Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 29:15
Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
15 18. The burnt -offering (Lev 8:18-21), such as would naturally form part of a solemn ceremony. On the ritual, see more fully Leviticus 1.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Thou shalt also take one ram,…. One of the two he was bid to take, Ex 29:1;
and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram; confessing their sins, acknowledging their guilt, and by this act transferring the same to the ram, which was to be a burnt offering, and was typical of the imputation of sin to Christ, as before observed.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 15-18:
“One ram,” one of the two in v. I. Aaron and his sons were to place their hands on his head, symbolic of identification with the sacrifice, and in acknowledgment that it was their representative.
The blood was to be caught in a basin, then “sprinkled,” zarag, lit. “cast” out about the altar, not sprinkled with hyssop or hand.
The ram was to be cut into pieces, or its “natural limbs.” The “inwards” or intestines were to be washed, then returned to the altar with the rest of the pieces. The entire animal was then offered as a burnt offering (see Le 1, 9, 13, 17).
The “sweet savor” of the burning sacrifice meant that the entire offering was pleasing to God (see Ge 8:21).
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(15) One ram.Heb., the one ram: i.e., one of the two rams already mentioned in Exo. 29:1.
Put their hands upon the head of the ram.
Again identifying themselves with the animal, as in Exo. 29:10, but with a different purpose from their former one. Then they transferred their sins to the victim; now they claimed a part in the victims dedication to God, offering themselves with it, and becoming, themselves, a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord (Exo. 29:18).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
15-18. Take one ram While the bullock served as a sin offering, this was to be a burnt offering unto the Lord. As in the one case, so in the other, the symbolical putting their hands upon the head of the victim was performed by Aaron and his sons, but the blood was sprinkled round about upon the altar, and the whole ram was burned upon the altar . Lev 1:3-13; Lev 8:18-21, notes .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Exo 29:15. Thou shalt also take one ram The one, or one of the rams. See Exo 29:1; Exo 29:19. This was to be sacrificed as a burnt-offering; the whole of it being to be burnt upon the altar, Exo 29:18. All the blood of it was to be sprinkled round about upon the altar; Lev 5:11 in this and in other respects differing from the sin-offering. “Being in the nature of a gift presented in token of gratitude to God, and of devoting themselves wholly to his service,” says Bishop Patrick, “the burnt-offering was to be entirely consumed upon the altar; to shew, that after penitent confession of sin, God is reconciled (through the Great Sin-offering) to sinners, and accepts of their gifts.”
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Putting the hand upon the head of the beast carried with it this idea, that the sinner merited the death which the animal was to suffer.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
Ver. 15. Thou shalt also take. ] After the sin offering, other offerings: till sin be expiated, no service is accepted.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
one: Exo 29:3, Exo 29:19, Lev 8:18-21
put: Exo 29:10, Lev 1:4-9
Reciprocal: Eze 43:22 – a kid
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exo 29:15. There must be a burnt-offering, a ram wholly burned, in token of the dedication of themselves wholly to God, as living sacrifices, kindled with the fire, and ascending in the flame of holy love. The sin-offering must first be offered, and then the burnt-offering, for till guilt be removed no acceptable service can be performed.