Exodus 29:31 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.”

Exodus 29:31

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And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

{And} that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy {place}. {that son: Heb. he of his sons}

And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.

And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that {is} in the basket, {by} the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate {and} to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat {thereof}, because they {are} holy.

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Exodus 29:1

"And this {is} the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish,"

Exodus 29:2

"And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: {of} wheaten flour shalt thou make them."

Exodus 29:3

"And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams."

Exodus 29:4

"And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water."

Exodus 29:5

"And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:"

Exodus 29:6

"And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre."

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