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Leviticus 8:22
After that, Moses presented the other ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on its head.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses conducts the consecration ceremony for Aaron and his sons, advancing to the second ram immediately after completing the first ram's burnt offering.
The words — וַֽ/יִּסְמְכ֞וּ (va/i.yis.me.Khu) translates literally as "and they leaned," describing the physical contact of Aaron and his sons on the ram's head, while הַ/מִּלֻּאִ֑ים (ha./mi.lu.'Im) denotes the "installation offering" or ordination ritual.
The thread — This ordination procedure is commanded in Exodus 29:19, summarized in Leviticus 7:37 as part of the priestly law, and its inventory is listed in Leviticus 8:2 without describing the ritual action.
Why it lands — The text requires the priests to physically identify themselves with the sacrificial animal, establishing a concrete mechanism for transferring ritual status before the blood is applied.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram.
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,
- Exodus 29:19 Take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on its head.
- Leviticus 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
- Leviticus 8:29 He also took the breast—Moses’ portion of the ram of ordination—and waved it before the LORD as a wave offering, as the LORD had commanded him.
- John 17:19 For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.
- 1 Corinthians 1:30 It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God: our righteousness, holiness, and redemption.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.
- Ephesians 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her
- Ephesians 5:27 and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
- Revelation 1:5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,