Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 30:30
And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that [they] may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
30. Aaron and his sons ] In Exo 29:7 (cf. Lev 8:12), 29 anointing is prescribed only for Aaron (the high priest), and his successors in the same office: and that originally it was only the high priest who was anointed seems to follow from the fact that he is called distinctively ‘the anointed priest,’ Lev 4:3; Lev 4:5; Lev 4:16; Lev 6:22 (cf. Exo 16:32, Exo 21:10; Exo 21:12, Num 35:25). The extension of the ceremony to his ‘sons’ (the ordinary priests) must represent a later usage: it is found here, Exo 28:41, Exo 40:15, Lev 7:36; Lev 10:7, Num 3:3. It is difficult to resist the inference that these passages belong to a later stratum of P. The reference can hardly be to the sprinkling with oil and blood noticed in Exo 29:21, Lev 8:30; for this is not termed ‘anointing,’ and is subsequent to the anointing proper (Exo 29:7; Lev 8:12).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 30. Thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons] For the reason of this anointing, See Clarke on Ex 29:7. It seems that this anointing oil was an emblem of Divine teaching, and especially of those influences by which the Church of Christ was, in the beginning, guided into all truth; as is evident from the allusion to it by St. John: “Ye have an unction from the HOLY ONE, and ye know all things. The anointing which ye have received from him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you; but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in HIM; 1Jo 2:20, 1Jo 2:27.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Not all of them, but only those who succeed him in the high priests office, as appears from Exo 40:15; Lev 4:3,5,16; Exo 16:32; 21:10. This anointing of them signified both Gods election or calling them to this office, and the inward qualifications requisite for it, to wit, the gifts and graces of the Holy Ghost, which are oft designed by this word of anointing, as Isa 61:1; Dan 9:24; 1Jo 2:27, and the solemn setting apart of Christ, the true High Priest, for the mediatorial office.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And thou shall anoint Aaron and his sons,…. Them alone, and not others, as Aben Ezra, who were typical of Christ anointed with the Spirit of God without measure, to his various offices of prophet, priest and King; and also of all the saints, who are anointed priests to God, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Christ:
and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office; by anointing them, and by other rites mentioned in the preceding chapter; whereby they were set apart for that office, and were qualified for it, and had authority to exercise it.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(30) Thou shalt anoint Aaron.Comp. Exo. 29:7; Lev. 8:12.
And his sons.See Exo. 29:21.
That they may minister unto me.As Aaron and his sons were unfit to minister until the holy oil had been poured on them, so Christian priests can be no otherwise fitted to discharge their office than by their receiving that effluence of the Holy Spirit which the holy oil typified.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 30:30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that [they] may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
Ver. 30. Aaron and his sons. ] Those only that succeeded him in the office of high priest. Lev 4:3 ; Lev 4:5 ; Lev 4:16 ; Lev 16:32
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
consecrate. See note on Exo 28:4.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
anoint: Exo 29:7-37, Exo 40:15, Lev 8:12, Lev 8:30, Num 3:3
consecrate: Exo 28:3, Exo 29:9, Exo 29:35
Reciprocal: Exo 28:1 – among Exo 29:29 – anointed Lev 10:7 – the anointing Luk 1:8 – he