8:9 And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre,
[even] upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the
a holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses.
(a) So called, because this superscription, "holiness to the
Lord" was graven in it.
8:10 And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the b
tabernacle and all that [was] therein, and sanctified them.
(b) That is, the holiest of holies, the sanctuary and the
court.
8:15 And he slew [it]; and Moses took the blood, and put [it]
upon the horns of the c altar round about with his
finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the
bottom of the altar, and sanctified d it, to make
reconciliation upon it.
(c) Of the burnt offering.
(d) To offer for the sins of the people.
8:17 But the bullock, and his e hide, his flesh, and his dung,
he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded
Moses.
(e) In other burnt offerings, which are not of
consecration, or offering for himself, the priest has
the skin, (Le 7:8).
8:23 And he f slew [it]; and Moses took of the blood of it,
and put [it] upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon
the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his
right foot.
(f) Moses did this because the priests were not yet
established in their office.
8:31 And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh
[at] the door of the g 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.
(g) At the door of the court.
8:36 So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD
commanded by the h hand of Moses.
