Then take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
- KJV Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
- NKJV And you shall take the anointing oil, pour it on his head, and anoint him.
- NASB Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
- NLT Then anoint him by pouring the anointing oil over his head.
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Quick answer
Moses poured the anointing oil on Aaron's head to anoint him. This consecrated him to the high-priestly office.
Overview
Anointing with oil signified being set apart and equipped by God for sacred service. The high priest was uniquely consecrated in this way. The anointing points to the Holy Spirit and to Christ, the Anointed One, on whom the Spirit rests without measure (John 3:34).
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- Lev 21:10The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
- Num 35:25The assembly is to protect the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood. Then the assembly will return him to the city of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.
- Exod 28:41After you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
- Isa 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
- Ps 133:2It is like fine oil on the head, running down on the beard, running down Aaron’s beard over the collar of his robes.
- Lev 10:7You shall not go outside the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, or you will die, for the LORD’s anointing oil is on you.” So they did as Moses instructed.
- John 3:34For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
- Ps 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
- Lev 8:10–12Next, Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it; and so he consecrated them.
- 1 Jn 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been taught.
- Exod 30:23–31“Take the finest spices: 500 shekels of liquid myrrh, half that amount (250 shekels) of fragrant cinnamon, 250 shekels of fragrant cane,
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