Exodus 29:7

Exodus 29:7. Take the anointing oil— This third particular in the ceremony of consecration, signified the communication of the Divine Spirit: see Isaiah 61:1. Anointing was always used as one of the rites of inauguration into the regal, priestly, or prophetic office: hence JESUS, the King, Priest, and Prophet of his people, is emphatically called the Messiah or Christ; that is, the Anointed: he who received not the Spirit by measure. Though the anointing of Aaron only is mentioned here, it is plain from the 30th verse of the next chapter, that his sons also were anointed in the same manner with him. The peculiar composition of the anointing oil is described in that chapter, Exodus 29:23-24. One would imagine, from the connexion of this 7th verse with the preceding, that the oil was poured upon the mitre and crown: to this we shall have occasion to say more when we come to Psalms 133:2.