Exodus 29:2

Exodus 29:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them.
• New International Version (NIV)And from the finest wheat flour make round loaves without yeast, thick loaves without yeast and with olive oil mixed in, and thin loaves without yeast and brushed with olive oil.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers smeared with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil (you shall make them of wheat flour).

Context of Exodus 29:2

1“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate them, so that they may minister as kohanim. Take one young bull and two rams without blemish, along with matzot , cakes of matzot mixed with oil, and matzot wafers spread with oil. Make them from fine wheat flour. 3You are to put them into one basket and present them, along with the bull and the two rams. 4You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and wash them with water.

Exodus 29:2 word by word

וְלֶ֣חֶם מַצּ֗וֹת וְחַלֹּ֤ת מַצֹּת֙ בְּלוּלֹ֣ת בַּשֶּׁ֔מֶן וּרְקִיקֵ֥י מַצּ֖וֹת מְשֻׁחִ֣ים בַּשָּׁ֑מֶן סֹ֥לֶת חִטִּ֖ים תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה אֹתָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And unleavenedמַצָּהmatstsâh · unleavened breadH4682
• breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• and cakesחַלָּהchallâh · a kind of cakeH2471
• temperedבָּלַלbâlal · to mixH1101
• with oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081
• and wafersרָקִיקrâqîyq · flatbreadH7550
• anointedמָשַׁחmâshach · to anointH4886
• wheatenחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
• flourסֹ֫לֶתsôleth · fine flourH5560
• shalt thou makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213

Cross-references for Exodus 29:2

• Exodus 12:8They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over a fire. With matzot and bitter herbs they are to eat it.
• Leviticus 2:4“When you bring a sacrifice offering of grain baked in the oven, it is to consist of matzah cakes of fine flour mixed with oil or matzah wafers anointed with oil.
• Leviticus 6:20Whatever touches its flesh will be holy. When any of its blood is splattered on a garment, you are to wash it in a holy place.
• Leviticus 8:2“Take Aaron and his sons with him, the garments, the anointing oil, the bull of the sin offering, the two rams and the basket of matzot .
• 1 Corinthians 5:7Get rid of the old hametz, so you may be a new batch, just as you are unleavened—for Messiah, our Passover Lamb, has been sacrificed.
• Exodus 29:23Also take one loaf of bread, one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of matzot that is before Adonai.
• Leviticus 7:10Every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aaron equally.
• Numbers 6:15along with a basket of matzah cakes made of fine flour mixed with oil and matzah wafers spread with oil, along with their grain and drink offerings.
• Leviticus 7:12If he brings it for a thanksgiving, then he is to present with the sacrifice of thanksgiving matzah cakes mixed with oil, matzah wafers anointed with oil, and fine flour cakes mixed with oil.
• Leviticus 8:26Then out of the basket of matzah that was before Adonai, he took one matzah cake, one cake of oiled bread and one wafer, and placed them on the fat and on the right thigh.

Commentaries on Exodus 29:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Unleavened bread - Three kinds of bread as to its form are mentioned here, but all unleavened: מצות matstsoth, unleavened bread, no matter in what shape. See Exodus 12:8. חלת challoth, cakes, pricked or perforated, as the root implies. רקיקי rekikey, an exceeding thin cake, from רק rak, to be attenuated, properly enough translated wafer. The manner in which these were prepared is sufficiently plain from the text, and probably these were the principal…Read the comment
• 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. 1-37Moses had to consecrate (or sanctify) Aaron and his sons to serve the Lord. The focus on making the priests holy appears throughout the ceremonies (29:6, 21, 28, 29, 34, 36, 37). God set them apart not only for service. But he set them apart to serve a God whose nature is very different from that of sinful humans. Leviticus 8 gives the account of how they followed these instructions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-351. hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office--The act of inaugurating the priests was accompanied by ceremonial solemnities well calculated not only to lead the people to entertain exalted views of the office, but to impress those functionaries themselves with a profound sense of its magnitude and importance. In short, they were taught to know that the service was for them as well as for the people; and every time they engaged in a new…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 29:2

• Blood
• Bread
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• unleavened bread
• Anoint
• Bread
• Burnt offering
• Cake
• Consecrate
• Offer
• Perpetual
• Wafers
• Charge; Chargeable

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