Exodus 40:15

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹Then the LORD said to Moses, ²"On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting. ³Put the Ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil. ⁴Then bring in the table and set out its arrangement; bring in the lampstand as well, and set up its lamps. ⁵Place the gold altar of incense in front of the Ark of the Testimony, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. ⁶Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting. ⁷And place the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it. ⁸Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance of the courtyard. ⁹Take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and everything in it; consecrate it along with all its furnishings, and it shall be holy. ¹⁰Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.

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everlasting: Exodus 12:14, Exodus 30:31, Exodus 30:33, Numbers 25:13, Psalms 110:4, Hebrews 5:1-14, Hebrews 7:3, Hebrews 7:7, Hebrews 7:17-24, Hebrews 8:1 - Hebrews 10:39

Reciprocal: Genesis 17:8 - everlasting Exodus 28:41 - anoint them Exodus 29:29 - anointed Exodus 30:30 - anoint Leviticus 7:36 - in the day Leviticus 8:13 - Moses Numbers 3:3 - the priests Numbers 18:8 - by reason Zechariah 4:14 - These

Cross-References

Genesis 14:13
Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

Genesis 39:20
So Joseph's master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king's prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

Genesis 40:3
and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

Genesis 40:4
The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

Genesis 40:8
"We both had dreams," they replied, "but there is no one to interpret them." Then Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams."

Genesis 40:10
and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

Genesis 40:11
Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup into his hand."

Genesis 40:12
Joseph replied, "This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.

Genesis 40:17
In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head."

Genesis 40:18
Joseph replied, "This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shall anoint them as thou didst anoint their father,.... For Aaron was first anointed, and then his sons:

that they may minister unto me in the priest's office; which they might not do before their anointing, though separated for it, and called unto it:

for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations; that is, this ceremony of anointing was to be used in all ages at the investiture of the high priest with his office, until the Messiah should come, who would put an end to the Aaronic priesthood; for not common priests, only the successors of the high priest, were anointed in later times; this present unction serving for all the priests that should follow in successive generations, so long as the priesthood continued.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 40:15. For their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood — By this anointing a right was given to Aaron and his family to be high priests among the Jews for ever; so that all who should be born of this family should have a right to the priesthood without the repetition of this unction, as they should enjoy this honour in their father's right, who had it by a particular grant from God. But it appears that the high priest, on his consecration, did receive the holy unction; see Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 6:22; Leviticus 21:10. And this continued till the destruction of the first temple, and the Babylonish captivity; and according to Eusebius, Cyril of Jerusalem, and others, this custom continued among the Jews to the advent of our Lord, after which there is no evidence it was ever practised. See Calmet's note on chap. xxix. 7. Exodus 29:7. The Jewish high priest was a type of Him who is called the high priest over the house of God, Hebrews 10:21; and when he came, the functions of the other necessarily ceased. This case is worthy of observation. The Jewish sacrifices were never resumed after the destruction of their city and temple, for they hold it unlawful to sacrifice anywhere out of Jerusalem; and the unction of their high priest ceased from that period also: and why? Because the true priest and the true sacrifice were come, and the types of course were no longer necessary after the manifestation of the antitype.