And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the testimony, and having washed them with water,

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons near, at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and bathe them with water.

'And thou hast brought near Aaron and his sons unto the opening of the tent of meeting, and hast bathed them with water;

Then let Aaron and his sons come to the door of the Tent of meeting; and after washing them with water,

And you shall bring forward Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tabernacle of the testimony, and, having washed them with water,

Tunc appropinquare facies Aharon et filius ejus ad ostium tabernaculi conventionis, lavabisque cos aqua.

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons I have already expounded all that might seem to be profitable with respect to the garments and the mode of anointing; only let; my readers remember that the priest,. who had been before appointed, is now at length inaugurated, in order that he may begin the discharge of his office. At the same time, let them also bear in mind that this oil was consecrated by God. Hence it appears how foolishly the Popish bishops, as it were, ape Moses, when, in imitation of him, they sprinkle their priests and altars and other rubbish with stinking oil, since it is abundantly clear that this ceremony of anointing, belonging as it did to the ancient shadows of the Law, ceased at the coming of Christ. What Augustine [1] reminds us of is also worthy of observation, that Moses, who is commissioned to anoint the others, was never consecrated himself by any visible symbol, in order that we may understand that outward signs are not to be estimated by the dignity of the minister, but only by the ordinance of God; and again, that invisible grace has profited some without visible sacraments, whilst visible sanctification may be imparted, but cannot profit, without invisible.

Footnotes

1 - Quaest. in Leviticus 84. Edit. Bened. tom. 3, p. 524.

And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation,.... To wash, anoint, and clothe them, as in the two following verses Exodus 40:13, that they might minister in the priest's office, according to