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Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tent of meeting: and there eat it and the bread that is in the basket of consecration, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
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A Uniquely Holy Meal
Commentators explain this was no ordinary meal. The flesh from the 'ram of consecration' was to be eaten only by the newly consecrated priests in the holy court. Unlike other sacrificial meals, no layperson could partake because the food itself was considered 'peculiarly holy' and part of the atoning, consecrating process for the priests.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Moses as the mediator of the covenant of the Law (Galatians 3:19; Hebrews 8:6) was called to perform the priestly functions…
19th Century
Anglican
And Moses said ... boil the flesh.—This refers to the ram of consecration. With the exception of the fat parts and the ri…
16th Century
Protestant
And Moses said unto Aaron and his sons, Boil the flesh This is the universal rule, as we have seen elsewhere.411 One thing only…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Moses said to Aaron, and to his sons After he had offered the bullock, the two rams, and cakes of unleavened bre…
In these types we see our great High Priest, namely Christ Jesus, solemnly appointed, anointed, and invested with his sacred office, by his own blo…
