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Commentaries on Exodus 29:6

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Exodus 29 This chapter gives an account of the form and order of the consecration of Aaron and his sons to the priestly office; preparatory to which Moses is ordered to take a young bullock, two rams, bread, cakes, and wafers unleavened, and bring them and Aaron and his sons to the door of the congregation, where the ceremony was to be publicly performed, and which began with...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And thou shall put the mitre upon his head,.... Which was made of linen, and was a wrap of linen about his head in the form of a turban: and put the holy crown upon the mitre; the holy crown was a plate of gold which had these words, "holiness to the Lord", engraven on it; and so says the Targum of Jonathan, "on which the holy name was engraven;'' the mitre was upon the top of his head, this in...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Particular orders are given in this chapter, I. Concerning the consecration of the priests, and the sanctification of the altar, ver. 1-37. II. Concerning the daily sacrifice, ver. 38-41. To which gracious promises are annexed that God would own and bless them in all their services, ver. 42, &c. The Consecration of the Priests. (b. c. 1491.) 1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to...