Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 6:22
And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: [it is] a statute forever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
22. the anointed priest that shall be in his stead ] The successors of Aaron in the high priestly office are to be anointed. In the ceremonial of Lev 8:12 f. (Exo 29:7 f.) Aaron only is anointed; ‘the high priest among his brethren’ is distinguished as the one ‘upon whose head the anointing oil is poured’ (Lev 21:10); ‘the anointed priest’ officiates in the first and second of the four Sin-Offerings prescribed in Lev 4:3-21 ( Lev 6:3 ; Lev 6:16). Other passages (Exo 28:41; Exo 30:30; Exo 40:15; Lev 7:36; Lev 10:7; Num 3:3) either contain instructions to anoint the sons of Aaron, as well as their father, or refer to them as anointed.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
It shall be wholly burnt – literally, it shall ascend in fire as a whole burnt-offering.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it,…. The successor of the high priest:
it is a statute for ever unto the Lord; which he by an everlasting statute appointed to be offered to him by every high priest, until the Messiah should come:
it shall be wholly burnt; of a common meat offering only a handful was burnt, and the rest was the priest’s; see Le 6:15.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(22) And the priest of his sons.That is, any one of his descendants who succeeds to the high priesthood is to do the same in all times to come, since it is a statute to last as long as the priesthood continues.
It shall be wholly burnt.Unlike the ordinary meat offerings brought by the laity, which, with the exception of a handful, was the perquisite of the officiating priest (see Lev. 2:2-3), the high priest could not eat of this mincha because he presented it himself, since it would be unseemly both to offer it to God and at the same time eat it himself. Nor was an ordinary priest allowed to eat it, because he was subordinate in rank to the officiating high priest.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
22. The priest of his sons This justifies our note on Lev 6:20, limiting the expression “his sons” to Aaron’s successors in the office of high priest as heads of the hierarchy. They had no technical designation in the Pentateuch the word gadhol, great, in Lev 21:10, is not yet wholly technical but were defined by the definite article the and the following relative clause.
That is anointed In the books subsequent to the Pentateuch we find the high priest indicated by the Hebrew words for great, or head. All the priests were anointed, but the high priest received a more copious unction. Lev 16:32; Psa 133:1.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 6:22 And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: [it is] a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
Ver. 22. Of his sons, ] i.e., The eldest, if he have no deformity or impediment, to make him incapable of the priesthood.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the priest . . . anointed. See on Lev 4:3.
wholly burnt. Because the priest did not eat his own.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
is anointed: Lev 4:3, Deu 10:6, Heb 7:23
wholly: Lev 8:21, Exo 29:22-25, Isa 53:10
Reciprocal: Lev 6:20 – in the day Lev 7:17 – burnt
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
6:22 And the priest of his sons that is {i} anointed in his stead shall offer it: [it is] a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
(i) His son that shall succeed him.