Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 29:42
[This shall be] a continual burnt offering throughout your generations [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
42. a continual burnt offering ] i.e. a burnt-offering recurring regularly: so Num 28:3; Num 28:6; Num 28:10; Num 28:15 al., Eze 46:15. The same word continual (or continually) is also used often besides, esp. in P, of standing institutions of the theocracy, as Exo 25:30 Heb., Exo 27:20 (see the note), Exo 28:29-30; Exo 28:38; Exo 30:8 al. throughout your generations
door ] entrance.
where ] i.e. in the Tent of Meeting; cf. Exo 25:22, Exo 30:36. For you, Sam. LXX. have thee, as in these passages. The clause beginning here leads on to vv. 43 46.
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Either,
1. At which door, for there the Lord stood and talked with Moses, Exo 33:9,10. Or rather,
2. In which tabernacle, to wit, in the innermost part of it, because that was the principal place where God did ordinarily reside and meet with his people, Exo 30:6; Lev 16:2; whereas God met but once at the door of the tabernacle, and that with Moses only, not with the people, with whom he is said to meet in this place, Exo 29:43. Add to this, that the place where God meets them is the same place which is sanctified by his glory, and that was the tabernacle, Exo 29:43, as it is expressed in our translation, and sufficiently implied in the Hebrew, by a common ellipsis of the pronoun it, i. e. that place where I meet with you, to wit, the tabernacle, shall be, &c.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations,…. To be offered up morning and evening in every age, as long as the Mosaic economy lasted, till he came, who put an end to it by offering up himself, the antitype of it:
at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord; that is, upon the altar of burnt offering which stood there, see Ex 40:29:
where I will meet you to speak there unto thee; to accept of their sacrifices, give further directions of what was to be done, and answers to inquiries made of him in matters of moment and difficulty. Jarchi observes, that some of their Rabbins conclude from hence, that the holy blessed God spoke with Moses from off the altar of brass, after the tabernacle was set up; but others say from off the mercy seat, as in
Ex 25:22.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
42. At the door of the tabernacle (235) of the congregation. This passage shews us in what sense the word מועד mogned, is used, when it is employed in connection with the tabernacle. Some translate it “testimony:” others, “church:” others, “assembly,” ( conventum;) others, “appointment,” ( constitutum;) but its etymology is sufficiently shewn in this passage; for, when Moses gives the reason of its appellation, he uses the word יגד yagnad, from whence it is derived. What, then, is the tabernacle of the convention? God Himself answers, that it is the place which He has chosen and appointed unto His people, that they may there mutually come to agreement with each other. Some conceive its root to be, עדה gnadah, which is to make protestation as by a solemn rite; but since this is opposed to grammar, I will take what is certain. The word יעד yagnad, in this construction, means to contract or agree with another, or at least to meet for the transaction of mutual business; no word, therefore, has appeared to me more nearly equivalent to it than convention; for the fact that God invited them to familiar colloquy, was of the greatest weight in preserving the modest reverence of the faithful towards the priests. In the next verse He repeats to them, addressing them in the third person, that whosoever shall desire to be reckoned among the Israelites, should not turn away or wander elsewhere; for a law is laid down for all the children of Israel, that they should seek God there. Another confirmation is subjoined, i.e., that this place ought to be sanctified, because God will there magnificently display His glory. In fine, from the whole passage, it appears that God’s design was to keep the people bound to Him by the tie of the Levitical priesthood; yet we must observe that it is God alone who sanctifies both the place and the offerings, as well as the men themselves. Wherefore frivolous is the boast of those who arrogate more than God has conferred upon them. If we believe the Pope, in him is the holiness of holiness; yet, since he does not produce God’s authority for this, but vaunts himself of titles invented without foundation, we may safely laugh at his stupid impudence. But from this and similar passages, our doctrine is taken that Christ ought not to be estimated humanly, but according to His heavenly and divine power. Hence, too, is refuted the boast of the Popish priests that they offer Christ; for we must always ask them, By what authority? since God claims for Himself alone this right of sanctifying those who exercise the lawful priesthood.
(235) “ Conventionis :” of the convention. — Lat.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
Exo 29:42 [This shall be] a continual burnt offering throughout your generations [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.
Ver. 42. Where I will meet you. ] Hence it was called “the tabernacle of the congregation,” because there God met them, and made a covenant with them. See Exo 40:34 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
meet = meet by appointment. See note on Exo 25:22. you. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint, read “thee”.
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a continual: Exo 29:38, Exo 30:8, Num 28:6, Dan 8:11-13, Dan 12:11
where: Exo 25:22, Exo 30:6, Exo 30:36, Lev 1:1, Num 17:4
Reciprocal: Exo 3:18 – met Exo 33:7 – the Tabernacle of Lev 1:3 – a burnt Num 28:7 – in the holy Psa 141:2 – the evening Isa 64:5 – meetest
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A CONTINUAL BURNT-OFFERING
A continual burnt offering throughout your generations.
Exo 29:42
I. The Burnt-offering typified Christ, not as the Sin-bearer, as in the Sin and Trespass offerings, but as the Perfectly Obedient One. Here is Human Nature glorified in its absolute devotion to the Father, in its sustained, and all-absorbing, enthusiasm for His will.
II. It was made the Ground of AcceptanceHe shall offer it that he may be accepted before the Lord. (Lev 1:3, R.V.) The offerer was represented in his offering, being accepted, or rejected, in its acceptance or rejection. The Great Offerer, Jesus, standing as our Representative, the Second Adam, offered His obedience. It was accepted, and in that acceptance He was accepted, and we in Him. Henceforth, and for ever, the believer stands accepted in the Beloved.
III. It was wholly consumed. (a) All was burnt, and in this it differed from all the other offerings. (b) The fire that consumed it fell from Heavenstriking symbol of that only source of true zeal for God, the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of burning. This is made clear by Heb 9:14 :Who, through the Eternal Spirit, offered Himself without spot to God.
IV. Unlike the Sin and Trespass offerings, it was for a Sweet Savour unto the Lord. This teaches Gods unending delight in the obedience of Jesus. It is His satisfaction that is emphasised. In the case of the other oblations, man partook in part, or whole; but here all is given to God, none to the priests. In Lev 21:6; Lev 21:8; Lev 21:17; Lev 21:21-22, it is spoken of repeatedly as the bread of God. It is most eloquent, therefore, of Gods joy in His Perfect Servant, His Well-beloved Son.
Illustration
(1) This burnt-offering is the whole-offering, signifying that the life all goes up in self-surrender to Jehovah; hence also this will be responded to by a complete self-communication of Jehovah, a revelation of His glory, this itself having been in fact the cause of Israels self-surrender or holiness.
(2) Every day began and closed with the burnt-offering of a lamb of the first year, along with a meal-offering of fine flour and oil and a drink-offering of wine. This would be a sweet savour unto God, not after the carnal fashion in which sceptics have interpreted the words, but in the same sense in which the wicked are a smoke in His nostrils from a continually burning fire.