Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 30:21
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute forever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
21. a statute for ever, &c.] see on Exo 12:14, and Exo 28:43.
22 33 (cf. Exo 37:29 a). The holy Anointing Oil. An aromatic oil to be prepared, by mixing, in stated proportions, olive oil with (probably) the essences of myrrh, cinnamon, sweet-smelling cane, and cassia; and the Tent of Meeting, with its appurtenances, as also Aaron and his sons, to be anointed with it, as a mark of consecration to Jehovah. The oil thus prepared to be reserved exclusively for sacred purposes.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 21. And it shall be a statute for ever] To continue, in its literal meaning, as long as the Jewish economy lasted, and, in its spiritual meaning, to the end of time. What an important lesson does this teach the ministers of the Gospel of Christ! Each time they minister in public, whether in dispensing the WORD or the SACRAMENTS, they should take heed that they have a fresh application of the grace and spirit of Christ, to do away past transgressions or unfaithfulness, and to enable them to minister with the greater effect, as being in the Divine favour, and consequently entitled to expect all the necessary assistances of the Divine unction, to make their ministrations spirit and life to the people. See Clarke on Ex 29:20.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not,…. By the immediate hand of God, who would so greatly resent such a neglect of his command; and by how much easier it was to perform it, by so much the more were they inexcusable, and to be treated with greater severity; and this is repeated, that they might carefully observe it, lest they perish:
and it shall be a statute for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed, throughout their generations; to be observed by Aaron and his descendants in all ages, as long as their priesthood lasted, until the Messiah should come, and wash all his people, his priests, with his own blood, from all their sins, Re 1:5.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(21) A statute for ever.Comp. Exo. 27:21; Exo. 28:43; Exo. 29:9. The external act was to continue so long as the dispensation lasted; the internal purity, which it symbolised, would be required of those who entered the Divine Presence for ever. (See Heb. 12:14.)
THE COMPOSITION OF THE HOLY OIL.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
Ver. 21. That they die not. ] Come not to an untimely end, as Nadab and Abihu did. Lev 10:1-2
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
a statute: Exo 28:43
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
30:21 So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute {l} for ever to them, [even] to him and to his seed throughout their generations.
(l) So long as the priesthood shall last.