Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 16:32
And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments:
32. shall be consecrated ] See on Lev 8:33.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Whom he shall anoint; he, i.e. either God, who commanded him to be anointed, as men are oft said to do what others do by their command, or the high priest, who was to anoint his successor. Or, the third person is here put indefinitely or impersonally, for who shall be anointed.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And the priest whom he shall anoint,…. Whom God shall anoint, or shall be anointed, that shall succeed in the high priesthood, as Aaron’s sons did, the eldest of them, and none but such were anointed:
and whom he shall consecrate; or fill his hands, by putting the sacrifices into them; [See comments on Ex 28:41] and
[See comments on Ex 29:9] [See comments on Ex 29:24]; by which, and by anointing him, and clothing him with the priestly garments, he was consecrated and installed into his office, in order
to minister in the priest’s office, in his father’s stead: a son of an high priest was always preferred to any other, and to him it of right belonged to succeed his father in his office: and such an one, thus consecrated,
shall make the atonement; on this day of atonement; not a common priest, but the high priest only; so Jarchi observes, this expiation of the day of atonement was not right but by an high priest; for the whole section is said concerning Aaron, and therefore it must needs be said of an high priest that comes after him, that should be as he was:
and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments: that is, on the day of atonement; in which clothes all the service peculiar to that day, as it was done by Aaron, so it was to be done by all his successors.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
In the future, the priest who was anointed and set apart for the duty of the priesthood in his father’s stead, i.e., the existing high priest, was to perform the act of expiation in the manner prescribed, and that “once a year.” The yearly repetition of the general atonement showed that the sacrifices of the law were not sufficient to make the servant of God perfect according to this own conscience. And this imperfection of the expiation, made with the blood of bullocks and goats, could not fail to awaken a longing for the perfect sacrifice of the eternal High Priest, who has obtained eternal redemption by entering once, through His own blood, into the holiest of all (Heb 9:7-12). And just as this was effected negatively, so by the fact that the high priest entered on this day into the holiest of all, as the representative of the whole congregation, and there, before the throne of God, completed its reconciliation with Him, was the necessity exhibited in a positive manner for the true reconciliation of man, and his introduction into a perfect and abiding fellowship with Him, and the eventual realization of this by the blood of the Son of God, our eternal High Priest and Mediator, prophetically foreshadowed. The closing words in Lev 16:34, “and he (i.e., Aaron, to whom Moses was to communicate the instructions of God concerning the feast of atonement, Lev 16:2) did as the Lord commanded Moses,” are anticipatory in their character, like Exo 12:50. For the law in question could not be carried out till the seventh month of the current year, that is to say, as we find from a comparison of Num 10:11 with Exo 40:17, not till after the departure of Israel from Sinai.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(32) And the priest, whom he shall anoint.Better, And the priest who shall be anointed. Not only is Aaron to make atonement on this occasion, but, in future, the priest who shall be consecrated by the proper authorities as his successor to the pontificate shall perform this act of expiation on the Day of Atonement.
And whom he shall consecrate.Better, and who shall be consecrated. According to the canonical interpretation which obtained during the second Temple, this clause makes the hereditary right to the high priesthood conditional. Unlike property, which descends to the heirs unconditionally, the son of the high priest can only succeed his father if he is morally and physically blameless. The decision upon these points was vested in the community, represented by their eldersthe Sanhedrinwho pronounced whether the heir apparent was qualified or disqualified to step into the office of pontiff, and who appointed the delegates to anoint and invest the new high priest with the insignia of his functions.
And shall put on the linen clothes.Better, and shall put on the linen garments, as it is rendered in the Authorised Version in Lev. 16:23. This phrase only occurs twice, and in this very section. To render it by two different expressions within so short a space is almost equivalent to depriving it of its identity. Now the priest who has thus been deemed worthy to succeed to this high office is to put on the holy white garments on the Day of Atonement.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
32. The priest anoint The Hebrew pontiff was at first designated as the anointed priest. Afterwards he was styled the great or high priest. See Lev 4:3, note.
Consecrate See Num 3:3, note.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
“And the priest, who shall be anointed and who shall be consecrated to be priest in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen garments, even the holy garments,”
The responsibility for the maintenance of this ritual lay with each descendant of the High Priest who took on his office. The one who was anointed and consecrated in his father’s place would be the one who had to make atonement and would be permitted to put on the especially holy garments, the linen garments. But sometimes it would require a deputy, because of possible illness or infirmity, or because in some way the High Priest became unclean in such a way that there was not time for him to be made clean. For the laws of uncleanness applied to him as much as to all. By the time of Jesus elaborate precautions were taken to prevent this happening.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Lev 16:32. The priest whom he shall anoint, &c. The priest who shall be anointed, and who shall be consecrated. Houbigant.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Lev 16:32 And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments:
Ver. 32. Whom he shall consecrate, ] i.e., God: or the present high priest, the chief God on earth. See on Lev 6:2 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
consecrate. See note on Exo 28:41. Exo 9:17.
holy. See note on Exo 3:5.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
the priest: Lev 4:3, Lev 4:5, Lev 4:16
consecrate: Heb. fill his hand, Exo 29:9, *marg.
to minister: Exo 29:29, Exo 29:30, Num 20:26-28
put on the linen: Lev 16:4
Reciprocal: Lev 21:10 – upon 1Ch 23:13 – sanctify 2Ch 13:9 – consecrate himself
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 16:32. The priest whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate This ought to be translated, who shall be anointed, and who shall be consecrated, as the Vulgate hath it. For an active verb without a person is frequently in Scripture to be taken passively; the well observing whereof will tend to the removing of many difficulties. For example; those words of Isaiah, quoted Joh 12:39-40, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their hearts, import merely, Their eyes were blinded, and their hearts hardened, as it is expressed Act 28:27, and Mat 13:14-15, compared with Isa 6:9. So, he hardened Pharaohs heart, is equivalent to, his heart was hardened, Exo 7:22. So, he moved David, 2Sa 24:1, ought to be translated, David was moved, namely, by his own evil heart, or Satans instigation, 1Ch 21:1.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
16:32 And the priest, {m} whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, [even] the holy garments:
(m) Whom the priest shall anoint by God’s commandment to succeed in his father’s place.