Aaron and his sons, being consecrated to and invested with the priest’s office, are called upon to the exercise of it, to offer a sin offering and a burnt offering for themselves, and all sorts of offerings, a sin offering, a burnt offering, peace offerings, and a meat offering, for the people; and…

And it came to pass on the eighth day When the seven days of consecration were ended, as Ben Gersom, the day following them, so soon was Aaron called to the execution of his office; and so both the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi make it to be the eighth day of the consecration, or the day after the…

And he said unto Aaron In the presence of the people of Israel: take thee a young calf for a sin offering; one not exceeding a year old, as in but this was not for the sin of making the calf only, to which the Jewish writers restrain it, but for all other sins of his, which it was necessary should…

And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak That is, Aaron should speak to them, for being now high priest, Moses had no more to do with the sacrifices of the people, but it was incumbent on Aaron to call upon them to bring them to him such as the Lord by this law required of them: saying,…

Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the Lord An offering being made for the atonement of sin, and the gift of a whole burnt offering accepted by the Lord upon that, peace offerings were to be sacrificed thereupon; one part of which belonged to the Lord, as the fat and…

And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation That is, Aaron and his sons, and all the children of Israel, as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it.

This is the thing which the Lord commanded that ye should do Namely, what they had done, bring the creatures and things for sacrifice they had: and the glory of the Lord shall appear unto you; either Christ, the brightness of his Father’s glory, in an human form, as a presage of his future…

And Moses said unto Aaron This is only observed to show, that as Aaron did not take upon him this office of himself, but was called unto it, and invested with it, by the appointment of God, so neither did he enter upon it but through the call of God by Moses, in the sight of the congregation: go…

Aaron therefore went unto the altar Of burnt offering, freely and cheerfully, at the direction and introduction of Moses, who acted in this affair in the name of the Lord: and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself; which was to be offered first, as it was proper it should, that,…

And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him The blood of the calf of the sin offering, which they had received in a basin when it was slain: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar; the four horns of it, as Moses had done at his consecration, which was an…

But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar The Septuagint version is, “he offered them”: as the Lord commanded Moses; see (Lev. 4:8, Lev. 4:9) .

And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. ] With common fire, for the fire from the Lord came only upon the altar, which perhaps may be the reason of this expression being used when anything was burnt without the camp, and not on the altar, see .

And he slew the burnt offering The ram, which was for himself also; this he slew at the north side of the altar, and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood: which they had received into a basin, when it was slain: which he sprinkled round about upon the altar; as he had seen Moses do before him,…

And they presented the burnt offering to him After it was cut in pieces, as the ram of the burnt offering was by Moses, and so it was done to this, as appears by what follows: with the pieces thereof, and the head, and he burnt them upon the altar; the Septuagint version is, “he put them on the…

And he did wash the inwards and the legs As Moses also had done, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar; upon the pieces, and the head, before mentioned, said to be burnt, or “after” the burnt offering, after they were burnt: the Septuagint version is as before.

And he brought the people’s offering To the altar, having offered his own first: and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it; where he had slain his own: and offered it for sin, as the first: the first offering he offered for himself, which was of the same sort.

And he brought the burnt offering The calf and the lamb, and offered it according to the manner; judgment, ordinance, and appointment of God respecting that sort of offerings; see .

And he brought the meat offering Made of fine flour, with oil and frankincense put upon it, see and took a handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar; see (Lev. 2:2, Lev.

He slew also the bullock and the ram, a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people That they might feast, rejoice, and be glad that atonement was made for their sins, and their gifts and sacrifices accepted of God, see and Aaron’s sons presented unto him the blood; of the peace…

And the fat of the bullock, and of the ram Which in all offerings was the Lord’s, and was burnt, see the rump; or tail of the ram; which in those countries was very large, and had a great deal of fat upon it; (See Gill on Ex. 29:22) (See Gill on Lev.

And they put the fat upon the breasts Both of the bullock and of the ram, while they were waving: and he burnt the fat upon the altar; after having been waved.

And the breasts and the right shoulder The breasts of the bullock and the ram, and the right shoulders of them both: Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord; which was given to him as his part of the peace offerings, after they had been thus waved before the Lord; whereby an acknowledgment…

And Aaron lifted up his hand towards the people, and blessed them After he had offered the above sacrifices both for himself and them: the manner of the priests lifting up their hands when they blessed is thus described; in the provinces the priests lift up their hands to their shoulders, and in…

And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation They went out of the court where the altar of burnt offering stood, and where Aaron had been offering the sacrifices; and they went into the holy place, where stood the altar of incense, the shewbread table, and the candlestick; and…

And there came a fire out from before the Lord Either from heaven, or from the holy of holies, where was the symbol of the divine Presence, and Jehovah had now took up his residence: and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering, and the fat; according to Aben Ezra, the burnt offering of Aaron,…