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Exodus 29 Bible study: That I might dwell among them
Aaron and his sons were washed, dressed and anointed (29:4-9, 29:21), and after a sin offering (29:10-14) marked with blood on the right ear, thumb and big toe (29:20). Then the LORD said why he had brought Israel out of Egypt at all: "that I might dwell among them" (29:46).
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“I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God.”
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“At the priests' consecration, Moses was told to kill the animals and put their blood on the altar.”
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What's really going on
Done to them
The chapter opens with its purpose: "This is the thing that you shall do to them to make them holy, to minister to me in the priest’s office" (29:1). The LORD is still speaking to Moses (25:1), and tells him what to do, step by step. "You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water" (29:4). Moses is to dress Aaron (29:5-6), pour the anointing oil "on his head" (29:7), and dress his sons (29:8-9). He is to kill the bull (29:11) and the rams (29:16, 29:20), and put the blood on the altar and on the priests (29:12, 29:16, 29:20). Aaron and his sons lay their hands on each animal's head (29:10, 29:15, 29:19), hold the offering in their hands while Moses waves it (29:24), and eat (29:32). The rest is done to them.
Where it leads to Jesus
The altar that sanctifies the gift
Exodus 29:37leads toMatthew 23:19
"The altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall be holy" (29:37). Jesus repeated a saying of those he called "blind guides" (Matthew 23:16): "Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is obligated" (Matthew 23:18). He answered, "You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?" (Matthew 23:19). Jesus doesn't name Exodus here. What his words share with this verse is the altar making holy what is on it.
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- Three animals, three offerings
- Why he brought them out
- Carried out in Leviticus 8 and 9
- Every morning and every evening
- Oil on Aaron's head
- 12 questions as you read
- 9 more Hebrew words
- A short check at the end
- Your notes, saved as you go
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The Hebrew word behind it
מִלֻּאmillu'say mil-LOO
Brown-Driver-Briggs: "setting, installation". Strong's: "a fulfilling (only in plural), i.e. (literally) a setting (of gems), or (technically) consecration (also concretely, a dedicatory sacrifice)". Here it is plural, millu'im. It comes from male', to fill (Strong's: "from 4390"). The second ram is "a ram of consecration" (29:22), and the word comes five times in this chapter (29:22, 29:26, 29:27, 29:31, 29:34). Its first appearance in the Hebrew Bible is for gems: "stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate" (25:7). Leviticus uses it for the seven days: "until the days of your consecration are fulfilled" (Leviticus 8:33).
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Exodus 29 Bible study questions
- 1The LORD says he brought Israel out of Egypt "that I might dwell among them" (29:46). Think of something God has brought you out of. How does it change things to think he did it so he could be with you?
- 2Every morning and every evening a lamb was offered, "day by day continually" (29:38-39). What marks the start and end of your days, and what place does God have in them?
- 3Aaron and his sons were made holy before they could serve (29:44). Hebrews says, "by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified" (Hebrews 10:14). Where is it hardest for you to believe you've been made fit to come near to God?
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