Holly Bible - KJV with Concise Commentaries by Z Selam - HTML preview
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had the glory of their priesthood, in this they had the comfort of it; and, in token of a mutual covenant between God and them,
1 The blood of the sacrifice was divided between God and them (Ex 29:20,21); part of the blood was sprinkled upon the altar round about, and part put upon them, upon their bodies (Ex 29:20), and upon their garments, Ex 29:21. Thus the benefit of the expiation made by the sacrifice was applied and assured to them, and their whole selves from head to foot sanctified to the service of God. The blood was put upon the extreme parts of the body, to signify that it was all, as it were, enclosed and taken in for God, the tip of the ear and the great toe not excepted. We reckon that the blood and oil sprinkled upon garments spot and stain them; yet the holy oil, and the blood of the sacrifice, sprinkled upon their garments, must be looked upon as the greatest adorning imaginable to them, for they signified the blood of Christ, and the graces of the Spirit, which constitute and complete the beauty of holiness, and recommend us to God; we read of robes made white with the blood of the Lamb.
2 The flesh of the sacrifice, with the meat-offering annexed to it, was likewise divided between God and them, that (to speak with reverence) God and they might feast together, in token of friendship and fellowship.
(1.) Part of it was to be first waved before the Lord, and then burnt upon the altar; part of the flesh (Ex 29:22), part of the bread, for bread and flesh must go together (Ex 29:23); these were first put into the hands of Aaron to be waved to and fro, in token of their being offered to God (who, though unseen, yet compasses us round on every side), and then they were to be burnt upon the altar (Ex 29:24,25), for the altar was to devour God's part of the sacrifice. Thus God admitted Aaron and his sons to be his servants, and wait at his table, taking the mat of his altar from their hands. Here, in a parenthesis,