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A commentary upon the second book of Moses, called Exodus by the Right Reverend Father in God, Symon, Lord Bishop of Ely.
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Patrick, Simon, 1626-1707.
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blemish There were several things to be done before this though this was the chief For they were to be washed and robed with their Priestly Garments and anointed and then they were compleated by peculiar Sacrifices which are directed and described v. 10 11 c. and put in execution VIII Lev. 1 2 c. Ver. 2. And unleavened bread c. Together with the foregoing Sacrifices which it will appear hereafter were of several sorts there was a Mincha to be offered Bread being necessary at a Table together with Flesh And this consisted of three parts unleavened Bread unleavened Cakes tempered with Oyl and unleavened Wafers or thin Cakes like to our Pan-cakes anointed with Oyl before they were put into the Pan to be fried All these were to be made of wheaten flour and the two last were accounted a delicious Bread among the Greeks as Athenaeus tells us L. III. Deipnosoph Ver. 3. And thou shalt put them into one basket c. All these making but one Meat-offering were to be put into one Basket and so brought to the door of the Tabernacle to be presented there to God together with the Bullock and Rams v. 23. Ver. 4. And Aaron and his Sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the Tabernacle To be presented unto God together with their Sacrifice And shalt wash them with water This was the first thing that was done for the hallowing them v. 1. as we read VIII Lev. 6. and was performed some think at the Laver which is directed to be made in the next Chapter XXX 18 19. where they were to repeat this washing every time they went in to minister unto God But now I take it to be more likely at their first Consecration Water was brought from thence to wash them at the Door of the Tabernacle before they were permitted to enter into it Whether their whole Bodies were now washed is not said but we may probably gather that they were for they were now looked on as wholly unclean being unhallowed and therefore were to be washed all over though being once cleansed they needed not do more when they went to minister but only wash their hands and their feet Which agrees with our Saviour's words XIII Joh. 10. Such washings every Body knows were in use among the Gentiles before they offered Sacrifice Ver. 5. And thou shalt take the Garments Their Bodies being washed they were next of all robed with those Garments prescribed in the foregoing Chapter And put upon Aaron the coat and the robe of the Ephod and the Ephod c. The order wherein these Garments were put on according to the Talmudists was this First the Breeches were put on by the Priest himself and that privately which is the reason perhaps they are not here mentioned They being tied about his Loins Moses put upon him the close Coat which came down to his Ankles Then this being bound to him by the Girdle which was round several times about him under the Arm-holes he put upon him his Bonnet This was the manner of habiting an ordinary Priest But when the High Priest was consecrated after the Girdle before named was put on the Robe with the Ephod and Breast-plate and then his Mitre to which was added the Golden-plate tied with a blue Riband upon his forehead See Selden de Succession ad Pontif. L. II. c. 8. Ver. 6. And put the holy Crown upon his head By this Crown is meant nothing else but the Golden-plate on which was written Holiness to the LORD XXVIII 36. Which is expresly called by the name of a Crown XXXIX 30. VIII Lev. 9. being bound upon the forehead with a blue Riband like a Diadem Josephus seems to call the Mitre by the name of a Crown L. VI. Halos c. 15. but then he immediately adds 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 c. about which there was another Golden Crown having holy Letters written in it c. Vide Selden L. II. de Succession c. 7. Ver. 7. And thou shalt take the anointing Oyl The next thing that was done for the Consecration of Aaron was anointing him with that Oyl which God ordered to be made XXX 31 32 c. And pour it upon his head and anoint him The Jews seem to think these two distinct things pouring Oyl on his head and then anointing him The manner of which they say was thus The Oyl being poured upon his head which ran down to his face he that anointed him drew with his Finger the figure of the Greek Letter Chi or St. Andrew's Cross upon his forehead between his Eye-brows This was done Aben-Ezra thinks before his Mitre was put upon his head But that is contrary to the order here set down which prescribes the putting on all his Priestly Garments of which this was one before the anointing And he was therefore to be anointed in all his Habiliments because he was anointed to minister unto God which he could not do without all the holy Garments XXVIII 43. particularly this it being unlawful to appear before God with the Head uncovered as it was also among the Gentiles Other of the Jewish Doctors therefore think that when his Head was wrapt about with the Mitre a place was left bare upon his Crown for the pouring the Oyl upon it Certain it is that it was so poured on his Head as to run down upon his Beard CXXXIII Psal 2. And the Jew says the form of the Letter Chi was drawn upon his forehead to distinguish his anointing from that of their Kings who were anointed in the sorm of a Circle or Crown See Selden de Succession L. II. c. 9. Where he observes also that there being no holy Oyl all the time of the second Temple after the Captivity they made High Priests only by putting on their holy Garments Which that they might have compleat they made an imitation of Vrim and Thummim though they had not the Oracle it self that none of the eight Garments might be wanting So Maimonides The only remaining difficulty is Whether all Aaron's Sons were anointed as well as himself And Mr. Selden in the place before-named thinks they were at the first but not in future times though all Aaron's Successors in the High Priesthood were consecrated by anointing as long as the holy Oyl lasted that is to the Captivity of Babylon or as some say fifty years before when it was hid and no more found And there is a place in the next Chapter which seems to favour this Opinion XXX 30. But as we read of no Command for their anointing as there is here for Aaron's so when this Command came to be executed it is said expresly that Moses poured Oyl on Aaron's Head but that upon his Sons he only put the holy Garments VIII Lev. 12 13. And therefore he is peculiarly called The High Priest from among his Brethren upon whose Head the anointing Oyl was poured XXI Lev. 10. The anointing therefore of his Sons XXX 30. is only meant of that
this Book 11. Or the word Tabernacle may be thought to signifie the inward part of this House as Tent the outward part which covered the inward See v. 17 19 29. Why it is called Ohel moed the Tent of the Congregation see XXIX 44. Ver. 3. And thou shalt put therein the Ark of the Testimony This was the principal end of building this House that God as was said before might dwell among them and his Residence was over this Ark. Which therefore is ordered in the first place to be brought into the Holy of Holies prepared for it as soon as the House was erected Why called the Ark of the Testimony see XXVI 20 21. And cover the Ark with the vail Which hung before it that no Body not the Priests themselves might see it XXVI 33. Ver. 4. And thou shalt bring in the Table c. When the Ark was placed in the Holiest of all then the Table with all belonging unto it and the Candlestick whose Lamps were to be lighted are ordered to be set in the Sanctuary which was divided by the Vail from the other XXVI 35. Ver. 5. And thou shalt set the Altar of Gold for the Incense before the Ark of the Testimony See XXX 6. And put the hangings of the door to the Tabernacle XXVI 36 37. This is ordered to be hung up when the Table Candlestick and Altar of Incense were put into the Holy Place because there were no more things but these three to be there Ver. 6. And thou shalt set the Altar of Burnt-offering c. In this and the two following Verses he is ordered to place the Altar of Burnt-offering and the Laver as he had been before directed XXX 18. and to set up the outward Court and the Hanging at the Gate of it in order to place the Altar and the Laver there XXVII 9 c. Ver. 9. And thou shalt take the anointing Oyl Mentioned in the XXX 23 c. Every thing being disposed in its proper place now follows their Consecration For they were not Consecrated separately before the House was erected and its Furniture brought in but after every thing was set in the order which God appointed And anoint the Tabernacle and all that is therein c. As was before directed and now ordered to be put in execution XXX 26 27 28 29. where this and the two following Verses are explained Ver. 12. And thou shalt bring Aaron and his Sons to the door of the Tabernacle The Laver being sanctified v. 11. many think that the Sanctification of Aaron and his Sons i. e. their Separation to their Office began in their being washed with Water But I look upon this as a Mistake there being a washing prescribed before the Laver was ordered XXIX 4. where they were to wash only when they went in to Minister XXX 19 20 21. Ver. 13. And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy Garments Mentioned in the XXVIIIth Chapter And anoint and sanctifie him c. XXX 30 31. Ver. 14. And thou shalt bring his Sons and clothe them with Coats See XXVII 40 41. Ver. 15. And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst their Father See concerning this XXIX 7. where both their anointing and their Fathers is explained For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting Priesthood c. Not only consecrate them to the Priest's Office as long as they live but consecrate their Posterity also who shall need no other anointing in succeeding Generations but Minister to God by vertue of this anointing as long as that Priesthood lasted So the Hebrews interpret it None of them needed in after times saith R. Levi ben Gersom upon 1 Kings 1. to be anointed but only the High-Priest whose Successors were to be anointed as they gather from VI Levit 22. The Priest of his Sons who shall be anointed in his stead c. See Selden de Succession in Pontisicat L. II. c. 9. Ver. 16. Thus did Moses according to all that the LORD commanded him so did he He took the same care in erecting the Tabernacle and disposing every thing in its place that the Workmen had done in making all things according to God's mind XXXIX 43. Ver. 17 18 c. And it came to pass in the first month c. This and the following Verses to Verse 34. give an account of the Execution of what God commanded in the foregoing part of this Chapter But it is not easie to resolve whether every thing was executed at this very time or no. For full understanding of which it will be necessary to mark diligently the order wherein God requires all the foregoing Commands to be performed And first he bids him set up the Tabernacle and put every thing belonging to it in its place v. 2 3. and so forward to v. 9. And next to consecrate it and all the Vessels thereof with the Altar of Burnt-offerings and its Vessels c. v. 9 10 11. And then to proceed to consecrate Aaron and his Sons v. 12 13 14 15. Now it is expresly here affirmed that Moses did perform the first of these that is set up the Tabernacle and put every thing appertaining to it in its right place on the first day of the first month of the second year after their coming out of Egypt At which time we must suppose also he began to consecrate it and spent seven days in the Consecration of it and of the Altar of Burnt-offering as is appointed XXIX 37. But the difficulty is to determine when he consecrated Aaron and his Sons as he is here required in which seven days were also spent as we read VIII Lev. Some think there were but seven days in all set apart for this work and consequently they were consecrated together So Torniellus in his Annals and Abulensis before him who follow Seder Olam and other Jewish Writers who are of this Opinion The ground of which is that the Tabernacle being erected on the first day of the month before-mentioned and its Consecration finished on the eighth there was a Solemn Passover kept upon the fifteenth IX Numb 1 2 c. which could not be held they suppose unless there were Priests to offer the Passover who therefore were consecrated at the same time with the Tabernacle because on the eighth day another business began which was the offering made by the Princes of the Tribes every one in their day VII Numb 1. But the principal ground is that in VIII Lev. 10 11 c. Moses speaks of the anointing i. e. Consecrating the Altar and of Consecrating Aaron and his Sons as done both at the same time But there is a weighty Objection against all this which is that in the Consecration of Aaron and his Sons there were three Sacrifices offered upon the Altar one for a Sin-offering another for a Burnt-offering and the Ram of Consecration for a Peace-offering VIII Lev. 4.18 22. None of which could be acceptable for their Sanctification till the Altar it self was made