Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 29:12
And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
12. The Hebrew regarded the blood as the seat of the ‘soul,’ or principle of life; and it was in virtue of the ‘soul’ that was in it, that it made atonement (see Lev 17:11). By its application to the horns of the altar (cf. Lev 4:25; Lev 4:30; Lev 4:34), as in other cases to those of the altar of incense, or to the mercy-seat (Lev 4:7; Lev 4:18; Lev 16:14-15), it was brought near to Jehovah.
upon the horns (Exo 27:2) of the altar ] i.e. of the altar of burnt-offering (Exo 27:1 ff.), exactly as in the cases of the sin-offering for laymen specified in Lev 4:25; Lev 4:30; Lev 4:34 (contrast Exo 29:6 f., Exo 29:17 f.): the priests, before their consecration is completed, are treated as laity.
at the base of the altar ] as in the ordinary sin-offering, Lev 4:7; Lev 4:18; Lev 4:25; Lev 4:30; Lev 4:34; cf. Lev 5:9; Lev 8:15 (the parallel to the present passage), Exo 9:9. The ‘base’ (lit. foundation) of the altar is mentioned only in these passages. On the additions in Lev 8:15, respecting the atonement made for the altar, see below, on v. 36.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Upon the horns of the altar; not of incense, as some would have it, but of the burnt-offerings, as may appear,
1. Because it was that altar at the bottom whereof the blood was to be poured, as it is here expressed; but that was not done at the altar of incense, as is evident and confessed. Compare Lev 16:18, &c.
2. It was that altar upon which the parts of the sacrifices were burnt, as it here follows, Exo 29:13, for there is no distinction here between the two altars. It is true, in the following sin-offerings of the priests the blood was put upon the horns of the altar of incense, Lev 4:7. But it must be considered,
1. That the blood was not poured out at the bottom of that altar.
2. Because Aaron and his sons were not yet complete priests, but private persons, and therefore did this at the same altar which the people used in their sin-offerings, Lev 4:25,30.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And thou shalt take the blood of the bullock,…. Being slain, and its blood received into a basin:
and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; not sprinkle it with hyssop, as was done in some cases, but put on with the finger dipped into the blood in the basin; as the horns of the altar were the place where the sacrifice was bound, as some think, or however where persons in distress fled for refuge, and laid hold on, it may figure the blood of Christ, being effectual to the cleansing of their souls, and the remission of their sins, through the application of it to them by the Spirit of God:
and pour all the blood beside at the bottom of the altar; the rest of the blood not put upon the horns of the altar, all that was left of it. Jarchi says, there was a receptacle (for it) that protruded from around the altar, about a cubit from the ground; and here it was that the blood was poured.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(12) Thou shalt take of the blood . . . and put it upon the horns of the altar.It has been already noticed that the virtue of the altar was considered to reside especially in its horns; hence fugitives clung to them (1Ki. 1:50; 1Ki. 2:28). In all sin offerings it was required (1) That some of the victims blood should be smeared upon the altars horns; and (2) That the remainder should be poured at its base (Lev. 4:7; Lev. 4:18; Lev. 4:30; Lev. 4:34).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
12. Put it upon the horns of the altar Thus sanctifying the altar itself that it might in turn sanctify the offerings put thereon .
Pour beside the bottom of the altar Thus the substituted lives went out in blood under the altar, (comp . the “souls under the altar” in Rev 6:9,) and made atonement for human lives . Comp . Lev 17:11.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 29:12. And put it upon the horns of the altar The altar of burnt-offering is here meant, upon the horns of which it is also enjoined, ch. Exo 30:10 that an atonement should be made every year. See the note there.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Psa 118:27 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.
Ver. 12. The blood of the bullock. ] For “without blood there was no remission of sin.” Heb 9:22
Beside the bottom of the altar.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the blood: Lev 8:15, Lev 9:9, Lev 16:14, Lev 16:18, Lev 16:19, Heb 9:13, Heb 9:14, Heb 9:22, Heb 10:4
the horns: Exo 27:2, Exo 30:2, Exo 38:2
pour all: Lev 4:7, Lev 4:18, Lev 4:25, Lev 4:30, Lev 4:34, Lev 5:9, Lev 9:9
Reciprocal: Exo 29:16 – General Eze 43:20 – take Heb 5:3 – as Heb 9:21 – General