* the ram of consecration.
  2,29  7:37  Ex 29:19-31  Joh 17:19  1Co 1:30  2Co 5:21 
  Eph 5:25,27  Re 1:5,6 
   "The ram of consecration" was evidently a sacrifice of peace
   offering though presented on a particular occasion.  Part of
   the blood was applied, not as that of the sin offering, to
   the horns of the altar, but to Aaron and his sons; to the
   tips of their right ears, the thumbs of their right hands,
   and the great toes of their right feet:  implying their
   obligation to hearken diligently to the word of God--to do
   his work in the best manner which they could, and to walk in
   his ways with steady perseverance; and also, that they could
   not do these things acceptably except through the atoning
   blood, received and applied by faith.  Then part of the blood
   reserved upon the altar, probably in a basin for that
   purpose, was mingled with the holy anointing oil, and
   sprinkled on the garments both of Aaron and his sons, to
   hallow them to the Lord.  "This may be looked upon as a
   lively representation of our purification by the blood of
   Jesus Christ, through his Holy Spirit."--Bp. Patrick