Exodus 29:7

JPS Old Testament

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

King James Version
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

Lexham English Bible
And you will take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

New Century Version
Take the special olive oil and pour it on his head to make him a priest.

New English Translation
You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Amplified Bible
"Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

New American Standard Bible
"Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And thou shalt take the anoynting oyle, and shalt powre vpon his head, and anoynt him.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Contemporary English Version
and then ordain him by pouring olive oil on his head.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then take the anointing oil, and anoint him by pouring it on his head.

Darby Translation
and shalt take the anointing oil, and pour [it] on his head, and anoint him.

Easy-to-Read Version
Take the anointing oil and pour it on Aaron's head. This will show that he is chosen for this work.

English Standard Version
You shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

George Lamsa Translation
Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

Good News Translation
Then take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.

Christian Standard Bible®
Take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.

Literal Translation
And you shall take the oil of anointing and shall pour on his head, and shall anoint him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and shalt take the anoyntinge oyle, and poure it vpon his heade, and anoynte him.

American Standard Version
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

Bible in Basic English
Then take the oil and put it on his head.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then shalt thou take the anoyntyng oyle, and powre it vpon his head, and anoynt hym,

King James Version (1611)
Then shalt thou take the annointing oyle, and powre it vpon his head, and annoint him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And thou shalt take of the anointing oil, and thou shalt pour it on his head, and shalt anoint him,

English Revised Version
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

Berean Standard Bible
Then take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thou schalt schede the oile of anoyntyng on his heed; and bi this custom he schal be sacrid.

Young's Literal Translation
and hast taken the anointing oil, and hast poured [it] on his head, and hast anointed him.

Update Bible Version
Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour [it] upon his head, and anoint him.

World English Bible
Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.

New King James Version
And you shall take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.

New Living Translation
Then anoint him by pouring the anointing oil over his head.

New Life Bible
Then take the oil for holy use and pour it on his head to set him apart for My work.

New Revised Standard
You shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head and anoint him.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour upon his bead, - so shalt thou anoint him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt pour the oil of unction upon his head: and by this rite shall he be consecrated.

Revised Standard Version
And you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head and anoint him.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him.

Contextual Overview

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, ² and unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened mingled with oil, and wafers unleavened spread with oil; of fine wheaten flour shalt thou make them. ³ And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. ⁴ And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tent of meeting, and shalt wash them with water. ⁵ And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the tunic, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the skilfully woven band of the ephod. ⁶ And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. ⁷ Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. ⁸ And thou shalt bring his sons, and put tunics upon them. ⁹ And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and bind head-tires on them; and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute; and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. ¹⁰ And thou shalt bring the bullock before the tent of meeting; and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 28:41, Exodus 30:23-31, Leviticus 8:10-12, Leviticus 10:7, Leviticus 21:10, Numbers 35:25, Psalms 89:20, Psalms 133:2, Isaiah 61:1, John 3:34, 1 John 2:27

Reciprocal: Exodus 29:21 - the anointing oil Exodus 30:30 - anoint Leviticus 4:3 - the priest Leviticus 7:35 - portion Leviticus 8:12 - General Leviticus 14:18 - the remnant Leviticus 21:12 - for the crown Judges 9:9 - wherewith 2 Kings 9:3 - pour it Zechariah 4:14 - These

Cross-References

Genesis 29:9
While he was yet speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she tended them.

Genesis 29:10
And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then thou shall take the anointing oil, After ordered to be made of principal spices, myrrh, cinnamon, calamus, cassia, and oil olive, Exodus 30:23

and pour it upon his head, and anoint him; this was done, according to Jarchi, in the form of the letter "chi" as before; the oil was put upon his head and between his eyebrows, and he joined them with his finger: Aben Ezra thinks this was done before the mitre was put upon his head, for upon the head was the oil only poured; but Nachmanides was of opinion that the mitre was so folded about the head that the middle of the head was open, and upon that the oil was poured; and so the Talmudists say x that his (the high priest's) hair was seen between the plate of gold and the mitre; but however this was, it seems plain from the text that this anointing was after the mitre was put on, and the priest habited with all his garments; and it is also as clear a case, that the ointment was poured on his head, which ran down to his beard, Psalms 133:2, and I see no difficulty in supposing that the mitre and crown might be taken off again while the ceremony of anointing was performed. This unction denotes the investiture of Christ with his office in eternity, who is said to be anointed so early, Proverbs 8:22, and the donation of the Spirit to him in time, without measure; with which he is said to be anointed, both at his incarnation and at his baptism, and also at his ascension to heaven, and hence comes the name of the Messiah, which signifies anointed; and so his people, his priests, are anointed of God, with an unction from him, with the oil of grace, with the graces of the Spirit, which is necessary for their instruction, for the presentation of themselves to as an holy sacrifice, and to make them meet for the heavenly glory.

x T. Bab. Zebachim, fol. 19. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Lev. 8–9.

Exodus 29:4

Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3.

Exodus 29:27

The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once.

Exodus 29:33

A stranger - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 29:7. Then shalt thou take the anointing oil — It appears, from Isaiah 61:1, that anointing with oil, in consecrating a person to any important office, whether civil or religious, was considered as an emblem of the communication of the gifts and graces of the Holy Spirit. This ceremony was used on three occasions, viz., the installation of prophets, priests, and kings, into their respective offices. But why should such an anointing be deemed necessary? Because the common sense of men taught them that all good, whether spiritual or secular, must come from God, its origin and cause. Hence it was taken for granted,

1. That no man could foretell events unless inspired by the Spirit of God. And therefore the prophet was anointed, to signify the communication of the Spirit of wisdom and knowledge.

2. That no person could offer an acceptable sacrifice to God for the sins of men, or profitably minister in holy things, unless enlightened, influenced, and directed by the Spirit of grace and holiness. Hence the priest was anointed, to signify his being Divinely qualified for the due performance of his sacred functions.

3. That no man could enact just and equitable laws, which should have the prosperity of the community and the welfare of the individual continually in view, or could use the power confided to him only for the suppression of vice and the encouragement of virtue, but that man who was ever under the inspiration of the Almighty.

Hence kings were inaugurated by anointing with oil. Two of these officers only exist in all civilized nations, the sacerdotal and regal; and in some countries the priest and king are still consecrated by anointing. In the Hebrew language משח mashach signifies to anoint, and משיח mashiach, the anointed person. But as no man was ever dignified by holding the three offices, so no person ever had the title mashiach, the anointed one, but Jesus the Christ. He alone is King of kings and Lord of lords: the king who governs the universe, and rules in the hearts of his followers; the prophet, to instruct men in the way wherein they should go; and the great high priest, to make atonement for their sins. Hence he is called the Messias, a corruption of the word המשיח hammashiach, THE anointed ONE, in Hebrew; which gave birth to ὁ Χριστος, ho Christos, which has precisely the same signification in Greek. Of him, Melchizedek, Abraham, Aaron, David, and others were illustrious types. But none of these had the title of THE MESSIAH, or THE ANOINTED of GOD. This does, and ever will, belong exclusively to JESUS the CHRIST.