* 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
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