Charles Ellicott Commentary Exodus 29:24

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Exodus 29:24

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Exodus 29:24

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And thou shalt put the whole upon the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and shalt wave them for a wave-offering before Jehovah." — Exodus 29:24 (ASV)

Thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons. —Rather, on the hands. Having placed the offerings on the hands of his brother and his brother’s sons, Moses was to put his own hands beneath theirs, and to make a waving motion towards the four quarters of the sky, thus presenting the offerings to the ubiquitous God. Aaron and his sons thus performed their first priestly act, as passive instruments in Moses’ hands, by his muscular energy. Their priestly character was by these means made complete. (On “wave offerings,” see Note on Leviticus 7:30.)