cake – Representing the actual purity of Jesus as a man proclaiming that the righteousness of the Law is fulfilled in us who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit; justification. (Rom. 8:4) T46
Cake of oiled bread – Representing the indwelling spirit of God--sanctification. T46
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| 27 and he gave all into Aaron's hands, and into his sons' hands, and waved them as a wave-offering before Jehovah. |
For a wave offering – Typifying that a consecrated offering is not given for a limited time, but is offered continually, never ceasing until we have finished our course. T45
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| 28 And Moses took them from off their hands, and burned them on the altar, over the burnt-offering: they were a consecration-offering for a sweet odour: it was an offering by fire to Jehovah. |
Off their hands – They did not lay them down, and so we may not cease to offer all our powers in God's service until they are all consumed. T46
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| 29 And Moses took the breast, and waved it as a wave-offering before Jehovah; of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. |
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| 30 And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood that was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him; and hallowed Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. |
The anointing oil – Typifying the holy Spirit of adoption. T29
And of the blood – Representing the precious blood of our Redeemer. T46
And sprinkled it – Showing that we are accepted in the Beloved only. T46
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| 31 And Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the entrance of the tent of meeting; and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of the consecration-offering, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. |
Boil the flesh – Preparatory to eating; this is not a type. T47
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| 32 And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. |
Burn with fire – Showing that we are to be completely and entirely consumed; none of our time and power wasted. T47
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| 33 And ye shall not go out from the entrance of the tent of meeting seven days, until the day when the days of your consecration are at an end: for seven days shall ye be consecrated. |
Seven days – We are consecrated to God's service for all our time. T47
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| 34 As he hath done this day, so Jehovah hath commanded to do, to make atonement for you. |
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| 35 And ye shall abide at the entrance of the tent of meeting day and night seven days, and keep the charge of Jehovah, that ye die not; for so I am commanded. |
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| 36 And Aaron and his sons did all things that Jehovah had commanded by the hand of Moses. |
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