Torah Mosheh 2: Shemot / Exodus Chapter 29

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Consecration of the Kohenim

Object elements required

29:1(iv) And this [is] the thing that thou shalt do unto them to set apart them, to minister unto me in the Kohen's office:

Take one young bullock, and two rams tamiym (תּמים),

29:2 And Matzah lechem, and matzah challah tempered with shemen (שׁמן), and wafers unleavened anointed with shemen (שׁמן): [of] wheaten flour shalt thou make them.

29:3 And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.

29:4 And Aharon and his banim thou shalt bring unto the entrance of the ohel moed, and shalt wash them with water.

Kohen's attire

29:5 And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aharon the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod (אפד  /  אפוד), and the choshen (חשׁן), and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod:

29:6 And thou shalt put the mitre (מצנפת) upon his head, and put the kadosh crown upon the mitre.

29:7 Then shalt thou take the anointing shemen (שׁמן), and pour [it] upon his head, and anoint him.

29:8 And thou shalt bring his banim, and put kuttanot (coats) upon them.

29:9 (v) And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aharon and his banim, and put the migba'ot (headbands) on them: and the Kohen's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aharon and his banim.

Sin must be purge

29:10 And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the ohel Moed: and Aharon and his banim shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock.

29:11 And thou shalt shachat (שׁחט) the bullock before YHWH (יהוה), [by] the entrance of the ohel Moed.

29:12 And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put [it] upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

29:13 And thou shalt take all the chelev ( חלב) that covereth the inwards, and the caul [that is] above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the chelev ( חלב) that [is] upon them, and burn [them] upon the altar.

29:14 But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it [is] a chattat (חטּאה).

29:15 Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aharon and his banim shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

29:16 And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle [it] round about upon the altar.

29:17 And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put [them] unto his pieces, and unto his head.

29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it [is] a olah unto YHWH (יהוה): it [is] a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto YHWH (יהוה).

29:19 (v) And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aharon and his banim shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.

29:20 Then shalt thou shachat (שׁחט) the ram, and take of his blood, and put [it] upon the tip of the right ear of Aharon, and upon the tip of the right ear of his banim, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

29:21 And thou shalt take of the blood that [is] upon the altar, and of the anointing shemen (שׁמן), and sprinkle [it] upon Aharon, and upon his garments, and upon his banim, and upon the garments of his banim with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his banim, and his banim' garments with him.

29:22 Also thou shalt take of the ram the chelev ( חלב) and the rump, and the chelev ( חלב) that covereth the inwards, and the caul [above] the liver, and the two kidneys, and the chelev ( חלב) that [is] upon them, and the right shoulder; for it [is] a ram of consecration:

Fellowship

29:23 And one loaf of lechem, and one challah of shemen (שׁמן) lechem, and one wafer out of the basket of the Matzah lechem that [is] before YHWH (יהוה):

29:24 And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aharon, and in the hands of his banim; and shalt wave them [for] a tenufah (wave offering) before YHWH (יהוה).

29:25 And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn [them] upon the altar for a olah, for a sweet savour before YHWH (יהוה): it [is] an offering made by fire unto YHWH (יהוה).

29:26 And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aharon's consecration, and wave it [for] a tenufah (wave offering) before YHWH (יהוה): and it shall be thy part.

29:27 And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the tenufah (wave offering), and the shoulder of the terumah (heave offering), which is waved, and which is lifted (heaved) up, of the ram of the consecration, [even] of [that] which [is] for Aharon, and of [that] which is for his banim:

29:28 And it shall be Aharon's and his banim' by a statute for ever from the benai Yisrael: for it [is] a terumah: and it shall be an heave offering from the benai Yisrael of the sacrifice of their zivkhei shelemim (peace offerings), [even] their terumah unto YHWH (יהוה).

29:29 And the bigdei Hakodesh (holy garments of) Aharon shall be his banim' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them.

29:30 [And] that son that is Kohen in his stead shall put them on shivat yamim, when he cometh into the ohel moed (tent of meeting) to minister in the kadosh [place].

29:31 And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and see the his flesh in the kadosh place.

29:32 And Aharon and his banim shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the lechem that [is] in the basket, [by] the entrance of the ohel moed.

29:33 And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [thereof], because they [are] kadosh.

29:34 And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the lechem, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it [is] kadosh.

29:35 And thus shalt thou do unto Aharon, and to his banim, according to all [things] which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them.

29:36 And thou shalt offer every day a bullock [for] a chattat (חטּאה) for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

29:37 Shivat yamim thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most kadosh: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be kadosh.

29:38(vi) Now this [is that] which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

29:39 The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

29:40 And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten shemen (שׁמן); and the fourth part of an hin of wine [for] a nesekh (drink offering).

29:41 And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the nesekh (drink offering) thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto YHWH (יהוה).

29:42 [This shall be] a continual olah throughout your generations [at] the entrance of the ohel moed before YHWH (יהוה): where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

29:43 And there I will meet with the benai Yisrael, and [the tabernacle] shall be sanctified by my glory.

29:44 And I will sanctify the ohel moed (tent of meeting), and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aharon and his banim, to minister to me in the Kohen's office.

29:45 And I will dwell among the benai Yisrael, and will be their Elohim.

29:46 And they shall know that ANI YHWH (יהוה) their Elohim, that brought them forth out of the land of Mitzrayim, that I may dwell among them: ANI YHWH (יהוה) their Elohim.


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the blood a picture of the blood of Moshiach shed for the forgiveness of sins

burn the whole ram speaks of Moshiach's complete devotion to Elohim and his being completely offered up to Elohim

Right ear, thumb, big toe signified the need of cleansing from sin in every area of man's life : ear (shema rightly) Thumb (do rightly) Toe (halak / walk rightly) all these must be cleanse by the blood of Moshiach

General understanding on how to slaughter the Animals

 shachat (שׁחט) KJV use inappropriate word "kill"

Even though Elohim prescribed the slaughtering of animals for sacrifice and for food, the treatment ofanimals is of the utmost importance. The Talmud describes with minute care and detail how an animal is to be slaughtered for food, and the regulations are given mainly because of the desire to inflict as painless a death as possible. The slaughterer could not be a deaf-mute, or a minor, and he must be of sound mind (Chul. 1. 1). The knife must be perfectly smooth without the slightest perceptible notch and "the knife must be tested as to its three sides upon the flesh of the finger and upon the nail" (ibid. 17b).

There are five causes of disqualification (ibid. 9a).

[1] Shehiyah means Delay, the one who slaughter must be a continuous forward and backward motion of the knife without any interruption.

[2] Derasah means Pressure, the cut must be made gently, without the exercise of any force.

[3] Chaladah means digging, the knife must not be inserted into the flesh instead of drawn across the throat.

[4] Hagramah means Slipping, that is the cut must not be made except through a prescribed section of the neck.

[5] Ikkur means Tearing, that is the cut must be done without dislocating the windpipe or gullet. Any one of these actions would render the animal unfit for consumption, because it would have inflicted pain upon the animal.

In the Talmud teaches proper care of animals and a love and respect for them.They were to be properly fed (p. Jeb. 14d), and "a man must not eat his meal before giving food to his cattle (Ber. 40a). This was taken from the ToRaH Scripture:

"And He will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and then you shall eat and be satisfied." Devarim 11:5

The Talmud teaches man to praise the animals because they are models for mankind to imitate. "Had theToRaH not been given to us for our guidance, we could not have learnt modesty from the cat, honesty from the ant, chastity from the dove, and good manners from the cock" (Erub. 100b). YHWH (יהוה) Elohim taught Mosheh to care for sheep before he would care for and lead his fellow man (Shemot. 11:2)