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and the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before Yahweh:
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Symbol of the Spirit's Work
Commentators explain that the sevenfold sprinkling of oil was an act of consecration. This oil symbolized a spiritual gift, identified by scholars like Matthew Henry as the Holy Spirit's work of sanctification. The number seven suggests the completeness and perfection of this spiritual cleansing and setting apart for God's purposes.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The sevenfold sprinkling of the oil before the sanctuary, in addition to the waving of it, seems to have been intended to consecrate it to represen…
19th Century
Anglican
And the priest shall dip. — The priest did not take the oil into the sanctuary, but, holding it in the hollow of his hand…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the priest shall dip his right finger The finger of his right hand, the forefinger of it: in the oil that…
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