Imamat 8:18-21

8:18 Then he presented the burnt offering ram and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, 8:19 and he slaughtered it. ¹  Moses then splashed the blood against the altar’s sides. 8:20 Then he ²  cut the ram into parts, ³  and Moses offered the head, the parts, and the suet up in smoke, 8:21 but the entrails and the legs he washed with water, ⁴  and Moses offered the whole ram up in smoke on the altar – it was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma, a gift to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. ⁵ 

Imamat 9:13-14

9:13 The burnt offering itself they handed ⁶  to him by its parts, including the head, ⁷  and he offered them up in smoke on the altar, 9:14 and he washed the entrails and the legs and offered them up in smoke on top of the burnt offering on the altar.

Keluaran 29:17-18

29:17 Then you are to cut the ram into pieces and wash the entrails and its legs and put them on its pieces and on its head 29:18 and burn ⁸  the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering ⁹  to the Lord, a soothing aroma; it is an offering made by fire ¹⁰  to the Lord. ¹¹ 

Keluaran 29:1

The Consecration of Aaron and His Sons

29:1 ¹² “Now this is what ¹³  you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a young ¹⁴  bull and two rams without blemish; ¹⁵ 

Kisah Para Rasul 18:23

18:23 After he spent ¹⁶  some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia ¹⁷  and Phrygia, ¹⁸  strengthening all the disciples.

Kisah Para Rasul 18:1

Paul at Corinth

18:1 After this ¹⁹  Paul ²⁰  departed from ²¹  Athens ²²  and went to Corinth. ²³ 

[8:19]  ¹ tn Aaron probably did the slaughtering (cf. the notes on Lev 8:15-16 above).

[8:20]  ² tn Again, Aaron probably cut the ram up into parts (v. 20a), but Moses presented them on the altar (v. 20b; cf. the note on v. 15 above).

[8:20]  ³ tn Heb “cut it into its parts.” One could translate here, “quartered it” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:133; cf. Lev 1:6, 12 above).

[8:21]  ⁴ tn Again, Aaron probably did the washing (v. 21a), but Moses presented the portions on the altar (v. 21b; cf. the note on v. 15 above).

[8:21]  ⁵ tn See Lev 1:9, 13.

[9:13]  ⁶ tn See the note on v. 12.

[9:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the burnt offering they handed to him to its parts and the head.”

[29:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “turn to sweet smoke.”

[29:18]  ⁹ sn According to Lev 1 the burnt offering (often called whole burnt offering, except that the skins were usually given to the priests for income) was an atoning sacrifice. By consuming the entire animal, God was indicating that he had completely accepted the worshiper, and as it was a sweet smelling fire sacrifice, he was indicating that he was pleased to accept it. By offering the entire animal, the worshiper was indicating on his part a complete surrender to God.

[29:18]  ¹⁰ tn The word אִשֶּׁה (’isheh) has traditionally been translated “an offering made with fire” or the like, because it appears so obviously connected with fire. But further evidence from Ugaritic suggests that it might only mean “a gift” (see Milgrom, Leviticus 1-16, 161).

[29:18]  ¹¹ sn These sections show that the priest had to be purified or cleansed from defilement of sin and also be atoned for and accepted by the Lord through the blood of the sacrifice. The principles from these two sacrifices should be basic to anyone seeking to serve God.

[29:1]  ¹² sn Chap. 29 is a rather long, involved discussion of the consecration of Aaron the priest. It is similar to the ordination service in Lev 8. In fact, the execution of what is instructed here is narrated there. But these instructions must have been formulated after or in conjunction with Lev 1-7, for they presuppose a knowledge of the sacrifices. The bulk of the chapter is the consecration of the priests: 1-35. It has the preparation (1-3), washing (4), investiture and anointing (5-9), sin offering (10-14), burnt offering (15-18), installation peace offering (19-26, 31-34), other offerings’ rulings (27-30), and the duration of the ritual (35). Then there is the consecration of the altar (36-37), and the oblations (38-46). There are many possibilities for the study and exposition of this material. The whole chapter is the consecration of tabernacle, altar, people, and most of all the priests. God was beginning the holy operations with sacral ritual. So the overall message would be: Everyone who ministers, everyone who worships, and everything they use in the presence of Yahweh, must be set apart to God by the cleansing, enabling, and sanctifying work of God.

[29:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “the thing.”

[29:1]  ¹⁴ tn Literally: “take one bull, a ‘son’ of the herd.”

[29:1]  ¹⁵ tn The word תָּמִים (tamim) means “perfect.” The animals could not have diseases or be crippled or blind (see Mal 1). The requirement was designed to ensure that the people would give the best they had to Yahweh. The typology pointed to the sinless Messiah who would fulfill all these sacrifices in his one sacrifice on the cross.

[18:23]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “Having spent”; the participle ποιήσας (poihsas) is taken temporally.

[18:23]  ¹⁷ sn Galatia refers to either (1) the region of the old kingdom of Galatia in the central part of Asia Minor, or (2) the Roman province of Galatia, whose principal cities in the 1st century were Ancyra and Pisidian Antioch. The exact extent and meaning of this area has been a subject of considerable controversy in modern NT studies.

[18:23]  ¹⁸ sn Phrygia was a district in central Asia Minor west of Pisidia. See Acts 16:6.

[18:1]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “After these things.”

[18:1]  ²⁰ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Paul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ²¹ tn Or “Paul left.”

[18:1]  ²² map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.

[18:1]  ²³ sn Corinth was the capital city of the senatorial province of Achaia and the seat of the Roman proconsul. It was located 55 mi (88 km) west of Athens. Corinth was a major rival to Athens and was the largest city in Greece at the time.

[18:1]  map For location see JP1 C2; JP2 C2; JP3 C2; JP4 C2.