Exodus - 29:31



31 "You shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.

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Explanation and meaning of Exodus 29:31.

Differing Translations

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And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.
'And the ram of the consecration thou dost take, and hast boiled its flesh in the holy place;
Then take the sheep of the wave offering and let its flesh be cooked in water in a holy place.
But you shall take the ram of consecration and cook its flesh in the holy place.
Arietem autem consecrationum tolles, et coques carnem ejus in loco sanctitatis.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration,.... For the other ram was cut in pieces and burnt, even the whole of it:
and seethe his flesh in the holy place; not in that part of the tabernacle which was properly the holy place, as distinguished from the holy of holies, and from the court of the tabernacle; for in that there was no convenience for boiling, but in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation, even at the door of it, as in Leviticus 8:31.

The other part of the flesh of the ram, and of the bread, Aaron and his sons were to eat at the door of the tabernacle, to signify that he not only called them servants but friends. He supped with them, and they with him. Their eating of the things wherewith the atonement was made, signified their receiving the atonement, their thankful acceptance of the benefit of it, and their joyful communion with God thereupon.

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