Exodus 40 · a question people ask
Were Aaron and his sons anointed in this chapter?
The LORD commands it here: "You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall wash them with water" (40:12), put the holy garments on Aaron, "and you shall anoint him, and sanctify him" (40:13), and anoint his sons too (40:14-15). Then "Moses did so. According to all that the LORD commanded him, so he did" (40:16). But the step-by-step account that follows (40:17-33) tells of the setting up, the offering and the washing (40:31-32); it doesn't describe the anointing. Leviticus does: "Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water" (Leviticus 8:6), "took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it" (Leviticus 8:10), and "poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him" (Leviticus 8:12). Numbers looks back on "the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its furniture" (Numbers 7:1).
The verses
“Moses, Aaron, and his sons washed their hands and their feet there. When they went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came near to the altar, they washed, as the LORD commanded Moses.”
“Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water.”
“Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and sanctified them. He sprinkled it on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all its vessels, and the basin and its base, to sanctify them. He poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron’s head, and anointed him, to sanctify him.”
“On the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it with all its furniture, and the altar with all its vessels, and had anointed and sanctified them;”