Exodus 29:3

put them in a basket, and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The text addresses Moses with instructions for the consecration of Aaron and his sons as priests. The command occurs during the preparation phase immediately before the priests are presented at the Tent of Meeting.

The words — The Hebrew verbs נָתַתָּ (natahta, "you will put") and הִקְרַבְתָּ (hikravta, "you will bring near") command the physical placement and ritual presentation of the items. The noun סַל (sal, "basket") specifies the single container holding the unleavened bread offerings.

The thread — The same preparation sequence reappears in Leviticus 8:2, where Moses gathers the identical basket and sacrificial animals, and in Leviticus 8:26, where the basket is positioned before the LORD. The ritual continuity continues in Leviticus 8:31 with the cooking and eating of the offering.

Why it lands — The text requires the reader to recognize that priestly consecration demands precise physical preparation and orderly presentation of materials before approaching the sanctuary. It establishes a procedural standard where ritual validity depends on exact compliance with the given commands.

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The Hebrew words

וְנָתַתָּ֤ve./na.ta.Taand/ you will put אוֹתָם֙'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them עַל־'al-on סַ֣לsala basket אֶחָ֔ד'e.Chadone וְהִקְרַבְתָּ֥ve./hik.rav.Taand/ you will bring near אֹתָ֖ם'o.Ta/m<obj.>/ them בַּסָּ֑לba./Salin the/ basket וְאֶ֨ת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>הַפָּ֔רha./Parthe/ young bull וְאֵ֖תve./'Etand/ <obj.>שְׁנֵ֥יshe.Nei[the] two הָאֵילִֽם׃ha./'ei.Limthe/ rams

King James Version

And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

Cross-references

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,
Leviticus 8:26 And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
Leviticus 8:31 And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’
Numbers 6:17 He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.