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class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And you shall take the ram of the consecration and boil its flesh in the holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Now you shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And you shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“You shall take the ram of the ordination and boil its meat in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Boil the meat of the ordination ram in a sacred place, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Take the ram used for the ordination, and boil its meat in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"Take the meat of the ram used for the ordination of Aaron and his sons and boil it in a holy place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a Holy Place. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"You are to take the ram of the consecration and cook its meat in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"You shall take the ram of consecration, and boil its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“You shall take the ram of consecration and boil its meat in a holy place. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you take the ram of the consecration and have boiled its flesh in the holy place;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And the ram of the consecration thou dost take, and hast boiled its flesh in the holy place;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the ram of completion thou shalt take and boil his flesh in the holy place.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and shalt boil the flesh thereof in the holy place: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But you shall take the ram of consecration and cook its flesh in the holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You shall take the installation ram and boil its meat in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall take the ram of ordination, and boil its flesh in a holy place;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall take the ram of the consecration and cook its meat in the holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And take the ram of the consummation and boil his flesh in the hallowed place.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and seethe its flesh in a holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt take the ram of consecration, and thou shalt boil the flesh in the holy place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/29-31.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=7606" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/29.htm">Food for the Priests</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’êṯ (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: tiq·qāḥ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">You are to take</a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: ’êl (N-msc) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">the ram</a> <a href="/hebrew/4394.htm" title="4394: ham·mil·lu·’îm (Art:: N-mp) -- Setting, installation. From male'; a fulfilling, i.e. a setting, or consecration.">of ordination</a> <a href="/hebrew/1310.htm" title="1310: ū·ḇiš·šal·tā (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To boil, seethe, grow ripe. A primitive root; properly, to boil up; hence, to be done in cooking; figuratively to ripen.">and boil</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1320.htm" title="1320: bə·śā·rōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Flesh. From basar; flesh; by extension, body, person; also The pudenda of a man.">its flesh</a> <a href="/hebrew/6918.htm" title="6918: qā·ḏōš (Adj-ms) -- Sacred, holy. Or qadosh; from qadash; sacred; God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary.">in a holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bə·mā·qōm (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">place.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/8-31.htm">Leviticus 8:31-32</a></span><br />And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’ / Then you must burn up the remainder of the meat and bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/6-24.htm">Leviticus 6:24-30</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, / “Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy. / The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/7-37.htm">Leviticus 7:37-38</a></span><br />This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering, / which the LORD gave Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/10-12.htm">Leviticus 10:12-15</a></span><br />And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy. / You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded. / And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">Numbers 18:8-10</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute. / A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. / You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-19.htm">Numbers 18:19</a></span><br />All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-31.htm">Numbers 18:31</a></span><br />And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a></span><br />Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-14</a></span><br />But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. / For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-10.htm">Hebrews 10:10-14</a></span><br />And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. / Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. / But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-16.htm">1 Corinthians 10:16-18</a></span><br />Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? / Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf. / Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a></span><br />and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-26.htm">Matthew 26:26-28</a></span><br />While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” / Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. / This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place.</p><p class="hdg">the ram</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/29-27.htm">Exodus 29:27</a></b></br> And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, <i>even</i> of <i>that</i> which <i>is</i> for Aaron, and of <i>that</i> which is for his sons:</p><p class="hdg">seethe his flesh</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/8-31.htm">Leviticus 8:31</a></b></br> And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh <i>at</i> the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that <i>is</i> in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/2-13.htm">1 Samuel 2:13,15</a></b></br> And the priests' custom with the people <i>was, that</i>, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/46-20.htm">Ezekiel 46:20-24</a></b></br> Then said he unto me, This <i>is</i> the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear <i>them</i> not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/23-19.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/exodus/12-9.htm">Boiled</a> <a href="/exodus/29-27.htm">Consecration</a> <a href="/exodus/23-19.htm">Cook</a> <a href="/exodus/12-9.htm">Cooked</a> <a href="/exodus/29-14.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/exodus/29-30.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/exodus/27-3.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/exodus/29-28.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/29-27.htm">Ordination</a> <a href="/exodus/29-27.htm">Ram</a> <a href="/exodus/29-29.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/exodus/23-19.htm">Seethe</a> <a href="/exodus/29-27.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/exodus/29-4.htm">Water</a> <a href="/exodus/29-28.htm">Wave</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-28.htm">Boiled</a> <a href="/exodus/29-33.htm">Consecration</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-31.htm">Cook</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Cooked</a> <a href="/exodus/29-32.htm">Flesh</a> <a href="/exodus/29-33.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/exodus/29-32.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/exodus/29-34.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/exodus/29-33.htm">Ordination</a> <a href="/exodus/29-32.htm">Ram</a> <a href="/exodus/29-33.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/exodus/34-26.htm">Seethe</a> <a href="/exodus/34-3.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/exodus/30-18.htm">Water</a> <a href="/exodus/38-24.htm">Wave</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/29-1.htm">The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests and the altar</a></span><br><span class="reftext">38. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">The continual burnt offerings</a></span><br><span class="reftext">45. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/29-45.htm">God's promise to dwell among the children of Israel</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This ritual signifies their dedication to God’s service. The use of a ram, a valuable animal, underscores the importance of the priestly office. The ordination process is detailed in <a href="/exodus/29.htm">Exodus 29</a> and <a href="/leviticus/8.htm">Leviticus 8</a>, highlighting the seriousness and sanctity of the priesthood. The ram symbolizes substitutionary sacrifice, pointing to Christ as the ultimate High Priest and sacrificial Lamb (<a href="/hebrews/7-26.htm">Hebrews 7:26-28</a>).<p><b>and boil its flesh</b><br>Boiling the flesh of the ram is a specific instruction that sets this offering apart from others that are typically burned. This method of preparation indicates a communal meal, a fellowship aspect of the sacrifice. It reflects the peace offerings where the meat was shared, symbolizing communion with God. This act prefigures the fellowship believers have with God through Christ, who invites us to partake in the spiritual feast (<a href="/revelation/3-20.htm">Revelation 3:20</a>).<p><b>in a holy place</b><br>The holy place refers to the tabernacle or a designated area within the camp that is set apart for sacred purposes. This requirement emphasizes the sanctity of the ordination process and the need for purity in worship. The concept of holiness is central to the Levitical laws, underscoring God's holiness and the call for His people to be holy (<a href="/leviticus/19-2.htm">Leviticus 19:2</a>). This setting foreshadows the holiness required in the New Covenant, where believers are called to be temples of the Holy Spirit (<a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who is receiving instructions from God on how to consecrate Aaron and his sons as priests.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron_and_his_sons.htm">Aaron and his sons</a></b><br>The first priests of Israel, who are being consecrated for their service in the tabernacle.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ram_of_ordination.htm">The Ram of Ordination</a></b><br>A sacrificial animal used in the consecration ceremony of the priests.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/holy_place.htm">Holy Place</a></b><br>The designated area where the sacrificial meat is to be boiled, signifying the sacredness of the act.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/consecration_ceremony.htm">Consecration Ceremony</a></b><br>A series of rituals and sacrifices to set apart Aaron and his sons for priestly service.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_service.htm">Holiness in Service</a></b><br>The act of boiling the ram's flesh in a holy place underscores the importance of holiness in service to God. As believers, we are called to serve God with purity and dedication.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>The detailed instructions given to Moses highlight the necessity of obedience in our walk with God. We must be diligent in following His Word and commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_sacrifice.htm">Symbolism of Sacrifice</a></b><br>The ram of ordination symbolizes the need for sacrifice in consecration. In our lives, we are called to offer ourselves as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/priestly_identity.htm">Priestly Identity</a></b><br>Just as Aaron and his sons were set apart for priestly duties, believers today are called to embrace their identity as a royal priesthood, serving God and others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sacred_spaces.htm">Sacred Spaces</a></b><br>The command to boil the flesh in a holy place reminds us of the importance of creating sacred spaces in our lives where we can meet with God and grow in our faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_were_animals_sacrificed.htm">What was the purpose of animal sacrifices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_exodus_29_garments_ceremonies.htm">Is there any historical record or physical evidence (Exodus 29:1-9) that the elaborate priestly garments and ordination ceremonies described actually took place as written?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_exodus_29_20_ritual_elsewhere.htm">Is there archaeological or cultural evidence of the ritual in Exodus 29:20 involving blood on ears, thumbs, and big toes among Israelites or nearby cultures?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_lev._8's_7-day_ordination.htm">How can Leviticus 8's insistence on a seven-day ordination period be reconciled with other references in the Old Testament that imply different consecration timelines?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>THE FEAST UPON THE CONSECRATION OFFERINGS.</span><p>(31-34) The writer having digressed in <a href="/exodus/29-27.htm" title="And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons:">Exodus 29:27</a> from his main subject (the consecration of Aaron and his sons) to the consideration of certain permanent laws which arose out of the occasion, returns to his main subject at this point, and records the directions which he received with respect to the feast that followed, as a matter of course, on the consecration sacrifice. The parts of the victim neither consumed on the altar nor assigned to the officiating priest, were to be boiled at the door of the Tabernacle (<a href="/leviticus/8-31.htm" title="And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.">Leviticus 8:31</a>), and there consumed by Aaron and his sons, together with the loaf of unleavened bread, the oiled cake, and the wafer, which still remained in the "basket of consecrations" (<a href="/leviticus/8-31.htm" title="And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.">Leviticus 8:31</a>) mentioned in <a href="/exodus/29-3.htm" title="And you shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.">Exodus 29:3</a>; <a href="/exodus/29-23.htm" title="And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:">Exodus 29:23</a>. No "stranger"--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>no layman--was to join with them in the feast (<a href="/exodus/29-33.htm" title="And they shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.">Exodus 29:33</a>); and, if they were unable to consume the whole, what remained was to be burnt. (Comp. the injunctions with respect to the paschal lamb, given in <a href="/exodus/12-10.htm" title="And you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.">Exodus 12:10</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-18.htm" title="You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.">Exodus 23:18</a>.) Christian ritualism draws from these injunctions the propriety of an entire consumption of the elements on each occasion of the celebration of the Eucharist. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 31.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The ram of consecration</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, the part of the ram that was left and had not been burnt (ver. 25). <span class="cmt_word">Seethe his flesh in the holy place</span>. This was understood to mean boiling <span class="accented">at the door</span> of the tabernacle (<a href="/leviticus/8-31.htm">Leviticus 8:31</a>). A sacrificial meal followed on every peace-offering, in which the offerers participated. (See above, <a href="/exodus/18-12.htm">Exodus 18:12</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/29-31.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You are to take</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּקָּ֑ח</span> <span class="translit">(tiq·qāḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ram</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֥יל</span> <span class="translit">(’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of ordination</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּלֻּאִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mil·lu·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4394.htm">Strong's 4394: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fulfilling, a setting, consecration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and boil</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבִשַּׁלְתָּ֥</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇiš·šal·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1310.htm">Strong's 1310: </a> </span><span class="str2">To boil up, cooking, to ripen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its flesh</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשָׂר֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·śā·rōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1320.htm">Strong's 1320: </a> </span><span class="str2">Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a holy</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדֹֽשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6918.htm">Strong's 6918: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">place.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמָקֹ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mā·qōm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/29-31.htm">OT Law: Exodus 29:31 You shall take the ram of consecration (Exo. 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