Leviticus 8:10
in Leviticus 8Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
KJV
And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
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This verse in Leviticus 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Moses first anointed with the holy oil Exo 30:25 the tabernacle and all therein, that is, the ark of the covenant, the table of showbread, the candlestick and the golden altar, with all the articles that belonged to them.
This site's exposition
Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle
on Leviticus 8:10-11
The oil goes on the building before it goes on any man. The altar alone receives seven sprinklings, so the place where atonement is made is cleansed before it makes any.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Moses took the anointing oil,.... Which Bezaleel had made, according to the directions which Moses had given him, and he had received from the Lord: this Moses brought with him to the door of the tabernacle, as he was ordered, Lev 8:2 and now he took it and made use of it as follows: and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein; the altar of incense, the candlestick, and table of shewbread: and sanctified them; separated and devoted them to sacred use and service.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
took the anointing oil, &c.--which was designed to intimate that persons who acted as leaders in the solemn services of worship should have the unction of the Holy One both in His gifts and graces.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
AND MOSES TOOK THE ANOINTING OIL, AND ANOINTED THE TABERNACLE …. AND HE POURED OF THE ANOINTING OIL UPON AARON’S HEAD. This too. See Ramban on Verse.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
AND HE SPRINKLED THEREOF [i.e., of the anointing oil] UPON THE ALTAR. Rashi commented: “I do not know where Moses was commanded about these sprinklings.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּקַּ֤ח | vaiyikach | and he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מֹשֶׁה֙ | mosheh | Moses | H4872 → | 765 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שֶׁ֣מֶן | shemen | [the] oil of | H8081 → | 193 times |
| הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה | hamishchah | <the> anointing | H4888 → | 26 times |
| וַיִּמְשַׁ֥ח | vaiyimshach | and he anointed | H4886 → | 70 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ן | hamishkan | the tabernacle | H4908 → | 139 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בּ֑וֹ | bo | [was] in <the> it | ||
| וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ | vaykadesh | and he set apart as holy | H6942 → | 171 times |
| אֹתָֽם׃ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
וַיִּקַּ֤חand he took
vaiyikachH3947 →966 times
מֹשֶׁה֙Moses
moshehH4872 →765 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שֶׁ֣מֶן[the] oil of
shemenH8081 →193 times
הַמִּשְׁחָ֔ה<the> anointing
hamishchahH4888 →26 times
וַיִּמְשַׁ֥חand he anointed
vaiyimshachH4886 →70 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמִּשְׁכָּ֖ןthe tabernacle
hamishkanH4908 →139 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
בּ֑וֹ[was] in <the> it
bo
וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁand he set apart as holy
vaykadeshH6942 →171 times
אֹתָֽם׃<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 8:2“Take Aaron and his sons, their garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread,
it leads to
- Exodus 28:2–4
Make holy garments for your brother Aaron, to give him glory and splendor.
- Hebrews 7:27
Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when…
- Exodus 39:41
and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.
- Exodus 40:12–15
Then bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water.
- Exodus 28:40
Make tunics, sashes, and headbands for Aaron’s sons, to give them glory and splendor.
- Exodus 28:2–4
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.