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Leviticus 8:12
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10 aAlso Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them.  
11 He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times, anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to1 consecrate them.  
12 And he apoured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head and anointed him, to consecrate him.  
13 aThen Moses brought Aaron’s sons and put tunics on them, girded them with sashes, and put1 hats on them, as the Lord had commanded Moses.  
14 aAnd he brought the bull for the sin offering. Then Aaron and his sons blaid their hands on the head of the bull for the sin offering,  
15 and Moses killed it. aThen he took the blood, and put some on the horns of the altar all around with his finger, and purified the altar. And he poured the blood at the base of the altar, and consecrated it, to make1 atonement for it.  
16 aThen he took all the fat that was on the entrails, the fatty lobe attached to the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar.  
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Leviticus 8:12

As investing the priest with official garments was a recognition before men of the official position of the person (see Exodus 28:3 note), so the anointing him with oil was an acknowledgment that all fitness for his office, all the powers with which he would rightly fulfill its duties, must come from the Lord.

So, again, with the sanctification of the holy things. Each of them was intended by divine wisdom to convey a spiritual meaning to the mind of man. They were means of grace to the devout worshipper. The oil poured upon them was a recognition of this fact, and at the same time it made them holy and set them apart from all profane and ordinary uses. On kindred grounds, though to express another idea, the altar was to be sanctified also by blood. See Leviticus 8:15 note.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Leviticus 8:12:

Leviticus 4:3
Leviticus 10:6-7
Leviticus 21:10
Hebrews 1:9

 

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