Exodus 29:9

Exodus 29:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
• New International Version (NIV)and fasten caps on them. Then tie sashes on Aaron and his sons. The priesthood is theirs by a lasting ordinance. “Then you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the hats on them. The priesthood shall be theirs for a perpetual statute. So you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons.

Context of Exodus 29:9

7Take the special olive oil. Pour it on his head to show that God has chosen him to be his servant. 8Bring Aaron's sons and dress them in their special shirts. Put the cloth hats on their heads. Tie the long cloth belts around Aaron and on his sons. These men and their descendants will always be priests. That is a law that continues for ever. That is how you must make Aaron and his sons God's special servants. 10Bring the bull to the front of the Tent of Meeting. Aaron and his sons must put their hands on the bull's head. 11Then kill the animal as an offering to the Lord, at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.

Exodus 29:9 word by word

וְחָגַרְתָּ֩ אֹתָ֨ם אַבְנֵ֜ט אַהֲרֹ֣ן וּבָנָ֗יו וְחָבַשְׁתָּ֤ לָהֶם֙ מִגְבָּעֹ֔ת וְהָיְתָ֥ה לָהֶ֛ם כְּהֻנָּ֖ה לְחֻקַּ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וּמִלֵּאתָ֥ יַֽד־אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְיַד־בָּנָֽיו׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt girdחָגַרchâgar · to girdH2296
• them with girdlesאַבְנֵט'abnêţ · girdleH73
• Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• and his sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and putחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
• the bonnetsמִגְבָּעוֹתmigbâ‛âh · headgearH4021
• on them: and the priest’s officeכְּהֻנָּהkehûnnâh · priesthoodH3550
• shall be theirs for a perpetualעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• statuteחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• and thou shalt consecrateיָדyâd · handH3027
• and thou shalt consecrateמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390

Cross-references for Exodus 29:9

• Exodus 28:1Bring your brother Aaron and his sons from among the other Israelites. They will serve me as my priests. That will be Aaron and his sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
• Numbers 16:10He has brought you, Korah, and all the other descendants of Levi near to himself. But it seems that you want to be priests as well.
• Numbers 18:7But only you, Aaron, and your sons will serve me as priests. You will work at the altar and in the Holy Place behind the curtain. I have chosen you to serve me as my priests. That is my gift to you. Any other person who comes near the Holy Place must die.’
• Hebrews 5:4Nobody decides for himself to become a leader of the priests. God himself must choose him. That is how Aaron became a priest.
• Hebrews 7:11The Levite priests were a necessary part of God's Law for Israel's people. But those priests could not make the people completely right with God. If that had been possible, the Levite priests could have continued their work. But we see that God has chosen a different kind of priest to serve him. That priest is not someone from Aaron's family, as the Levites were. Instead, he is a priest in the same way that Melchizedek was God's priest.
• Exodus 28:41Dress your brother Aaron and his sons with these clothes. Then pour oil on their heads to show that they have my authority. Make them separate from the other Israelites as my holy servants. They will serve me as my priests.
• Exodus 32:29Then Moses said to the Levites, ‘You have shown today that you want to serve the Lord. You have become his special servants because you have obeyed him. You have agreed to kill even your own sons and brothers. God has blessed you because of this.’
• Leviticus 8:22Moses brought the other male sheep. It was a gift. It showed that God had chosen Aaron's family to become his priests. Aaron and his sons put their hands on the sheep's head.
• Hebrews 7:23In the old way, there were many Levite priests. Each one of them died, so that they could not continue to serve God as priests.

Commentaries on Exodus 29:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-37Verses 1-37 The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Exodus 29:4 Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3. Exodus 29:27 The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once. Exodus 29:33 A stranger - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9permanent: The fulfillment of this promise, like the one to King David, clearly extends beyond human limits. Aaron behaved badly (for example, chapter 32; Numbers 11). His sons and descendants were no better (1 Samuel 2:12–17; Isaiah 28:7; Ezekiel 8:15–16; Malachi 2:1–9). The promise could only find its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ (see Hebrews 7:26; 9:11). to ordain (literally you will fill the hands of): This means to give a person a task to…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-94-9. Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle--as occupying the intermediate space between the court where the people stood, and the dwelling-place of Israel's king, and therefore the fittest spot for the priests being duly prepared for entrance, and the people witnessing the ceremony of inauguration. wash them with water. And ... take the garments--The manner in which these parts of the ceremonial were performed is minutely…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 29:9

• Aaron
• Bonnet
• Dress
• Girdle
• Levites
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Anoint
• Bonnet
• Burnt offering
• Consecrate
• Girdle
• Offer
• Perpetual
• Charge; Chargeable
• Consecrate; Consecration

Commentaries on Exodus 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings