Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then you shall take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him.
- BSB Then take the anointing oil and anoint him by pouring it on his head.
- 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 21:10And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes;
- Num 35:25And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil.
- Exod 28:41And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
- Isa 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
- Ps 133:2It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
- Lev 10:7And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses.
- John 3:34For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him.
- Ps 89:20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
- Lev 8:10–12And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them.
- 1 Jn 2:27But the anointing which ye have received of 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.
- Exod 30:23–31Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
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